Andrej Nabergoj

Current

Co-Founder at Social Expeditions Inc.
Co-Founder and CEO at Noovo
President at YES

Co-Founder and Chairman at Httpool Ltd.

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Past

Vice President at Young Entrepreneurs of Europe
Chairman at CEED
Board Member at RSG Fund

Co-Founder and CEO at PARSEK Systems Ltd.

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Andrej Nabergoj’s Summary

- Tireless entrepreneur and start-up guy, started fast-growing companies in software and online media with +$20M in revenues (#1 ad network in Eastern Europe), founded non-profit in management networking and education, expanded throughout EU and Japan. Start-up advisor and angel.

- Named Young Global Leader 2009 by the World Economic Forum.

- Former rock-band leader, wine and jazz aficionado, future astro tourist, dedicated chess and guitar player, suede flower stick junkie, Shoto-Kan and Shorin-Ryu karate apprentice, Zen scholar, avid student of Japanese and Brazilian Portuguese and..a happy father.

- Current fields of interest: Social Media, Recommendation Engines, Cognitive Sciences, Social Network Analysis, Neuroscience, Positive Psychology, Attachment Parenting.

* Speaker: Supernova '08, Web 2.0 Expo, Plugg.eu, Web 3.0 Summit '08, Monaco Media Forum '08, DLD '08, DLD '09, WPP Stream '08 and '09, Seedcamp '08 (mentor).

** Attendee: TED '09, Web 2.0 Summit '08 and '09, AlwaysOn '07 and '08, Kinnernet '09.

- All about me: http://www.noovo.com/u/nabergoj

Andrej Nabergoj’s Specialties:

- Interactive marketing, viral mechanics, social apps, offline social networks, branding, online media and advertising, business development, doing business in Eastern Europe and Japan.

Andrej Nabergoj’s Experience

Co-Founder

Social Expeditions Inc.

(Online Media industry)

May 2009 — Present (7 months)
Co-Founder and CEO

Noovo

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Online Media industry)

April 2007 — Present (2 years 8 months)

Noovo is a social discovery platform that helps users contribute, find and share relevant content in the simplest possible way. Sign up for early beta at www.noovo.com.
President

YES

(Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Think Tanks industry)

February 2004 — Present (5 years 10 months)

YES (Young Executives Society) is a non-profit and NGO organization I co-founded in 2003 to help Slovenian young executives and entrepreneurs in the pursuit of theirs goals. A Think Tank of Top 100 young entrepreneurs and executives, serves as a platform for exchanging ideas and experiences and proposing public policy improvements.
Co-Founder and Chairman

Httpool Ltd.

(Marketing and Advertising industry)

February 2001 — Present (8 years 10 months)

Co-founded and supervised Httpool, a leading Central European online advertising and media network. www.httpool.com
Vice President

Young Entrepreneurs of Europe

(Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

March 2005 — January 2009 (3 years 11 months)

Young Entrepreneurs for Europe is the main association of young entrepreneurs in Europe (representing around 37.000 young entrepreneurs under 40 years old) and aims at improving the economic and social performance of European entrepreneurship. Its members include the major national associations of young entrepreneurs in the field of industry, trade and service from 16 countries. www.yes.be
Chairman

CEED

(Non-Profit; Management Consulting industry)

September 2006 — December 2008 (2 years 4 months)

Co-founded CEED (Center for Entrepreneurship and Executive Development) together with USAID (United States Agency for International Development) and SEAF (Small Enterprise Assistance Fund) to encourage growth of SMEs in Eastern and South-Eastern Europe. The objective is to become an entrepreneurial community which encourages creative thinking, entrepreneurial development and growth and the connection of entrepreneurs in common endeavors.
Board Member

RSG Fund

(Government Agency; 1-10 employees; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)

June 2006 — August 2007 (1 year 3 months)

RSG (Slovenia Development Fund) is a progressive new investment organization sponsored and funded by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Slovenia. It actively supports the creation of wealth and employment for Slovenia and Slovenian entities by directly assisting them in exploiting and financing specific business opportunities.
Co-Founder and CEO

PARSEK Systems Ltd.

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)

January 1999 — December 2006 (8 years )

Dropped out of university to start Parsek together with 4 other conspirators. Employing +60 creative monsters and technical gurus in Europe and Japan, Parsek today is a mid-sized, family-style-ran, cutting-edge provider of e-business solutions for large companies with specialty knowledge in the financial industry, cosmetics, automotive, and FMCG. www.parsek.com