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What does it take to build a system that turns outlier founders into outlier companies? We sat down with Lian Boerma — Chief Product Officer at EWOR — for a candid conversation moderated by Andrea Čordaš (Hellen's Rock Capital), exploring the thinking and architecture behind "Productizing Support: Lessons from Building an Eco-System Co-Founder." Lian's path to this work is anything but conventional. A cum laude Master's in Clinical Neuroscience from Groningen, a thesis on Alzheimer's research at Stanford's longevity lab, three and a half years in private equity at OC&C Strategy Consultants, and then a joint MBA and Master's in Education — again at Stanford. Before EWOR, she designed the educational architecture behind a Silicon Valley-backed edtech serving thousands of children across India. At EWOR, she brings all of it together: neuroscience, business strategy, and education design — to build the curriculum, technology, and community that supports a program accepting just 0.1% of applicants. Founders who join average €6M raised before the next phase. The ecosystem around them — exited founders, investors, domain experts — is what makes the support real. Her core insight from neuroscience: learning only works when it's relevant and applicable. That's the principle behind everything EWOR builds. The best ecosystems aren't just built. They're designed with intention. #Techsylvania2026