1. INTRAPRENEURSHIP
Building proactive and
entrepreneurial motivation and
skills in the corporate team
Tzvetelina Teneva,
Svetlan Stanoev
Cisco Entrepreneur Institute

2. THE CHALLENGES
of the New Economic Environment
THE TRENDS
… A.C. (after the crisis)

3. Challenging Market Puzzles

4. Opportunity Chase

5. Results REGARDLESS
of the Resources Available

7. INTRAPRENEURSHIP
The Definition

8. “
Turning an idea into a
profitable business
project through assertive
risk-taking and
”
innovation.

10. Intrapreneur in Bulstrad Life Vienna Insurance
Group, Guest-speaker at the Master in
Entrepreneurship and Finance

11. Intrapreneur in Telelink, Guest-speaker
at the Master in Entrepreneurship
and Finance

12. Intrapreneur in Avendi, Student at the Master
in Entrepreneuriship and Finance

13. Intrapreneur Key Characteristics
• Result driven • Ambitious
• Action-oriented • Persistent
• Creative • Influencing
• Original • High energy
• Self-confident • Interpersonal
• Risk-tolerant • Innovative

14. Intrapreneur Benefits
• Flexibility
• Less restrictions
• Supportive environment
• Recognition
• Satisfaction that their ideas are vehicles for
improvement
• Related remuneration
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15. Roles in Intrapreneurship
• Initiator Entrepreurial
skillset
• Sponsor
• Champion/ Manager Managerial
skillset
• Supporter
• Critic/ Judge
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16. Intrapreneurship-Friendly
Organisational Culture
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17. Intrapreneurship-Friendly
Organisational Culture
• Encourage creativity and search for improvements
• Company involvement with employee proactivity
• Treat entrepreneurial teams as profit rather than cost
centers
• Allow variety of options in jobs, innovation efforts,
alliances and exchanges
• Encourage development through training
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18. MASTER
in Entrepreneurship and Finance

19. Competencies in Focus
• Intrapreneurship
• Finance
• Management skills
• Leadership Skills
• Proactive and entrepreneurial mindset
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20. Unique Educational Product
• Content based on programs of Stanford University,
Cornell University
• Workshop-based training methodology
• Real business cases excersises
• Direct contact with variety of practitioners
• Joint program of the Cisco Entrepreneur Institute and
VUZF University
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21. Workshop
Approach

22. Successful
business-
people
share their
experience

23. Curriculum Extract
 Growing a Business  Valuation of
 Intrapreneurship Companies and
Projects
 People Management
and Leadership Skills  Business Modeling
 Strategic  Financial
Management Management
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24. Intake 2012
 Two-semester master degree program
 Start in November 2012
 Weekend sessions
 English language placement test
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25. Contacts
Cisco Entrepreneur Institute
Svetlan Stanoev
sstanoev@entrepreneurinstitute.eu, +359 88 9431440
Tzvetelina Teneva
tzteneva@entrepreneurinstitute.eu, +359 88 8676065
http://mef.vuzf.bg