In my previous post, I shared the challenges of innovating within a large enterprise, and how we approached this learning from startups whenever possible. I shared the first of five steps we’ve learned so far: Getting the right people on the bus. On this post I would like focus on Step 2:Getting the mindset right. With a great team aboard the bus, we realized that it was critical to get the thinking right. We felt inspired by what startups do right when they succeed, whether

In my previous post, I shared the challenges of innovating within a large enterprise. I also shared some solutions, including our creation of Startup//Cisco—our grassroots effort to accelerate startup up DNA within Cisco. Since launching this program a year ago, we’ve experienced success (see my previous blog) and have made some mistakes. But we’re okay with that, because we knew the only way to encourage a startup culture was to try to mimic how startups work, as much as tha