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We have developed a "LEAN LAUNCH" model that ensures new offices open with
"Endeavorized" boards and teams ready to move candidates through to ISPs.
STEP 1
Establish
high-level support
Secure local partner(s)
and champion(s)
STEP 2
Build a local board
of directors
Recruit 8–10 leading
members of the
entrepreneurial
community
STEP 3
Conduct ecosystem
assessment
Comprehensive
overview of
entrepreneurial
ecosystem
STEP 4
Organize office
operations
Hire and train
Managing Director
and team
STEP 5
Launch office
Host inaugural board
meeting and public
launch event
STEP 6
Screen entrepreneur
candidates
Implement a rigorous
entrepreneur selection
process.
