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Rather than starting my own incubator, I'm gonna come in and run Berkeley Skydeck, which is Berkeley and all things great about Berkeley.

Women in VC · A Conversation with Caroline Winnett, Executive Director @...

“And I I started talking to them, and I thought, rather than starting my own incubator, I'm gonna come in and run Berkeley Skydeck, which is Berkeley and all things great about Berkeley.”

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And I I started talking to them, and I thought, rather than starting my own incubator, I'm gonna come in and run Berkeley Skydeck, which is Berkeley and all things great about Berkeley. So that ended up happening, and it and it was just a a great outcome for me.

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Shows strategic thinking about joining vs. building from scratch. Demonstrates how career pivots can align with institutional opportunities rather than competing with them.

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