Young entrepreneur speaker from the Netherlands

Danny Mekic’ has been chosen the Netherlands: ‘most successful young entrepreneur of the year 2009’.

Next to running his two companies, which he founded when he was 15, he actively teaches at universities and higher vocational schools while also being active as a mediator, new business and new media consultant, investor, paralegal and commentator. Furthermore he regularly takes part in (roundtable) discussions as one of the experts concerning technology, media and communications on radio and television.

You can engage SpeakersAcademy’s youngest faculty member as a speaker, moderator, panel member, or guest lecturer.

How do you set up (and manage) a successful company at a young age and manage to combine this with working on your self development while remaining inspired and developing your own (business) network? How large does academic development and self actualization feature for young entrepreneurs?

What is it to work for top corporate executives of listed Fortune 500 companies while still in your twenties? What do social media contribute to networking and general management of large companies, and (how) can social media be used for quality control and product and service improvements?

Mekic’ says, “Social media is more than having a Twitter and Facebook account”, he does not call himself a social media expert, but instead considers himself a social media architect, in which he assists (the) big players in the market as a consultant.

Mekic’ quit high school before graduating so he could work fulltime on his (own) company. At age twenty he was accepted nevertheless into the Law Honours programme by the University of Amsterdam, attaining twice the credits required for the course. Within a year he was standing in front of the class as a teacher, while also becoming a member of the student affairs committee. His third year he filled complemented with subjects from Communication Sciences, Economics and Psychology departments, subjects which he links to technology, media and communication.

He wrote for the Dutch Financial Newspaper, and was declared one of the most successful young Dutchmen by a number of leading Dutch Magazines. He advises large companies with their transformation using new business models.

On top of this Mekic’ has extensive experience in dealing with the media. In October 2003 he went onto television, together with its director, to make the case for keeping the broadcaster BNN on public television. He also could be seen on a regular basis on the weekly debating show Young House of Commons. In 2009 he was invited by the news programme NOVA as an internet expert, when the website of the defaulting DSB Bank became inaccessible, which resulted in large numbers of its customers being unable to draw their money from their accounts.

Currently Danny is writing a book that is intended as a manual for young and older entrepreneurs that are starting up a business. Finally Danny Mekic’ can regularly be seen on the early morning breakfast show ‘Ochtendspits’, from 07:00 – 09:00 hours (every morning) on television, where he is part of the Internet and youth expert panels.

For inquiries, please send an email to: d@nny.nl or visit the website of SpeakersAcademy.