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Speaking

Talks that make people rethink their own visibility.

For conferences, companies, networks and programmes. Keynotes, moderation, panels, round tables and pitch feedback, in English or Bulgarian, in person worldwide or online.

Keynotes

20-minute signature format.

Short enough for any programme, concrete enough to act on the next morning. Other lengths on request, and every keynote can open a workshop.

01

Who Gets Seen as an Expert?

How women communicate the expertise they already have and build a public presence that matches their ambitions.

Women's leadership events · corporate networks · International Women's Day
02

Your Reputation Is Part of the Business

How founders and leaders connect personal visibility with the reputation of the company they build.

Leadership events · founder communities
03

Your Brand Starts Before Your Traction

How early-stage founders build a clear identity and credible signals while the business is still taking shape. Introduces Minimum Viable Brand.

Startup conferences · accelerators
04

Same Brand. Different Market.

What a brand keeps and what it adapts when it crosses borders: identity, culture and trust.

International startup events · DACH and CEE networks
Raya giving a keynote at Fifteen Seconds Festival, Graz
Fifteen Seconds · Graz
Keynotes

On stage, on point.

Keynotes at Fifteen Seconds in Graz, PODIM in Maribor, LEAP Summit in Zagreb and femella, among others. Each talk ends with one concrete step the audience can take the next morning.

Raya moderating Connect & Kick Off: Women at Bits25
Bits & Pretzels · Munich · 2025 · Photo: FRAME BY FRAME GmbH / Bits & Pretzels
Moderation, panels and round tables

A host who knows the subject.

I prepare speakers, keep the conversation sharp and make sure the audience gets answers, not monologues. At Bits & Pretzels I moderated Connect & Kick Off: Women at Bits25 and led the 2026 round table "Personal Branding for Female Founders".

Raya giving pitch feedback at the Bits & Pretzels Pitch Corner
Pitch Corner · Bits & Pretzels · 2026
Pitch feedback

Feedback founders can use the same day.

Live pitch feedback for startup programmes and competitions, from a brand strategist's view: is it clear what you do, for whom, and why you? Pitch Corner expert at Bits & Pretzels 2026.

Raya Drenski, founder and host of Brand Like Me, with a microphone
Optional for events

Corners that keep the room busy.

  • Brand Like Me corner: short recorded conversations with speakers and guests, edited into content.
  • Pitch Like A Girl corner: female founders practise their pitch and get feedback on the spot.

On stage

Where I have spoken.

Raya on the main stage at LEAP Summit
LEAP Summit · Zagreb · 2024 · Photo: Marko Lopac
Raya presenting at The Hive in Sofia
The Hive · Sofia · 2026
Raya's Baby Boss keynote at Fifteen Seconds
Fifteen Seconds · Graz · 2021
Raya speaking at Build Your Name. Build Your Wealth. in Sofia
Build Your Name. Build Your Wealth. · Sofia Summit Center
Raya speaking at PODIM conference
PODIM
Raya leading a personal branding workshop at Crossroads in Sofia
Crossroads · Sofia · 2025
Raya opening Connect & Kick Off at Bits & Pretzels
Bits & Pretzels · Photo: FRAME BY FRAME GmbH
Raya speaking to founders at Primorski tehnološki park
Primorski tehnološki park · Nova Gorica · 2023 · Photo: Rok Peric
Raya taking a selfie with a waving audience at PODIM
PODIM

Selected stages

  • First public presentation of the Minimum Viable Brand modelThe Hive (Кошер) · Sofia · September 2026
  • Round table lead, "Personal Branding for Female Founders", and Pitch Corner expertBits & Pretzels · Munich · 2026
  • Panel and Brand Like A Girl workshopLadies Who LaUNCH by foundHer MARKt · Munich · 2026
  • Moderator, "Connect & Kick Off: Women at Bits25"Bits & Pretzels · Munich · 2025
  • Keynote: personal branding in the age of AIfemella · 2025
  • Personal branding workshopCrossroads · Sofia · 2025
  • Main stage talk, "AI killed the curious cat", and Brand Like A Girl workshopLEAP Summit · Zagreb · 2024
  • You Are A Brand workshopWeWork · New York · 2024

Programmes and festivals

  • SpeakerPODIM Conference · Maribor, Slovenia · 2022
  • Brand Like A Girl workshopEIC Women Leadership Programme
  • Keynote and workshopPrimorski tehnološki park · Nova Gorica · 2023
  • "Baby Boss or How to Raise a Happy Startup"Fifteen Seconds Festival · Graz · 2021
  • "From a P.R.O.J.E.C.T to a Thriving Business"Big & Growing Festival · Munich · 2020 and 2021

Recognition

Nominated "Voice of a New Era of Leaders" by the female factor, Global Leaders Summit hosted by the City of Vienna, 2024.

Planning an International Women's Day event or a 2027 line-up? Dates around 8 March go first.

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