🎄 At Christmas, learning 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐲 𝐍𝐎 is a 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 for your time, your energy, and your relationships.
🚀 In innovation, it’s a 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲.
𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐚 even if it looks exciting on the surface.
Research and real-world experience consistently show where collaboration starts to 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐤 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞:
🔸 there is no strategic alignment — only interest in “cool tech”
🔸 innovation becomes signalling, not commitment
🔸 the startup is either too early or too locked in
🔸 IP, data, timelines or governance remain unclear
These collaborations rarely fail because of poor execution.
𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐥 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝.
At BRAIN CONNECT Prague, we don’t connect actors at any cost.
🔹 𝑂𝑢𝑟 𝑟𝑜𝑙𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑝 𝑜𝑟𝑔𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑠𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑑𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑙𝑢𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒.
🎁 Because the most strategic gift you can give your innovation portfolio might be the collaboration you choose not to unwrap.