Our story
From the dream of two schoolfriends to a multi-country operation spanning all facets of research, MindTake retains passion and innovation as its core values. Our decade of experience across business sectors allows us to offer both custom and standardised online and offline research on advertising, brands, products, customers and users - delivering not just results, but insight.
1995
Amazon.com opens for business
2001
First steps
On summer break from university, Benjamin Zotter and Klaus Oberecker go into a bookstore and buy the McKinsey guide "How to write a business plan“
2001
Mac OS X introduced
2002
Infovalidator
After months of programming, the first version of online survey tool Infovalidator is ready
2003
Take-off
A development deal with the ORF for its Insider platform helps the fledgling partnership get off to a strong start
2004
Mozilla Firefox 1.0 launches
2005
Now it’s official
Mindtake New Media Consulting GmbH is founded with capital from the boys’ savings
2005
Facebook launches school and company version
2006
Work hard, play hard
The first Vienna office in Wollzeile is home to 7 employees and a great many late nights
2006
Twitter released
2008
Bok Zagreb, Здравейте Sofia!
MindTake goes on its first expansion wave with online research panels in Croatia and Bulgaria
2009
Panel boom
The firm adds offices in Riga and Sofia, and clinches panel cooperations in three more CEE countries
2009
Apple releases the iPad
2010
Focus
The firm is split into two: MindTake Research is the purely research arm, with Wiener Digital Manufaktur as the digital agency
2012
Google presents Glass prototype
2014
Big Bang
Operating out of 5 offices in central and south-eastern Europe, the MindTake team grows to 35 people
2014
Smartphone users estimated at 1.7 billion worldwide
2015
Talk Online Panel
MindTake's panel research arm is relaunched as a separate entity, operating in 21 countries
2016
Internet-of-Things devices estimated at 17.6 billion worldwide
2017
Introducing Reppublika
MindTake launches its user-centric toolbox for data-driven analytics
Management
Klaus Oberecker
Partner
Eva Oberecker-Kurys, PhD
Partner
Petra Kacnik-Süß
CEO
Kickstart your career at MindTake
We work out of two main hubs in Vienna and Athens, and half a dozen smaller outposts across central and Eastern Europe, with a team roster that includes 16 nationalities speaking more than 20 languages. Our staff comprises statisticians and research designers, sociologists, marketing experts and digital strategists, as well as designers and software developers - and we are always on the lookout for talent and a positive attitude.
Junior Researcher (Vienna/Sofia/Zurich)
We are currently looking mainly for economics, business and social sciences graduates with a flair for statistics and a passion for insightful data. English, the joint official language of the company along with German, is a must. The positions are primarily in our Vienna office, but we are also interested in expanding our activities in Sofia and Zurich.