How to Persuade Your Boss to Fund Your Business IdeaIntrapreneurs are launching businesses within -- and with the help of -- their places of employment.

Shara Senderoff dreamed upIntern Sushiin 2005, when she was a college sophomore. Lacking the cash to launch a startup, she finished school and took a job in the film and TV world as assistant to mega-producer Mark Gordon. By 2010, Senderoff was developing feature films and web series for The Mark Gordon Co. But her idea for a website that would connect interns and employers still beckoned. In late 2010, she dusted off her old business plan and pitched her boss the idea.

戈登给her the green light to develop the site internally, on his company's time, dime and payroll.