{"id":21652,"date":"2015-06-09T05:00:04","date_gmt":"2015-06-09T11:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tested-neuron.flywheelsites.com\/?p=21652"},"modified":"2015-06-09T12:33:42","modified_gmt":"2015-06-09T18:33:42","slug":"unreasonable-institute-impact-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unreasonablegroup.com\/articles\/unreasonable-institute-impact-report\/","title":{"rendered":"How Do We Know If We’re Making an Impact?"},"content":{"rendered":"

How do we know if our programs<\/strong> actually benefit the entrepreneurs we work with in a meaningful way? Here at the Unreasonable Institute<\/a>, we consistently ask ourselves, \u201cIs what we\u2019re doing really making an impact?\u201d <\/p>\n

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Over the last year, we have committed ourselves to trying to answer that question. As a first step, we reached out to all the entrepreneurs who have participated in our Global Institute in Boulder, Colorado, over the past five years and asked them to tell us how their ventures have grown and scaled, how influential Unreasonable was in supporting that growth, and what kind of impact they are creating in the world. Of the 93 ventures that have participated in Unreasonable Global, 88% completed the survey; we are thrilled to share with you what we learned from their responses in our first-ever impact report<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Our approach<\/h2>\n

The goal isn\u2019t to attribute entrepreneurial success to Unreasonable\u2014we know better than anyone that the success of an entrepreneur\u2019s startup is due to their own diligence and grit. We\u2019re content knowing that we contribute in some way, but we don\u2019t try to identify exactly which piece of a venture\u2019s success\u2014or how large a piece\u2014we are \u201cresponsible\u201d for. Rather, our goal is to learn how we can improve. Assessing our impact helps us better serve our entrepreneurs. Only through intimate familiarity with what\u2019s working and what\u2019s not can we rigorously improve our programs. <\/p>\n

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We also recognize that our approach is imperfect. All of our ventures\u2014given the extraordinary breadth of entrepreneurs we work with, across both sectors and geographies\u2014are unique. We know that impact metrics, even supplemented by the qualitative stories of impact we are simultaneously collecting, can never fully capture the phenomenal work they are doing. What we\u2019ve done is a start – and we welcome feedback on how to improve going forward.<\/p>\n

What does impact assessment tell us?<\/h2>\n

First, in a lot of ways, what we are doing is working. Here are some of the highlights.<\/p>\n