THURSDAY GATHERING #51 Focus on Resilience and Growth

​TO REGISTER GO TO: venturecafeberlin.gatherus.app

​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 edition of 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.

​⚡ Boost Your Energy – Access High Performance States Anytime

​Time: 17:15 – 18:00
Description:
This interactive session focuses on unlocking high-performance states on demand. Through guided exercises, participants will explore how mindset and emotional state drive performance, gain awareness of personal patterns, and learn simple techniques to create immediate internal shifts. The session includes a practical process to anchor a powerful, high-energy state you can access in high-pressure situations.

​Speaker:
Annika Weitner — Founder, Weitnerdenken

​😌 The Bottleneck in Your Growth Is You & Your Inner OS
​Time: 17:30 – 18:00

Description:
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.

​Speaker:
Darinka Burovska — Mentor for Personal, Professional & Spiritual Growth, Coaching by Darinka

​🧠 Regulate to Innovate: Micro-Skills for Macro Impact

​Time: 18:15 – 19:00
Description:
Growth can be demanding—and stress can quickly impact clarity and creativity. This workshop introduces science-based self- and co-regulation techniques designed to keep your mind sharp and your team connected. Expect playful exploration of practical micro-habits that fit into a busy day, with tools you can apply immediately.

​Prepared in cooperation with Techniker Krankenkasse

​Speaker:
Dipl.-Psych. Caroline Große — Psychologist & Process-Oriented Coach

​Björn Priewe — Startup Consultant, Techniker Krankenkasse

​🔷 Bootstrapping Under Pressure, Financial Discipline and Founder Resilience Time: 19:00 – 20:00

​Description: This breakout session explores how founders can build and sustain ventures under tight resource constraints by embracing bootstrapping as a deliberate strategy.

​Speakers: Dr. Valdrin D., — Co-Founder, Berlin College of Business and Technology Sabina Kohlmann, PhD — Lecturer and Consultant Melina Vanessa Mann — Founder, Harvested Zofia Julia Borkowska — Founder & CEO, HASTE STUDIOS Tunca Beril Basaran — Founder, CarboSlag Julian Schröder — Managing Director & Co-Founder, Fuxam GmbH

​🌿 Thriving Under Pressure: Stress Management and Resilience for Entrepreneurs

​Time: 19:15 – 20:00
Description:
A practical session on managing stress and building resilience without sacrificing performance. Drawing on yoga, mindfulness, and evidence-based techniques, participants will gain actionable tools to stay grounded, focused, and motivated. The session concludes with a guided breathing exercise to reset both mind and body.

​Speaker:
Kristina Engel — Speaker & Yoga Teacher

​🎟️ Free & open to all
Full agenda will be announced at venturecafeberlin.org