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The ambition with our “Insights Synthesis” format is to find the most interesting startup research, digest key takeaways, and deliver it to the right audience. When Index Ventures Partner Martin Mignot reached out and shared their new “Scaling Through Chaos” research, it was an obvious fit for this format.
Together with Dominic Jacquesson, Index’s VP of Insight & Talent, we jumped on a call to discuss the backstory of this new project, their most interesting findings, methodological aspects, and a lot more.
The Backstory of Scaling Through Chaos
MM: “Our team has been creating content for entrepreneurs for more than six years via ‘Index Press’, aiming to answer the most frequently asked questions by founders with data instead of just anecdotes. Following our ‘Rewarding Talent Compensation Benchmark’, the ‘Destination US’ and the ‘Destination Europe’ guides, ‘Scaling Through Chaos’ is the fourth major resource of this format.”
Target Audience
DJ: “Early-stage entrepreneurs as well as people and finance leaders in later stages.”
AR: How can readers best benefit from your research?
DJ: “The philosophy of Index Press is to open source our research for the benefit of the ecosystem. This is why we published the book online as well as in print, and have made our data available through the dynamic Team Plan app for everyone to slice and dice the sample to come as close to their individual situation as possible. To avoid too much noise, however, we introduced a minimum sample size of seven companies.”
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