Techstars Workforce Development Accelerator
How do you equip early-stage founders to drive real social impact, not just talk about it?
Impact you can measure is impact you can scale.
Transformative Benefits
How do you go beyond the “blah blah”?
That was the challenge Techstars faced in their Workforce Development Accelerator.
Startups used to enter the program with strong impact intentions for impact. But intentions, as we know, can easily take second place to the day-to-day.
That’s where we stepped in.
For Techstars…
By tracking social and economic outcomes, Techstars gained quantified evidence of their programme’s broader effects in society beyond just their traditional business metrics:
Clear and quantifiable data on the broader societal effects of their program
A standardized way to track impact across their entire portfolio of startups
Integrated impact-management system.
SVT designed an integrated impact-management system. One that gives founders practical and immediately actionable skills.
Now, vague ideas of “doing good” have been replaced with embedded capabilities to track, manage, and improve social and economic outcomes.
For Founders…
Founders graduated with embedded impact management capabilities.
The enhanced value proposition helped founders attract more aligned investors and speed time to decision, while the program honed its audience of impact-focused startups, built their impact management ‘muscle,’ and reinforced Techstars' engagement of impact-oriented partners.
