Welcome to this week's episode of the Modern Mentor Podcast.

I'm your host, Rachel Cook.

If you feel like you're made of a creative entrepreneurial spirit, but you also love the

comfort and security of working for a company,

then today's episode is for you. We are talking about entrepreneurship. You know how you've always

dreamed of building, creating, or inventing that thing, or sharing your big idea with the world,

or maybe you just dream of finding ways to infuse bits of creativity

into your work. And you know how you also love the sense of security and community you get from

having a full-time job? Or how you like going to work without having to figure out how to build a business?

And you know how those two voices are like the angel and devil sitting on your shoulders,

whispering furiously into your ears?

If any of this resonates, then let's teach those seemingly competing voices to compromise.

The answer they're both looking for is something called intrapreneurship.

It offers a beautiful blend of the comfort of full-time employment with the excitement of building,

creating, and innovating. So let's talk about what entrepreneurship is, why you may want to consider it, and the steps you can take to proudly wear the I'm an entrepreneur t-shirt. First,

what is entrepreneurship? The MIT Sloan School of

Management describes entrepreneurship as acting like an entrepreneur within an established company.

While entrepreneurs build new businesses on their own, entrepreneurs develop new programs,

products, services, innovations, and policies within an

existing organization. Both use many of the same skills, creativity, agility, leadership, and

persistence. Sloan professor Michael Cousamano says,

entrepreneurs are not building something entirely from scratch,

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