What does the StartOut Pride Economic Impact Index Measure?

1.⠀Impact, in terms of jobs created, funding raised, patents filed, and exits by high-growth entrepreneurs; actual measured data and estimated actuals based on a best-in-class peer analysis and the likely number of hidden LGBTQ+ entrepreneurs in each Metro, and an Index number based on these data points. 

2. The achievable, unrealized potential economic impact based on best-in-class peer performance in other Metro areas for the LGBTQ+ population.  
   3.⠀Comparisons between actual performance and unrealized potential. 
   Over time, we will add insights about correlations of programs and policies, and in turn a Metro’s respective Index number change over time.