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to us,” Stix said.
If the team believes in the individual’s idea,
then they will provide the financial backing
and the human resources needed to turn
it into an enterprise. The innovator will be
the owner of a large portion of the busi-
ness.
“We call it interpreneurship as opposed
to entrepreneurship. It is allowing ideas
to flourish within our existing ecosystem
and building businesses around those in-
novations,” said Stix, adding that they now
have eight projects and are creating a Sili-
con Valley-type environment.
As part of the community environment
and corporate culture, Fibernetics offices
have a gym, showers, lockers, personal
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