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Line Kloster Pedersen, CEO of Visibuilt, is one of the entrepreneurs who has bene昀椀ted from BII’s strong focus on entrepreneurial mental health
same stage of their entrepreneurial
journey meet every month.
The initiative is built and organized in
collaboration with business coach Cecilie
Willer, founder of TODAY.io, daily to
strengthen entrepreneur’s mental health.
“We know from research that many
people struggle with mental health issues
and that many fail due to burnout, lack
of focus and motivation, and con昀氀icts in
the team. That’s why we teach founders
the importance of mental health and
self-management on the journey. We do
this by creating a safe space where they
can remove the ‘everything is awesome’
mask and share the thoughts and feelings
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that arise when building a startup,” explains Cecilie Willer.
One of the BII startups that has
bene昀椀ted from the initiative is Danish
Visibuilt, which is developing a biobased and sustainable new technology
for road construction.
“As the company has grown, it has
been important for me to maintain a
balance as CEO and person. It’s been fastpaced, and the more people involved in
the project, the more the demands on me
as a leader have increased. Through BII,
I’ve been able to spar with other entrepreneurs and gained tools that help me
deal with things like stress and over-
come the feeling of impostor syndrome,”
says Line Kloster Pedersen, CEO and
founder of Visibuilt.
Jens Nielsen is delighted with this experience. Because the mental aspect is a
fundamental challenge if more research
is to lead to startups, he explains.
“Getting this type of support is important - especially as an early-stage startup.
We shouldn’t expect all researchers to
become entrepreneurs because of this.
However, if we can get more people to
take the leap and turn their research into
a product or service that bene昀椀ts society,
we’ve already taken a big step in the
right direction.”
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