Neil is a British entrepreneur and startup mentor who has been working across Europe, most notably in the Balkans, for several years. His background in the music industry led to him starting a series of tech businesses in the merchandise sector. He has bootstrapped three businesses to six-figure revenues. His first business was a record label, on which he was also a DJ and producer. He toured the world for several years before closing the label to be the co-founder of Dizzyjam, an e-commerce and merchandising service for the independent music industry, and RampTshirts.com, the smartest online service for buying promotional merchandise for events and businesses. As a creative and digital/tech industries consultant, startup mentor, and startup ecosystem developer, Neil has also worked with many international organizations and governments, including Downing Street and Buckingham Palace. He sat on the boards of the Welsh Music Foundation and and Ffilm Cymru Wales. As co-founder and organiser of the TEDxCardiff conference he built its reputation to the point that it would regularly sell out in under 1 minute. As co-founder of Cardiff Start, Wales’s largest startup community, he has been recognised with an “Outstanding Contribution to Cardiff ” award. Earlier this year, Neil devised and oversaw an innovative cold email campaign that has brought the Ramp Tshirts many new customers, international attention (over 100,000 have read about the campaign), and has been written about in multiple languages as an example of how you can test smart marketing campaigns with zero budget.