Developing Entrepreneurs: An Examination of Systematic Approaches to Entrepreneurial Development for Rural Areas

Unfortunately, efforts to rather than the actual needs of the entrepreneurial isolate best practices for entrepreneurial development fail community: “Entrepreneur development activities are to recognize the diversity of community factors and condi- fragmented and categorized in terms of the needs tions that can lead to success. [...] The advantage of the ELS approach is that the path (ELS) (also known as the Entrepreneurial Development to success is clear both to the entrepreneur and to those System) calls for an increase in the rate of new businesses providing assistance. [...] of the referral process, and to develop strategies to ensure that the system is clearly visible to entrepreneurs in the Undergoing an ELS development process usually means region; (4) success teams are established based on the creating an entirely new and independent approach skill level of participating entrepreneurs and assigned a (Lichtenstein and Lyons 2001). [...] The Sirolli Institute plays essential to the development of the system’s network and a guiding role in the development of the entrepreneurial to obtain community driven support. [...] • Hire a program manager or the services of a recognized facilitator for established models, such The funding necessary to hire a program manager, to as ELS or EF, who has the ability to recognize and engage the services of a facilitator model, and to develop evaluate local entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship the entrepreneur support structure can be secured service providers, identify local streng.