The common denominator of all my interests is people and the development of people and of groups of people. I find it incredibly fascinating and rewarding, on a professional level as the Group Marketing Director of Jobsite, on a private level as individual, family man, citizen & NLP practitioner, and on a research level within nation branding. We all input into the overall system and we have a personal responsibility to ensure balance and health in this overall system, starting with our own life. We are here to create and to grow.

Social architect co-creating and co-designing systems of utopia.

I am an independent mentor-cum-strategy consultant with a focus in executive coaching for multinationals, non-profits and start-ups with a global approach specially in Greentech and Web 2.0. I also enable ecosystem of mentors, venture capitalists, angel investors and entrepreneurs. I worked at one of the most admired global corporations--Nokia-- in various capacities, and earned the reputation of being a thought leader with an entrepreneurial mindset. I have a strong analytical background with a demonstrated ability to create new growth opportunities. I also harnessed leadership skills in global software development working on virtual teams. I have been mentoring and coaching teams through programs driven by goals, and leading by personal commitment and ethics. I am passionate about innovation and I am goal driven with market pull and technology push approach. I have passion for research and leadership in the field of applying virtuous leadership skills and new technologies for competitiveness and growth of the organization.

Sales professional with aims to become a CEO. Based in the UK and working for a large contract research organization (CRO), I am working within the clinical business and have global experience of managing a sales team. I have a PhD and approximately 8 years business development experience. Looking for a mentor to take me to the next levels and would be happy to be a mentor for a more junior sales executive. I have managed teams in Europe, US and Asia and have been involved in successfully developing and delivering sales & marketing plans.

My personal and overall goal is to become independent - hopefully with my own small scale company or even a couple. Currently I am working as a Futurist at The Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies, with experience within Creativity and innovative processes, User driven innovation, social media, city scapes, technology visions and the future Internet as well as extensive research in gender mainstreaming for the EU within the 6th and 7th framework programme. I am working towards convergence within several of my fields of interests, combining city scapes with social media and technology studies. In addition I am gaining knowledge about c++, html/html5, SEO. I am an avid writer - journalism, reports and the social media are great playgrounds for developing my own style.

UBC Political Science major in my 4th year of study. I define myself as an idea-man, problem solver, and a bit of a dreamer. My aim is to NOT go to law school - something which I hope to accomplish through the various entrepreneurial ventures I have taken on in the last few years (in a variety of fields from web development to event planning to biomedical research). I look at mentorship as an essential element of my life, and would love to seek out people who can tangibly show me how to take my ideas, ground them, execute them and make them more a reality. Thank you for reading.

TechCrunch Europe is edited by Mike Butcher (FRSA). Mike has written for UK national newspapers and magazines including The Financial Times, The Guardian, The Times, The Daily Telegraph and The New Statesman. He is a former editor of New Media Age magazine, the leading new media weekly in the UK, and the European edition of The Industry Standard. Since 1996 has launched or re-launched numerous media web sites and in 2000 he was nominated as NetMedia’s European Internet Journalist of the Year. In 2004 he was voted ‘One of the 100 Innovators of the UK Internet Decade’ by GfK NOP, the fourth-largest custom research business in the world. In July 2008 he was put at No. 47 out of the Top 100 people in London’s creative industry by The Independent newspaper and The Hospital Club. In August 2008 TechCrunch Europe was awarded the best “Web 2.0 and business blog” in the UK, by the readers of Computer Weekly magazine. He is a regular commentator on the technology business, appearing on BBC News, Sky News, Channel 4 and Bloomberg. Mike’s personal blog is mbites.com, while he Twitters as @mikebutcher.