Respondent type | Report taxonomy | Definition |
---|---|---|
Founder / co-founder | First-time founder | Self-reported first-time founder |
Founder / co-founder | Repeat founder | Self-reported repeat founder with limited experience in scaling own company (e.g. did not scale customer base, did not scale team, or did not exit) |
Founder / co-founder | Experienced repeat founder | Self-reported repeat founder with significant previous experience in scaling own company (e.g. built a large customer base, scaled team, or achieved an exit) |
Executive | C-level | C-level executive at a tech startup or scaleup |
Executive | Department head | Department head at a tech startup or scaleup (e.g. head of product, people, sales etc…) |
Employee | Tech employee | Employee at a tech startup or scaleup |
Employee | Non-tech employee | Employee / manager outside the tech sector |
Investor | VCs | Venture capital investor |
Investor | Angels | Angel investor |
Investor | LPs | Limited partners investing in Private Equity & Venture Capital funds with a focus on tech |