I am an adventurer who is trying to find its Ikigai around innovations, community, and socially driven products. I have had a marketing agency for more than 5 years and we've helped more than 30 international businesses to scale. Also, I am the founder of a startup - a camping booking marketplace, which allows people to find and book seamlessly sustainable vacation or workstation places in the Balkans.
For the past 12 years, I've managed to organize a wide range of social and volunteering projects around education in career development, soft skills, and business skills to start my own business. I am passionate about startups and now teaching teenagers how to start their own endeavors in Bulgaria.

Here are my socials:
- Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nekov/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nik.nekov/?hl=en

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I believe that the more we help people around the world the more the universe helps us in our endeavors. So I am trying to help as many people as possible in various directions.
Also, I think that there aren't random people we meet in our life. And if we are meeting someone it means that this person has some role, idea, or something else we need in this specific period of time.

So let's meet and let's find out how we can help each other in succeeding in our goals in dreams.

Interests

• gardening
• podcasts
• camping
• sustainability
• marketing
• startups
• green energy
• blockchain
• innovations
• cleantech
• urban garden
• greentech
• proptech
• outdoor travel

Music, Movies, and Books

I read mainly self-development and business-related books, my favorite authors are:
- Gladwell
- Maxwell
- Brandon Burchard

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I and my team organized more than 150 free educational events and training for students across the country. We've helped them with their career development and the path to starting their own business.
After that, we've founded the soft-skills academy which educates more than 1500 people in Sofia in 9 various business directions.

What I Can Share with Hosts

How I manage to transfer my skillset and business from photography to marketing, and then from marketing to business consulting and product development.
Also, I am really passionate about Gamification and behavior design, so I will be more than happy to talk about such models. And how they can be used to improve more people's lives.

Countries I’ve Visited

Bulgaria, Croatia, England, Greece, Hungary, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Macedonia, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Scotland, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Bulgaria, Indonesia