In a world where constant change, pressure, and uncertainty are part of everyday startup life, resilience is no longer optional—it’s a core skill. This Thursday Gathering is dedicated to helping founders, professionals, and curious minds strengthen their mental clarity, energy, and adaptability. Through interactive sessions and practical tools, explore how to sustain high performance, regulate stress, and build the inner foundations needed for long-term growth.
In the Demo Table zone you will discover various products, technologies and projects being presented by the founders or startup-representatives.
In the Info Table zone you will find out about projects, organisations and ideas.
Want to present your organisation? Send us an application!
However remember, this is NO HARD SALES zone.
Unwind, connect, and vibe to the rhythm! This lively session blends casual networking with great music, offering the perfect atmosphere to meet fellow innovators, exchange ideas, and forge new collaborations. Grab a drink, enjoy the beats, and build meaningful connections in a relaxed, energetic setting.
This interactive breakout session helps participants unlock the ability to shift into high-performance states on demand. Through guided exercises and practical insights, attendees will learn why mindset and emotional state are the true drivers of performance—often more important than strategy itself.
Participants will explore the core mechanisms behind how states are created, gain awareness of their own patterns, and experience simple techniques to create immediate internal shifts. The session includes a guided process to anchor a powerful, high-energy state, giving attendees a reliable tool they can use in real-life, high-pressure situations.
Walk away with a clear realization: you are not at the mercy of your state—you can actively create it. 🚀
Built for Growth. Wired for Resilience.
You've optimised your product, your pitch, your team. But your inner operating system - your energy, your nervous system, your subconscious patterns - hasn't been touched. And that is what actually runs your business.
Using Vipassana body scanning, meditation, and deep self-discovery questions rooted in ancient mindfulness traditions, this 30-minute session takes you on a journey inward. Slowly dropping from the thinking mind into sensation and stillness - into the subconscious patterns, thought loops, and body signals shaping everything you do. The layer that most growth conversations never reach.
You will leave feeling calmer, more connected to your body, and with insights to carry forward for further self-discovery. Not because the problems changed - but because your awareness of your subconscious mind increased, and your relationship to what you carry began to shift.
A sample of a deeper practice. A doorway inward.
Growth is exciting—until stress hits. This workshop equips you with simple, science‑based self‑ and co‑regulation techniques that enable you to keep your mind sharp, your creativity high, and your team connected. You’ll playfully explore micro‑habits that actually fit into a busy day and walk away with tools you can use right away.
Prepared in cooperation with Techniker Krankenkasse.
This breakout session explores how founders can build and sustain ventures under tight resource constraints by embracing bootstrapping as a deliberate strategy. Focusing on financial discipline, cash flow management, and early revenue generation, the session highlights how doing more with less can sharpen priorities and validate real demand. It also dives into the psychological side of entrepreneurship—navigating decision fatigue, maintaining resilience, and staying focused when operating without the safety net of external funding.
In today’s fast-paced world, entrepreneurs and start-up founders face constant pressure and high expectations. This talk explores practical strategies to manage stress, build resilience, and maintain well-being without sacrificing performance. Drawing from yoga, mindfulness, and evidence-based stress management techniques, participants will gain actionable tools to stay grounded and motivated. The session concludes with a guided breathing exercise to help reset the mind and body, leaving attendees energized and ready to thrive under pressure.
We’re trying something new…
We know it’s often hard to say goodbye after a Thursday Gathering when you’ve just made great connections. So if you’d like to keep the conversations going, feel free to join Olivia, our Venture Café Ambassador, for a very Berlin-style wind-down at a nearby Späti.
This is a casual, unstructured initiative—not an official session as part of the Thursday Gathering, but simply an informal opportunity for anyone who wants to continue chatting in a relaxed group setting.
Hast du gerade das Gefühl, in einer Krise festzustecken und weißt nicht, wie du wieder Kraft findest? Dann bist du hier genau richtig. Ich helfe Menschen, aus Krisen Stärke zu schöpfen, ihr inneres Gleichgewicht zurückzugewinnen und wieder in Kontakt mit sich selbst zu kommen. Ich bin Speakerin, Yogalehrerin und Mentorin. Mit meinem Personal Yoga 1:1, online und offline, Workshops und Speakings, die nicht nur inspirieren, sondern echte Veränderung anstoßen, begleite ich Menschen durch schwierige Situationen. Ich zeige Wege, wieder Energie, Klarheit und Selbstvertrauen zu gewinnen. Individuell, praxisnah und menschlich.
I’m an academic leader with 5+ years of experience owning and scaling learning products in EdTech and higher education. I have managed the full product lifecycle, from strategy, roadmap, development, to delivery across a multi-campuses in Berlin, Hamburg, Paris, and Barcelona (new BSc, MSc and MBA programs creation, created exectutive education programs). I was part of the team to create an award-winning AI University project recognised by QS Reimagine Education (2025) and AMBA award (2026), where we integrated AI tools into content production, assessment design, and learner support workflows. Over my carreer in business and academia I have a proven track record of working with C-suite, leading cross-functional teams, and delivering measurable product improvements. I hold doctorate in marketing, executive education in Artificial intelligence and I’m currently completing professional certificate at Harvard Graduate School of Education. I’m also a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI).
In a world where constant change, pressure, and uncertainty are part of everyday startup life, resilience is no longer optional—it’s a core skill. This Thursday Gathering is dedicated to helping founders, professionals, and curious minds strengthen their mental clarity, energy, and adaptability. Through interactive sessions and practical tools, explore how to sustain high performance, regulate stress, and build the inner foundations needed for long-term growth.
In the Demo Table zone you will discover various products, technologies and projects being presented by the founders or startup-representatives.
In the Info Table zone you will find out about projects, organisations and ideas.
Want to present your organisation? Send us an application!
However remember, this is NO HARD SALES zone.
Unwind, connect, and vibe to the rhythm! This lively session blends casual networking with great music, offering the perfect atmosphere to meet fellow innovators, exchange ideas, and forge new collaborations. Grab a drink, enjoy the beats, and build meaningful connections in a relaxed, energetic setting.
This interactive breakout session helps participants unlock the ability to shift into high-performance states on demand. Through guided exercises and practical insights, attendees will learn why mindset and emotional state are the true drivers of performance—often more important than strategy itself.
Participants will explore the core mechanisms behind how states are created, gain awareness of their own patterns, and experience simple techniques to create immediate internal shifts. The session includes a guided process to anchor a powerful, high-energy state, giving attendees a reliable tool they can use in real-life, high-pressure situations.
Walk away with a clear realization: you are not at the mercy of your state—you can actively create it. 🚀
Built for Growth. Wired for Resilience.
You've optimised your product, your pitch, your team. But your inner operating system - your energy, your nervous system, your subconscious patterns - hasn't been touched. And that is what actually runs your business.
Using Vipassana body scanning, meditation, and deep self-discovery questions rooted in ancient mindfulness traditions, this 30-minute session takes you on a journey inward. Slowly dropping from the thinking mind into sensation and stillness - into the subconscious patterns, thought loops, and body signals shaping everything you do. The layer that most growth conversations never reach.
You will leave feeling calmer, more connected to your body, and with insights to carry forward for further self-discovery. Not because the problems changed - but because your awareness of your subconscious mind increased, and your relationship to what you carry began to shift.
A sample of a deeper practice. A doorway inward.
Growth is exciting—until stress hits. This workshop equips you with simple, science‑based self‑ and co‑regulation techniques that enable you to keep your mind sharp, your creativity high, and your team connected. You’ll playfully explore micro‑habits that actually fit into a busy day and walk away with tools you can use right away.
Prepared in cooperation with Techniker Krankenkasse.
This breakout session explores how founders can build and sustain ventures under tight resource constraints by embracing bootstrapping as a deliberate strategy. Focusing on financial discipline, cash flow management, and early revenue generation, the session highlights how doing more with less can sharpen priorities and validate real demand. It also dives into the psychological side of entrepreneurship—navigating decision fatigue, maintaining resilience, and staying focused when operating without the safety net of external funding.
In today’s fast-paced world, entrepreneurs and start-up founders face constant pressure and high expectations. This talk explores practical strategies to manage stress, build resilience, and maintain well-being without sacrificing performance. Drawing from yoga, mindfulness, and evidence-based stress management techniques, participants will gain actionable tools to stay grounded and motivated. The session concludes with a guided breathing exercise to help reset the mind and body, leaving attendees energized and ready to thrive under pressure.
We’re trying something new…
We know it’s often hard to say goodbye after a Thursday Gathering when you’ve just made great connections. So if you’d like to keep the conversations going, feel free to join Olivia, our Venture Café Ambassador, for a very Berlin-style wind-down at a nearby Späti.
This is a casual, unstructured initiative—not an official session as part of the Thursday Gathering, but simply an informal opportunity for anyone who wants to continue chatting in a relaxed group setting.
Hast du gerade das Gefühl, in einer Krise festzustecken und weißt nicht, wie du wieder Kraft findest? Dann bist du hier genau richtig. Ich helfe Menschen, aus Krisen Stärke zu schöpfen, ihr inneres Gleichgewicht zurückzugewinnen und wieder in Kontakt mit sich selbst zu kommen. Ich bin Speakerin, Yogalehrerin und Mentorin. Mit meinem Personal Yoga 1:1, online und offline, Workshops und Speakings, die nicht nur inspirieren, sondern echte Veränderung anstoßen, begleite ich Menschen durch schwierige Situationen. Ich zeige Wege, wieder Energie, Klarheit und Selbstvertrauen zu gewinnen. Individuell, praxisnah und menschlich.
I’m an academic leader with 5+ years of experience owning and scaling learning products in EdTech and higher education. I have managed the full product lifecycle, from strategy, roadmap, development, to delivery across a multi-campuses in Berlin, Hamburg, Paris, and Barcelona (new BSc, MSc and MBA programs creation, created exectutive education programs). I was part of the team to create an award-winning AI University project recognised by QS Reimagine Education (2025) and AMBA award (2026), where we integrated AI tools into content production, assessment design, and learner support workflows. Over my carreer in business and academia I have a proven track record of working with C-suite, leading cross-functional teams, and delivering measurable product improvements. I hold doctorate in marketing, executive education in Artificial intelligence and I’m currently completing professional certificate at Harvard Graduate School of Education. I’m also a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI).