Every now and then we hear the story of the
entrepreneur who left his or her steady job at a large company to follow
their dreams and create a startup, but we aren't all as daring and
brave to quit steady work, especially in a time of economic uncertainty.
If you have the entrepreneurial itch but aren't in a situation that
would allow you to sacrifice your day job, there are still ways you can
scratch said itch and bring innovation to a "startup" within a larger
company.
This morning I talked with Eric Ries, the driving force behind the "lean startup" movement, which encourages high efficiency and meticulous metrics tracking within entrepreneurial ventures. Ries, who is often asked to speak on the subject, says he noticed a trend among some of the people attending his talks. Many managers from large companies were coming to his sessions to learn what they could, because, as Ries discovered, the principals of lean startups can exist within larger corporations that are attempting to innovate.
"A startup is a human institution designed to create something new under conditions of extreme uncertainty," Ries told ReadWriteWeb. "There is nothing in there about the size of the company, or what industry you're in, or whether you're the manager of a division or if you're two guys in a garage, its just about the conditions in which you operate."
To read the full, original article click on this link: Thinking Inside the Box: Eric Ries On Creating Startups Within Large Organizations - ReadWriteStart
Author: Chris
Cameron
