Julie Meyer
From 1998 to 1999, Julie was part of the team at NewMedia Investors [which became NewMedia Spark, an early stage investment firm, in October 1999] where she helped several companies, including lastminute.com, WGSN and Arc Cores raise significant venture capital financing and internationalise. Each of these businesses has had successful exits for their investors.
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Julie Meyer 's Background
Julie Meyer is one of the leading champions for entrepreneurship in Europe. Julie has over 20 years of investment and advisory experience, helping start-up businesses and industry standards to emerge and become established.
Through these intertwining roles of entrepreneur, advisor, investor and industry commentator, Julie has set her mission to build a growth story for the UK and Europe. This passion and entrepreneurial flair is what has earned her awards as Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year, World Economic Forum Global Leader of Tomorrow and in the Wall Street Journal's Top 30 Most Influential Women in Europe.
Julie is well-known for founding First Tuesday, the largest global network of entrepreneurs, which many credit for igniting the Internet generation in Europe. It was sold for $50 million in cash in and shares in July 2000.
Julie Meyer 's Areas of Expertise
She has consulted to Hewlett Packard, Motorola and 3Com as well early in
her career. Named a "Global Leader of Tomorrow" by the World Economic Forum and one of the top 30 most powerful women in Europe according to the Wall Street Journal, Julie's mission is to back the best entrepreneurs in Europe with global ambitions.
She was named "Entrepreneur of the Year" in October 2000 by Ernst & Young U.K.
Julie writes a weekly column for City A.M. - both print and online editions, London's business daily and also contributes to Business Week, Computing, FT Digital Business, Spectator Business and other publications. She is a regular industry commentator on the BBC and CNBC.
Most recently Julie founded Entrepreneur Country. Entrepreneur Country is a dedicated community for leading and emerging entrepreneurs, investors, the media and corporate partners who service the start-up industry across the UK and Europe.
She has been asked to be on a number of industry and government taskforces and committees to spur the entrepreneurial and creative industries..
Recent Speaking Engagements
• Business Edge: Strategies for Growth 2010, London & Bristol
• INSEAD Leadership Summit 2010, Fountainbleau
• Investec Entrepreneurs' Summit 2010, London
• Barclays Springboard Seminar 2010, London
• Fast Growth Business Awards 2010, London
• The Square Mile 30 Under 30 London Talent Awards 2010, London
• IBM Influencer 50 2010, London
• Business Startup 2009 and 2010, London
• Global Entrepreneurship Week 2009, Copenhagen
• Ninth Annual European Leadership Forum 2009, London
• PPA CEO Forum 2009, London
• FT Innovate 2009, London
• The Stone Club - Where's the Influence: Google or Murdoch? 2009 London
• Software City International 2009, Liverpool
• The Economist's Eight Annual Innovation Summit 2009, London
• Deutsche Telekom Innovation Day 2009, Berlin
• c&binet Forum 2009, Hertfordshire
• Cloud Computing World Forum 2009, London
• AOP Summit 2009, London
• FT Rethinking the Future of Finance 2009, Doha
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
What Clients Say About Julie Meyer
All went very well indeed, the members loved Julie's presentation - she is so very charismatic and exciting to listen to.
I was completely captivated and inspired by Julie's presentation and felt that she had offered a great deal not only to the Development Week as a whole, but also to each individual...Julie showed where pure determination and clear focusing can lead you, if you have the right attitude and desire to succeed.
The Feedback has been fantastic. Your involvement, thoughts and views expressed sparked a great deal of discussion, as they were intended to.
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