Drin Mulliqi is a hands-on startup investor and mentor backing early teams that use AI and automation to solve real problems. Founders lean on him for product–market fit, sales motion, and crisp, trackable metrics. As a festival juror, he gravitates to simple stories, strong signals, and active users. Beyond investing, he builds. Mulliqi is Co-founder & CEO of Red Mill Agency, a growth marketing and software firm that has delivered 300+ projects for 100+ clients over 18+ years. He also co-founded Mounter.io, assembling agile development teams for global clients—capacity he often opens to portfolio founders. On stage, he speaks about the future of work, AI in marketing and product, and scaling with fewer resources, including talks at Web Summit (twice) and Dublin Tech Summit. Earlier, he helped launch Kosovo’s first multi-vendor e-commerce platform (fafi-ks.com), which captured ~25% of national internet traffic on day one. His ecosystem roles include Chairman for Technology & Innovation at AmCham (2018) and Senior Adviser to the Minister of Economic Development (2014). His current thesis: AI-powered outsourcing that accelerates time-to-market through hybrid models blending R&D, in-house skill, and scalable external execution. Winning brands live where art meets analytics.