LocalCode breathes new life into the oldest and most powerful education system in the world—apprenticeship—to help local entrepreneurs out-compete national chains and franchises. These apprenticeships provide aspiring entrepreneurs the lived experience of working alongside business owners of exactly the type of company they wish to start. 

We identify successful local business owners that hold the knowledge and experience - the “local code” - to starting and running thriving enterprises that serve their communities, employees, and the planet.  LocalCode works directly with these businesses to design, implement, and administer apprenticeship programs that benefit their company while enabling them to pass along institutional knowledge to an aspiring entrepreneur in the same industry. 

Apprenticeships are designed to ensure that entrepreneurs are exposed to all aspects of starting and running the local business they want to launch.  The mentor company trains the apprentice in management, business, and finance related to their specific industry, while the apprentice concurrently works through an educational curriculum that highlights sustainable practices and progressive ownership models. In addition to hands on experience, apprentices come away with franchise caliber operating toolkits and an in-depth evaluation by their mentors.  This unprecedented combination of experience, resources and mentorship dramatically increases the chance for business success through cost and risk reduction.