Supsindex Fast Track
Evaluates the founder at the individual level, focusing on their baseline readiness for entrepreneurship. This phase measures both cognitive awareness of the entrepreneurial journey and the behavioral patterns that underpin effective venture creation.
1/7 The Risk We Were Blind To
The Risk We Were Blind To
Between 2019 and 2024, venture capital has continued to dry up and fundraising has grown harsher than ever. The golden peak of $685.6 billion in 2021 has crumbled to barely $314 billion in 2024.
Over this five-year period, more than $1.7 trillion in venture capital was deployed, and $1.2 trillion of it was completely wasted.
A waste of which 70% stemmed from the missteps and mismanagement of FOUNDERS!
2/7 Whose Problem Is Founder-Effect?
Whose Problem Is Founder-Effect?
Almost All Founders
determined not to become another statistic in the next VC failure report. Especially first-time founders or those entering a new sector—face uncertainty about their own capabilities and their team’s composition.
Founders are often uncertain about whether:
- they possess the knowledge required for the entrepreneurial path ahead
- they have the right mindset, behavior, and vision aligned with their goals
- their team composition is optimal for long-term success
- their decision-making strengths and weaknesses hold up under pressure
Almost All Ecosystem Stakeholders
From incubators, accelerators, and facilitators to investors, those who nurture and finance startups inevitably suffer from founder-effect losses.
In evaluating any founding team, they encounter the same set of challenges:
- Lack of a universal index to evaluate founders and teams across critical dimensions — general knowledge, domain expertise, entrepreneurial behavior, ecosystem understanding, team dynamics, decision-making under stress, and financial skills.
- Recurring costs of repeatedly assessing high-potential teams through interviews and document reviews.
- No clarity on how a team’s knowledge and skills compare against global benchmarks.
- Loss of valuable time in early mentorship, spent merely on familiarization before meaningful guidance can begin.
- Absence of a standardized framework that is widely accepted for continuously reinforcing strengths and systematically addressing weaknesses.
Urgent need of a reliable “Assessment System”. Current methods — résumé reviews, multiple interviews, generic personality tests, and early-stage supervision — Slow. Ambiguous. Costly. Opaque. Unreliable. Biased. Ineffective. For first-time founders with no track record, the assessment gap is even deeper.
An accurate assessment system does exist.
3/7 Supsindex Way of Solving the Founder-Effect Issue
Supsindex Way of Solving the Founder-Effect Issue
The power of indices!
We have turned the unmeasurable into measurable
Supsindex has long been dedicated to developing a reliable assessment system of a founder’s readiness for the entrepreneurial journey, built on aspects that hold the chance to prevent startup failures. A system of universal indices that is non-biased, comparable.
Supsindex Phases
Individual Tests
Evaluates the founder at the individual level, focusing on their baseline readiness for entrepreneurship. This phase measures both cognitive awareness of the entrepreneurial journey and the behavioral patterns that underpin effective venture creation.
Team & Simulations
Extends the analysis to collective dynamics and external orientation. It examines how founding teams function internally, how they engage with the broader entrepreneurial ecosystem, and how they respond to simulated high-pressure decision-making scenarios that mirror real market conditions.
Continuous Monitoring
Moves beyond point-in-time evaluation by tracking the evolution of founders and teams over extended periods. This phase provides continuous insights into developmental trajectories, enabling a deeper understanding of growth, resilience, and adaptive capacity.
Phase 1, Ready to Use!
- FPA Index (Founder Public Awareness)
Assesses founders’ threshold of readiness to lead a startup, and to what extent their accumulated knowledge is practically applicable.
- GEB Index (General Entrepreneurial Behavior)
Evaluates the effectiveness of a founder’s behaviors, beliefs, and thought patterns in shaping entrepreneurial performance.
- EEA Index (Ecosystem Environmental Awareness Index)
Measures founder’s familiarity with a destination ecosystem when entering or relocating to new markets.
- DI (Dedicated Requested Indexes)
Organizations in need of a custom assessment can request Supsindex DI.
Why are Supsindex indices reliable?
4/7 Why Supsindex Is Reliable
Why Supsindex Is Reliable
- A library of 1,000+ questionnaires and 30,000+ questions, spanning 15+ ecosystems and 55+ industries.
- Built on the IRT (Item Response Theory) framework for scientific precision
- Calibration dataset exceeding 1,000 initial samples
- Fully aligned with SIOP (Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology) standards
- Endorsed and trusted by 60+ specialized institutions
- Scientifically reviewed by 357 faculty members worldwide
- A proprietary, patent-protected methodology developed exclusively for entrepreneurial assessment
5/7 Your Gain from Supsindex
Your Gain from Supsindex
Founders
- See Yourself Clearly
Get a complete view of your entrepreneurial knowledge, expertise, mindset, behavior, and ecosystem awareness.
- Benchmark Your Impact
Discover exactly where you stand compared to average founders and the world’s top performers.
- Understand Your Team Like Never Before
Reveal the chemistry and strengths of your founding team.
- Grow with SupsHub
Your personal engine for sustainable growth and ecosystem navigation.
- Earn Recognition That Matters
Receive a globally credible report and certification,a passport to investors’ and accelerators’ trust.
Ecosystem Stakeholders
- Assess with Confidence
Evaluate founders and teams on knowledge, expertise, entrepreneurial behavior, and ecosystem understanding.
- Benchmark Efficiently
Compare applicants against peers and top global performers.
- Streamline Decisions
Save time, reduce costs, and minimize risk in assessment and funding decisions.
- Strategic Insights
Access comparative reports to understand teams in your network and across international competitors.
Not convinced yet?
6/7 Anything you need to know more
Anything you need to know more
Curious about common scenarios?
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7/7 What Awaits You in the Supsindex Dashboard
What Awaits You in the Supsindex Dashboard