{"id":826,"date":"2016-06-06T11:47:04","date_gmt":"2016-06-06T11:47:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gec.whooom.nl\/?p=826"},"modified":"2022-03-24T12:41:05","modified_gmt":"2022-03-24T12:41:05","slug":"gastblog-door-thomas-mensink-startupjuncture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goldeneggcheck.com\/en\/gastblog-door-thomas-mensink-startupjuncture\/","title":{"rendered":"Guestblog by Thomas Mensink &#8211; StartupJuncture"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#e2e2e2;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start\" style=\"max-width:1248px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-819 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/gec.whooom.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/StartupJuncture-logo-300x101.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"101\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goldeneggcheck.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/StartupJuncture-logo-200x67.png 200w, https:\/\/goldeneggcheck.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/StartupJuncture-logo-300x101.png 300w, https:\/\/goldeneggcheck.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/StartupJuncture-logo-400x134.png 400w, https:\/\/goldeneggcheck.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/StartupJuncture-logo-600x202.png 600w, https:\/\/goldeneggcheck.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/StartupJuncture-logo.png 646w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>For the last year or so, I have been on a quest to find a way to measure and monitor the performance of startups. One of my trials resulted in the Amsterdam Startup Index; an index with the 25 \u2018hottest\u2019 startups of Amsterdam. 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