Patrick de Laive is Internet Entrepreneur and evangelist. He is experienced in creating technology startups. He is an innovative marketer, and has repeatedly proven that with a limited budget a successful campaign can be organized.

Patrick is co-founder of The Next Web, one of the largest and most important European Internet conferences and also the largest pan-European technology blog.

More information on Patrick on his Dutch profile.

Testimonials for Patrick de Laive:
Charles Vivian Vos, freelance business development consultant, Cross Media Consultancy:

Patrick is a great and very succesful cross media business developer with strong soft skills! With his formats www.2008.thenextweb.org/ and www.bowlr.nl/ he and his crew are making a big contibution to the Dutch on line community. Great international ambassador for the dutch internet industry!

Lianne van der Kruk, Marketing & Communications Manager, ilse media BV:

I have experienced Patrick as a result-oriented enthusiast, with a lot of non traditional ideas. I respect and admire the way he set up ‘The Next Web’. Patrick and Boris have built an important event for the industry.