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🚀 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻? 𝗙𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗮𝘀𝘁, 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻-𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵𝘆 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗸. We didn't have to travel far for this one! Operating from our Business Angels Deutschland e.V. (BAND) HQ located right inside CIC Berlin, we get a front-row seat to world-class innovation every day. We are incredibly grateful to have sat down with Michelle Ottey, PhD, President of CIC (Cambridge Innovation Center) Campuses and Labs, for an inspiring conversation on global scaling, risk culture, and the future of our ecosystem. Thank you, Michelle, for your time and brilliant insights! During our chat, Michelle shared a powerful perspective on how building a diverse startup culture drives faster, better business outcomes: 💬 “𝘝𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴. 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘮 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘴, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳... 𝘈 𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘱 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘮-𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘰 𝘧𝘶𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘧𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳. 𝘉𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦.” A huge thank you again to Michelle, Timon, Natalia and the entire CIC Berlin team for being incredible partners and hosts! 📖 Read the full interview on our website to discover why startups come to CIC for the infrastructure, but stay for the community: 🔗 https://lnkd.in/dyhdrG7u #BAND #CICBerlin #StartupEcosystem #Innovation #VentureCapital #FounderMindset #DiversityInTech #GlobalScaling #Community