What Fellows Get

Admittance to Our Summer Institute

LIVE, LEARN, AND ACCELERATE YOUR VENTURE WITH THE WORLD’S MOST UNREASONABLE ENTREPRENEURSAs an Unreasonable Fellow, you will live under the same roof for 6 weeks with two dozen entrepreneurs hungry to define progress in our time, while obtaining mentorship, training, and exposure to ensure your venture reaches international scale.

Intense Acceleration

50 MENTORS, 20 CAPITAL PARTNERS, AND 100 INVESTORS IN 6 WEEKSAt Unreasonable, we pride ourselves on running an Institute where you can accomplish years’ worth of work by expanding your network, building crucial skills, and gaining unprecedented exposure in just six weeks. If accepted as an Unreasonable Fellow, be prepared to be overwhelmed with opportunity to grow your venture in what may be the most fast-paced six weeks of your life.

Skill Training

HONE SKILLS AND ACHIEVE CRITICAL MILESTONES WITH EXPERT INSTRUCTIONFor 5 weeks, global thought-leaders, consultants, entrepreneurs and investors, will guide you as you work toward milestones related to impact, messaging, financial projections and cash flow management, marketing and distribution, reaching global scale, and business modeling. In addition, you will develop vital entrepreneurial and personal skills such as remaining agile in your development, taking smart risks, holding effective 1 on 1′s, delivering elevator pitches, creating “luck”, building coalitions of support, and using data to drive your decisions.

50 World-Class Mentors

GUIDANCE FROM THE BESTThe foundation of the Unreasonable Institute is mentorship. We invite 50 proven entrepreneurs and innovators, leading investors, and global thought leaders to serve as your mentors.

Investment Opportunities and Relationships with Capital Partners

PITCH TO 100 POTENTIAL INVESTORS AND BUILD RELATIONSHIPS WITH 20 CAPITAL PARTNERSUnreasonable Fellows will have the opportunity to pitch and showcase their ventures to carefully-assembled potential investors and supporters. In addition, we are partnering with 20 of the world’s top funds and foundations in the impact-investment space including Acumen Fund, First Light Ventures, Good Capital and Toniic. Each fund will send out a lead investor to live with the Unreasonable Fellows for a minimum of 3 nights during the Institute. Their presence at the Unreasonable Institute will ensure our entrepreneurs build meaningful relationships with potential funding sources beyond their immediate funding needs and across the entire life cycle of their enterprise.

Legal Services

FREE LEGAL CONSULTATIONSAs a Fellow, you’ll receive access to a global network of top-tier lawyers working in 100 countries willing to provide pro-bono support to your venture through the Lex Mundi Pro Bono Foundation.

A Global Network

JOIN THE INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE OF UNREASONABLESAfter graduating from the Unreasonable Institute, each Fellow will join an exclusive global network of Unreasonable alumni, mentors, and partners. This world-wide community will provide on-going support and invaluable relationships for the years to come.

An Unreasonable Family

FORM LIFELONG FRIENDSHIPSUnreasonable Fellows will have a peer community at the Unreasonable Institute unlike anything they’ve ever experienced. You’ll begin the Unreasonable Institute as strangers and leave as a lifelong family.

Unprecedented Exposure

THE WORLD WILL KNOW WHO YOU AREHundreds of thousands of individuals from every corner of the global will be exposed to your venture on the Finalist Marketplace and via our international media partnerships, and select entrepreneur’s stories will be heard around the world on Unreasonable TV. Furthermore, it is our goal to ensure that you are able to pitch to over 500 individuals in person while at the Institute.

All Expenses Paid

NO COST TO YOUAs an Unreasonable Fellow, you don’t spend a dollar during the 6 weeks of the Institute. Your food, housing, and travel for Institute-related events, is completely covered by the funds you raise on the Finalist Marketplace. (Note: you will have to cover your airfare to the Unreasonable Institute and any visa costs you may incur. If you need assistance with these costs, please let us know and we may be able to help you.