Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
๐ I'm passionate about ๐๐จ๐ง๐ง๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐๐ง ๐๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ฆ๐ฌ. I love to help Startups realize their potential through Pitching coaching, Storytelling and Public Speaking trainings as well as meaningful new connections. ๐ค My passion is ๐๐ฏ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐จ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง - I've been hosting events such as Web Summit, Slush'D, Startup Germany Summit, AI24 by Lamarr, Impact Festival, Superconnectors and many more. โค๏ธLoving new challenges, my career path has taken me around the globe. Each country I have lived in and each position shaped me into who I am today: A world citizen with a deep understanding of international political & economic relations, an experienced public speaker and passionate networker with contacts all over the world. ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐ ๐ข๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐ซ๐: โ looking for an experienced MC for your (Tech-) conference or event โ looking for a Startup expert to design & implement your Startup program or event โ looking for an experienced coach for: Storytelling, Pitching, Public Speaking โ want to know more about building Tech ecosystems & communities ๐๐๐ซ๐'๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ: โจ Chapter 1 My first job after uni: I worked as a Country Director for an emerging markets consulting & research firm, managing projects in: Bangkok, Algiers, Tunis, Jakarta, Istanbul - this is where my love for working in developing countries started. โจChapter 2 Back in Germany, I managed all start-up investments and press/media relations for a high profile Turkish entrepreneur & investor (participant of "Hรถhle der Lรถwen, the German "Shark Tank"โ) and his group of companies - this was my deep dive into the startup world. โจChapter 3 In 2016 I founded my first own consultancy "Zukunftsmanufaktur"โ (PR, Pitching, Storytelling, Marketing). My event host work took off and I MCed events all over Europe, deep diving into different Tech Scenes. โจChapter 4 ๐๐๐ made me ๐๐ข๐ ๐ข๐ญ๐๐ฅ ๐๐ฆ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐๐จ๐ซ to Namibia in Dec 2020. I lived in Windhoek until 2022, to help grow the Namibian Startup ecosystem. โจChapter 5 Returning to Germany, I joined ๐๐๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ฒ ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ & ๐๐ง๐ฏ๐๐ฌ๐ญ (๐๐๐๐) and was in charge of int'l affairs of the ๐๐ข๐ ๐ข๐ญ๐๐ฅ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ (๐๐:๐ก๐ฎ๐) of the Ministry of Economic Affairs โจChapter 6 2024: I took all experiences and bundled them into embassidy - my cross-continental Startup consultancy. I have arrived! My daugher Marie-Lou and I live in Cologne & Windhoek.
embassidy is an entrepreneurship support organization operating between Cologne and Windhoek. We design and implement Startup programmes and events, and coach Green Tech and High Impact Startups from both continents in Pitching, Storytelling, Presentation skills and Internationalization.
Meike Neitz has been hosting events such as Web Summit, Bolzano SlushโD, Lamarr by Fraunhofer, SET Tech Festival, Ruhr Summit, Startupland, START Summit, HTGF Partner's Day, Hannover Messe and many more. Her clients include Commerzbank, the Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Action, German Energy Agency, NTT Data, Founders Foundation, Volkswagen Stiftung, and many more
An alliance of like-minded people who are designing and executing entrepreneurial projects between the African and European continent: From market-entry to Acceleration!
It Takes a Village is a new community-based initiative founded by Daniela Diekmann and Meike Neitz to support entrepreneurship in Namibia. We believe that it takes a village to bring about an innovation-driven tech ecosystem! We run entrepreneurship trainings and host networking events in Namibia to exchange ideas, foster innovation and empower talents to create change.
Supporting Third Derivative Startups in everything related to their Public Image - from Presentation skills to Storytelling, from Personal Branding to PR