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Junior Enterprise Maturity Model

 

 

This Maturity Model is a framework formatted by JADE, the European Confederation of Junior Enterprises, to help on the creation of a Junior Enterprise.

To use this Model, compare the following steps with the reality you have been dealing with on the creation of your Junior Enterprise, checking what you have done so far and what you still need to do to have your own JE / Confederation. If you are facing some difficulties to reach any one of them, just click on it to find some guidelines on how to achieve the step.

Although this Maturity Model has been created based on lived experiences of junior entrepreneurs, it is not intended to be a bullet proof process. This document is intended as an inspiration and the ideas given here might be adapted to better fit your environment and your culture.

Moreover, even though the stages below described follow a logical order, there is no single path on the creation of a JE. During the progression of your work, you may see that a step of a further stage is easier or more urgent to be reached than others coming first on the model. Again, you should be able to adapt these directions to your reality, keeping in mind that the more important is to have your Junior Enterprise established!

This Maturity Model and its guidelines are under constant development, based mostly on the experiences of junior entrepreneurs that used it as a guide on their creations. So please, if you have any doubts or suggestions to it, do not hesitate in contacting JADE Enlargement Team on the email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

We wish you a successful journey and hope that you will soon be able to join the Junior Enterprise spirit!

JADE Enlargement Team

 

 

 

Maturity Level

Name of the Junior Initiative:

City /Country:

Yes

No

Level 0

0 Nothing happens

 

 

Level 1 – Forming a Student Group

1.1 One person (student or university staff member) is responsible for the initiative and is committed in founding a Junior Enterprise.

Contact name and email:

 

 

1.2 A contact has been established with local JADE (or JADE Headquarters, in case of no local JADE) in order to obtain more information about Junior Enterprises and on how to set up a JE.

Contact name in JADE:

 

 

1.3 A group of likeminded students has been formed, and is getting organized to set up a Junior Enterprise.

Names and contacts of the students:

 

 

1.4 The group is meeting regularly and each member has been assigned to one or more tasks.

Frequency of meetings and main tasks assigned:

 

 

1.5 The initiative has been presented to the University in order to discuss possibilities of support and cooperation.

Answer given by the University:

 

 

1.6 A road map for becoming a Junior Enterprise has been defined, where the objectives of the future JE are described.

Timeline for becoming a JE and defined objective:

 

 

Level 2 – Junior Initiative Building Process

2.1 Other Junior Enterprises have been contacted in order to support the creation of your JE.

Junior Enterprises contacted and contact person:

 

 

2.2 Your team has brainstormed on the services you might provide and on its market viability.

List of possible services:

 

 

2.3 A list of possible supporters of your future Junior Enterprise has been made and you are getting in contact with them.

Possible supporters:

 

 

2.4 The financial and material resources needed for founding your JE are listed and you have a first budget.

Financial and material necessities:

 

 

2.5 The organisational structure of the Junior Enterprise has been designed in order to fit the JE’s objectives.

Organisational chart:

 

 

2.6 The task team has defined the appropriate legal form of the Junior Enterprise and the statutes were built and registered.

Legal form chosen and date of statutes registration:

 

 

2.7 The Junior Enterprise’s Internal Rules, including the Selection and Election Processes, were defined and agreed on by all members.

Brief description of the election process:

 

 

2.8 Elections were held and the JE has its first Executive Board.

 

 

Level 3 – Developing your Junior Initiative

3.1 A strategy has been developed, and your JI now have a mission, a vision and clear goals.

What are your mission and your vision?

 

 

3.2 A portfolio has been defined, with all the projects and services your JI is going to offer to your clients.

What are the services offered?

 

 

3.3 A Corporate Identity has been created and your JI now has a logo and personalised office material.

Insert your logo here:

 

 

3.4 Your JI have established its commercial procedures and materials, and is now ready to have its first customer.

Describe your commercial process:

 

 

3.5 A market research has been done and a promotion strategy was developed based on it. Your JI is now communicating its services to potential clients.

Describe your promotion strategy:

 

 

3.6 Your internal operations processes and activities, as team meetings, reporting, project management, decision-making processes, recruitment, training, handover, etc. are established.

Main processes established:

 

 

3.7 A recruitment process has taken place and you now have new members in your junior initiative.

Number of new members:

 

 

3.8 Your Junior Initiative is interacting with JADE Network, attending to national or international events or inviting JADE to its own events.

Events attended:

 

 

Level 4 – Application for JADE Membership

4.1 A board member has certified that the Junior Initiative fulfils JADE’s requirements to become a member, according to local JADE’s Application Process. (In case of no local JADE, consult JADE’s Confederation Maturity Model, in order to see how to apply for a Consultative Membership.)

Comment:

 

 

4.2 A letter of interest has been sent to JADE, expressing the intentions of the Junior Initiative on joining the network and the timeframe it intends to do so. The completed Junior Enterprise Maturity Model was attached to this letter.

Date of dispatch and recipient:

 

 

4.3 The Junior Initiative made a first presentation on a JADE General Assembly showing its interest to apply for Membership.

Date and place of presentation:

 

 

4.4 An application report according to JADE’s Application Process was produced and sent to JADE at least three weeks before a JADE General Assembly.

Date of dispatch and recipient:

 

 

4.5 The Junior Initiative and its application were presented and voted at a JADE General Assembly.

Date and place of presentation:

 

 

Level 5 – Junior Enterprise

Your organization has joined JADE and it is now a Junior Enterprise! Keep participating in JADEs development programmes and meetings in order to improve your JE!

 

 

 

 

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