Honestly Impactful #5

Most life science students are told to become experts before they become builders.

​But many founders start before they feel ready.

​For women in life science, the path can feel especially unclear: fewer visible role models, fewer honest stories, and more uncertainty about what it actually takes to turn research, conviction, and ambition into something real.

​Join us for an honest fireside chat with female founders in life science — about the first spark, the uncertainty, the leadership choices, the parts that were harder than expected, and why building was still worth it.

​🔥 Fireside chat with female founders who translate their research in venture in life science

​🍕 Food + peer-level guided networking

​🧬 All people interested in creating impact in life science

​Agenda 

​17:30 – 18:00 | Arrival & Informal Gathering

​18:00 – 18:15 | Introduction by Nucleate

​18:15 – 18:30 | Speaker Keynote Speech

​18:30 – 19:30 | Moderated Fireside Chat

• ​Block 1: Personal Journey & Spark 
  From student life to the first spark of startup curiosity.

• ​Block 2: Research to Startup 
  How scientific work changes when it moves beyond academia: from asking whether something is true to asking whether it can become useful, scalable, and real.

• ​Block 3: Honest Reality 
  Uncertainty, pressure, limited resources, and most difficult part

• ​Block 4: Leading as a Woman Founder
  What it means to lead as a woman in life science: building confidence, being taken seriously, finding support, making decisions, and becoming the role model you may not have seen early enough.

• ​Block 5: Lessons & Advice 
  What students should know earlier if they are curious about startups.

​19:30 – 20:30 | Small Group Q&A with Speakers + Pizza

​20:30 – 21:00 | Peer-Level Guided Networking

​This event is part of Honestly Impactful: Role Models in Bio-entrepreneurship — an event series in Rhein-Main region featuring founders, startup scientists, and intrapreneurs who are translating life science research into real-world ventures. Our speakers share what that journey really looked like: the doubts, failures, trade-offs, and hard choices behind building something beyond the lab — and why it’s still worth it.