Entrepreneurial League System
Many communities around the U.S. are adopting the Entrepreneurial League System (ELS) to assure their local and regional communities are supportive of the formation and growth of new business enterprises. ELS is based on two major assumptions: first, that successful entrepreneurship hinges upon the possession of a set of skills, and second, that no two entrepreneurs come to entrepreneurship at precisely the same level of skill. With these assumptions in mind, the ELS is patterned after the professional baseball league system. There are seven elements to the ELS model:
- The Leagues: An intensive coaching system for helping entrepreneurs develop their skills
- The Service Providers Network: A coordinated system that improves entrepreneurs’ ability to quickly
- and easily get the right kind of help at the right time and the right price.
- Market Development: An innovative market development service that actively identifies new market
- opportunities and links them to existing and prospective entrepreneurs
- Talent Scouts: Recruiting aspiring and talented individuals to become entrepreneurs
- Stewardship: Guiding the system and customizing to local conditions
- Performance Monitoring: Focused on learning, adaptation, and improvement
One region in West Virginia is using the model and has posted an introductory video on YouTube. You can view the video here.
