About
Leads community and brand at BADideas.fund and hosts the firm's Bad Advice podcast.
Experience
- Latvian Startup Association Startin.LVBoard Membercurrent2026 — presentLatvia
- BADideas.fundMarketing and Community Managercurrent2025 — presentRiga, Latvia
- Safe SpaceExecutive Directorcurrent2019 — presentRiga
- PROGRESĪVIE (The Progressives)Head of Communications2023 — 2024Latvia
- EdurioDigital Marketing Specialist2022 — 2023Riga, Latvia
- EdurioPeople Operations Specialist2020 — 2022Riga
- CISV InternationalVolunteer2018 — 2020
- University of Wisconsin-Eau ClaireEvent Production Specialist2018 — 2019Eau Claire, Wisconsin Area
- Students’ council of the University of LatviaHead of Committee on Social Affairs2016 — 2018Latvia
- Transparency International LatviaIntern2017 — 2018Latvia
Skills & more
Audio Visual (AV) SystemsGoogle AnalyticsMicrosoft OfficeSPSSTeam CollaborationPublic SpeakingCommunication5Team Leadership4Negotiation1English2LatvianPublic Engagement
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Event ProductionTechnical SupportClient RelationsYouth LeadershipProgram CoordinationIntercultural CommunicationWorkshop FacilitationEmployee EngagementOrganizational DevelopmentTeam BuildingProcess AutomationSocial Media ManagementFrom Jurģis's professional profile.
Colleagues at BADideas.fund
Artis Kehris
General Partner at BADideas.fund
Danny Leonard
Investor at BADideas.fund
David Clark
Platform Partner at Tera Ventures
Greg Volm
Investor at BADideas.fund
Mario Araujo
Investor at BADideas.fund
Martins Pjalkovskis
Investor at BADideas.fund
Raimonds Kulbergs
Investor at BADideas.fund
Ruslan Nazarenko
Investor at BADideas.fund
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Jurģis Kalniņš?
- Leads community and brand at BADideas.fund and hosts the firm's Bad Advice podcast.
- Where does Jurģis Kalniņš work?
- Jurģis Kalniņš is Community & Brand Lead at BADideas.fund.
- Where did Jurģis Kalniņš go to school?
- Jurģis Kalniņš studied at Latvijas Universitate (Master's degree, Political Science and Government); University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire (International Relations and Affairs); Latvijas Universitate (Bachelor's degree, Political Science and Government).
Same school
Also attended Latvijas Universitate7
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Also attended University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire18
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