Throughout the month of May, the bloggers at PGi will dedicate our efforts to discovering, highlighting, brainstorming and sharing thoughts about entrepreneurship, intrapreneurship and startups.
Startup companies seem to be taking over the world. Just think Google and Facebook, and big companies start shaking in their boots. After all, how can a global company with 100,000-plus employees stand up to the power of the innovative and nimble entrepreneur? Over the past decade, we’ve seen innovations that 
rocked our world — medical devices that save lives, mobile technology from sci-fi novels and social media that revolutionizes the dissemination and consumption of information. So how can your mid- to enterprise-size companies contend with these powerfully small innovators?
Here are three ways to help your midsize or enterprise biz think like a start-up:
Be big, but think small.
In our increasingly Internet-centric world, being a late responder could bring a big business to its knees. Whether it’s responding to negative social media or keeping up with the speed of product innovation, start-ups around the world are beating big business — a perfect example is Pinterest’s astonishing overnight success. The key to surviving in this fast-paced global ecosystem is adapting your business from the traditional big-business beast of burden to a business incubator — and starting to think like a start-up. (Read more.)
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