Entrepreneurship doesn’t need to be about big egos, stuffy board meetings, solemn faces and high-strung, apocalyptic attitudes. Every once in awhile, companies like Google, Unilever and Liberty Mutual have employed a good amount of comedic talent, in line with the Boston Globe.

On the top, business and comedy cannot be more different. However the performance skill sets found in comedy routines are directly highly relevant to creating and maintaining a solid business culture. Straight-laced corporate culture is now a thing of days gone by as sketch comedy makes its mark on the business enterprise world.

Improv training can teach startup founders and future entrepreneurs something or two about getting together with employees, investors and mentors. That’s why my startup-accelerator organization, MassChallenge, welcomed its latest class of startup finalists with an improv group readily available to lead workout sessions.