๐ŸŽ„ At Christmas, learning ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐š๐ฒ ๐๐Ž is a ๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ง ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ญ for your time, your energy, and your relationships.
๐Ÿš€ In innovation, itโ€™s a ๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ง ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ.

๐๐จ๐ญ ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐š ๐ ๐จ๐จ๐ ๐ข๐๐ž๐š even if it looks exciting on the surface.

Research and real-world experience consistently show where collaboration starts to ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ž ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ค ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐š๐ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฏ๐š๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ž:
๐Ÿ”ธ there is no strategic alignment โ€” only interest in โ€œcool techโ€
๐Ÿ”ธ innovation becomes signalling, not commitment
๐Ÿ”ธ the startup is either too early or too locked in
๐Ÿ”ธ IP, data, timelines or governance remain unclear

These collaborations rarely fail because of poor execution.
๐“๐ก๐ž๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐š๐ข๐ฅ ๐›๐ž๐œ๐š๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ง๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐.

At BRAIN CONNECT Prague, we donโ€™t connect actors at any cost.
๐Ÿ”น ๐‘‚๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘’ ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘ก๐‘œ โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘™๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘”๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘  ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘˜๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘ก๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘  ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘๐‘™๐‘ข๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ก ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘’.

๐ŸŽ Because the most strategic gift you can give your innovation portfolio might be the collaboration you choose not to unwrap.