Dear Emerge Cohort,
Speedinvest Heroes and its partners are deeply committed to supporting founders to succeed. For this reason, we want to offer you access to our Founder Check for free!
Here is a unique opportunity for you and your co-founders to access our service.
Simply sign up by clicking on the button below!
Please carefully review the process here.
And if you are interested in further information, you can learn more by going through the rest of this page.
By taking part in the Founder Check, you automatically participate in our Startup Anatomy Study 2021, a Europe-wide startup study that aims to identify unique founder characteristics. You will receive exclusive benchmarking insights on how the Emerge cohort compares to other European startups and more.
What is the Founder Check?Â
The Founder Check was specifically designed to help early-stage startups succeed. It combines:
– 360-degree psychometric test
– personal coaching sessionÂ
It will help you understand your values, become even more innovative and grow as successful entrepreneurs through leadership training and mental well-being.
The Founder Check is unique due to the truly interdisciplinary nature of our team that has developed and, by now, applied it for more than 1.000 founders. We are psychologists, data scientists and HR experts who have worked in startups all our lives. We aim to combine behavioral economics, positive psychology and good old statistics with our background in the digital startup world.
First, you can indicate your interest by filling out the sign up form. If you have co-founders, please add their names and email addresses in the dedicated answer field in the form. Like that, you can gain unique insights into your team composition. Please do not forget to also brief them about the process!
After signing up, within a few days you will receive an email from MINDONE with your personal link to the online 360-degree psychometric test. Please also check your spam folder regularly! Just follow the instructions in the email – get yourself a nice cup of coffee and avoid any distraction while filling out the test. Completing the questionnaire takes an average of 30 min.
After completing the Founder Check online test, please reach out to Claudia Naue (claudia.naue@speedinvest-heroes.com), who will share your personal test report with you and schedule your personal coaching session with our consultant. During this coaching, you’ll get more information about your ‘superpowers’ and gain deep insights into the context of different founder profiles.
After your entire team has completed their personal coaching sessions, Claudia Naue will schedule a group session for you together with your co-founders. During this coaching, you can explore similarities, differences, learn more about diversity and get insights into successful team development.
Once you are done, the results will be merged into the comprehensive Startup Anatomy Study, and you will get unique benchmarking insights.
How does this benefit you as a founder?
This sounds easy, yet it is not and this is exactly where our Founder Check comes in. Our combination of a 360-degree psychometric test and the coaching session based upon it provides you with the right labels and context for your own patterns, always focussing on your strengths. This framework then allows you to do your own next steps and become a wonderful member of diverse teams.Â
To stay and become this healthy and mindful member or leader for startups we provide you with the first step: Recognise your patterns.Â
Understanding yourself is just the first step on your career path and on your wild ride to grow your own company. Startup cultures are as diverse as we all are. Hence, it is of utmost importance to recognise your own patterns in order to create the culture you and your team can thrive in.
 Your values do not just build the core of your company culture, but also are the essence of your company’s purpose. They are what sets you apart from others and why people will ultimately decide to invest in you and your team. Understanding those values is the first step to create a thriving culture biosphere, but it is an ongoing process. It’s like with your relationships – you have to work on it to improve it, adapt it if necessary and work on it again. With the Founder Check, we will help you to do so in the most respectful and mindful way.
Some people need more space, some need more team and others need more communication. And this diversity is wonderful, however, diverse personalities and working styles can also be a source of stress if one is not aware. That is why we love our job and our Founder Checks, because we celebrate our uniquenesses and turn them into a powerful and creative asset, to help you prosper and grow healthy. In this way, the Founder Check can help you with burnout prevention so you can be the best version of yourself, for you and your team.
How does this benefit your startup?
Being mindful allows you to be focused and aware at every moment. We are not able to innovate, bring new ideas, new products and startups on their way, if we are not aware of the needs we have on a personal level. The Founder Check allows you to foster the creative environment you need to be most innovative.
For investors, trust in the abilities of the founding team is more important than the idea itself. This is why there are a lot of startups with similar ideas but only a few that achieve funding outcomes. Knowing your superpowers and team characteristics is a huge advantage and we can help you uncover that. The Founder Check will help you to convince investors why you are capable of more than others.
Nicholas Cole, the founder of Digital Press says ‘The single most valuable investment I’ve ever made as an entrepreneur has been in myself and my own personal brand.’, and this holds true. This is something, that founders of companies, C-suite executives, even investors and venture capitalists are starting to realize can have a massive impact on the trajectory of a business. Our Founder Check process can help you identify suitable leadership styles and which tools you possess to grow into the leader you aspire to be.
The intrinsic value of a company is locked up not only in its patents, but also in the intellectual capital of its employees, their internal and external relationships, and their ability to innovate, collaborate, and execute. As much as you want to create the best team around you, your potential hires also want to join a balanced and well-functioning team. The Founder Check process is an approach that maps people to the process. When that correspondence is clear, understood, and shared, people can move forward rapidly. The first step in knowing how your team can function well is understanding how you function well. This insight will also help you make effective hiring decisions and create an extraordinary team.
Being a founder is not a 9-5 job, but often a 24/7 commitment. That is why it is so important to focus on your and your team’s mental health and well-being. The Founder Check can help you identify potential areas which can cause stress and help you to avoid pressure situations before they occur.
To receive exclusive access to the Founder Check, please sign up below. Please carefully review the process before signing up.Â
Please add your co-founders’ email addresses in the dedicated field and brief them about the process.Â
We are extremely excited to do the Founder Check with you and help you change the world.
Your Speedinvest Heroes Team
If you have any questions or face obstacles along the way, feel free to reach out to your dedicated support:
Alexander Waldner – alexander.waldner@speedinvest-heroes.com
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Who are we?
Speedinvest Heroes is a joint venture of Speedinvest, founded to be at the center of the startup ecosystem. Our main objective is to help young companies succeed by addressing all their HR-related challenges. Â
With our expertise of having worked with over 400 startups and almost 20,000 individuals, we have developed unique insights into what early-stage companies need in order to scale.Â
For more information, browse through our services.
From the very beginning, Speedinvest Heroes was at the pulse of the European startup ecosystem. Our core objectives were to create, conceptualize and share knowledge about the startup world, which is why we have conducted the Startup Anatomy Study 2019. We wanted to learn about the success factors of entrepreneurs, their key motivational drivers and their unique traits compared to corporate counterparts. In 2021, we roll out this study on a European scale to further deepen our topical understanding based on the results of hundreds of Founder Checks.Â
For more information on our Startup Anatomy Study 2021, click here. All data will be processed anonymized. If you would like to withdraw your data from the study, please contact us.
