Mei Wen is an Oxford and Harvard graduated entrepreneur and venture catalyst. In her early career she has worked for some of the worlds leading consultancy companies (McKinsey & Company and The Boston Consulting Group) software companies (IBM and Ericsson) and financial banking institutes (Citi and Morgan Stanley).
In her more recent career, she has been active within the Swedish startup ecosystem, advising and supporting them through organisations such as Techstars, Founder Institute, 500 Startups, Hyper Island and others!).
Mei is a prolific traveler and has now travelled to over 120 countries. She has built a world class network within the business world having met, worked, (and partied!) with megastars such as Elon Musk (Tesla/SpaceX), Richard Branson (Virgin) and Jack Ma (Alibaba) to name a few.
Mei believes in not waiting for good things to happen, but taking action and making things happen, and her impressive career and network shows she certainly has that skillset.
Mei will be talking about insights tips and learnings on how she went about building a world class network and how this can be a very valuable and often under-looked asset in the startup marketing toolbox.