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Re:Dawn of a New Day by unexpected on Monday October 25, 2010 @10:45AM (#1829997)
No, this post is a classic case of marketing, techno, gobbedly-gook. It has no clear thesis, and riffs from topic to topic.

I got bored halfway through, and I still don't understand what his point is.

My favorite use of language is the one you mention "intrapreneurial"!

Re:Dawn of a New Day by ojbyrne on Monday October 25, 2010 @01:55PM (#1830804)
The praise that techcrunch gives it almost seems like parody:

http://techcrunch.com/2010/10/25/ray-ozzie-dawn-of-a-new-day...

"Below is a short excerpt from the end of the memo, as I wouldn’t dream of stealing the man’s thunder"

Re:Dawn of a New Day by hernan7 on Monday October 25, 2010 @12:26PM (#1830435)
"Intrapreneurial"... I think the last time I heard that word was in the 90's at IBM (along with "rightsizing" and other business jargon that I forgot). Then came the Internet boom and brought along a new layer of lexical detritus.
Re:Dawn of a New Day by brc on Monday October 25, 2010 @06:23PM (#1831893)
intrapreneurial is a term for being an entrepreneur within the confines of a larger organisation. It's a business school buzzword for people working in a larger company to feel like they're just like real entrepreneurs, but doing it with the might and resources of a large organization behind them.

Or, as otherwise known, 'doing your job'.

To be fair, though, creating new products/services within a larger organization can provide significant challenges. You could argue that Google promotes intrapreneurship with the 20% time projets.

Re:Dawn of a New Day by danpker on Monday October 25, 2010 @01:34PM (#1830723)
I wouldn't be surprised if he wasn't the person who wrote it.