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June 22nd, 2025

Funder and Founder Blindspots That Break Deals, with Gili Elkin, Managing Partner at ICI Fund

  1. Funder and Founder Blindspots That Break Deals, with Gili Elkin, Managing Partner at ICI Fund Birgit Kamps 32:30

What if the biggest threats to your deal flow aren’t the numbers—but the blindspots?

Gili Elkin, Founder and Managing Partner at ICI Fund (Innovation, Community, and Intelligence), shares how she evaluates and builds high-impact, high-integrity partnerships with both funders and founders.

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CEO Blindspots® Podcast Guest:⁠⁠ ⁠Gili Elkin, Founder and Managing Partner at ICI Fund

👉 For more information about ⁠⁠Gili Elkin⁠⁠,

https://www.linkedin.com/in/gilielkin/

👉 Connect with ICI Fund:⁠ ici.fund⁠ | [email protected]

📄 To access the transcript of this episode of the CEO Blindspots® Podcast with Gili Elkin;

Go to Birgit’s YouTube channel ; https://www.youtube.com/@ceoblindspots or

Google doc; https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AM8258hLczv4Q8tgbVcUu5ROiMTfQ_WeEJN-Ai7lWpg/edit?usp=sharing

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⁠⁠⁠⁠CEO Blindspots® Podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠ Host: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Birgit Kamps⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Birgit’s professional experience includes starting and selling an “Inc. 500 Fastest Growing Private Company” and a “Best Company to Work for in Texas”, and serving as a Board Member with various companies. She is also a mentor at the University of Houston’s Wolff Center for Entrepreneurship.

Birgit is able to help investors and executives quickly discover blind spots holding their organization back, and accelerate leadership effectiveness.

In addition, Birgit is the host of the CEO Blindspots® Podcast which was recognized for having the “biggest listener Growth” in the USA by 733%, and most recently for having the “top 1.5% global ranking” in its category; ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://ceoblindspots.com/podcast/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

To ask questions about this or one of the 250+ other CEO Blindspots® Podcast episodes, reach out to Birgit; ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Birgit Kamps CEO Blindspots Podcast

Birgit was speaking five languages by the age of 10, and lived in five countries with her Dutch parents prior to becoming an American citizen. Birgit’s professional experience includes starting and selling an “Inc. 500 Fastest Growing Private Company” and a “Best Company to Work for in Texas”, and serving as a Board Member with various companies. In addition, Birgit is the President of Hire Universe LLC, and the host of the CEO Blindspots® Podcast which was recognized by Spotify for having the “biggest listener growth” in the USA by 733%; https://www.ceoblindspots.com/