Yulia
Conley
First exit at 18. Oxford-trained. Early employee at Telegram, who built its external-relations function from zero and successfully negotiated with Europol, the EU Commission and the UN
Let's find your company's superpower
Strategic consultant to founders and companies solving wicked problems, where the stakes are high, the path is unclear, and the usual playbook doesn't apply. An operator who helps founders win the rooms that decide
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Impact
ex-Director of Government Relations at Telegram Messenger, who helped shape the external-relations function from zero and represented the company to governments and international institutions across the globe
About
I've spent my career making the case for difficult ideas to the rooms that decide: regulators, governments, investors, and the public sector
Founded and exited my first company over 14 years ago
and have been building since
and have been building since
MSc in Global Policy & Sustainable Development from the world's #1 program at University of Oxford
$80 Million
250
Funding raised across various industries
Projects that I've consulted and/or involved in strategic leadership roles
Institutions I negotiated with, including Europol, the EU Commission and the UN
Snapshot
28+
4 major hubs
Operated and extensively plugged within the US, UK, UAE and the EU markets
Bene
fits
Yulia's Moat
Operator, not observer
Narrative that converts
Reputation and credibility
Plan through execution
I've built the thing I advise on - my entrepreneurship journey started with an exit at 18 y.o. and I've been a builder ever since. I speak from the seat you're in, not the sidelines.
Most decks get a "So what are you actually building?"; few convince and close. I help you find the story that makes investors and partners lean in and fund what comes next.
From Europol and the European Commission to investors and first customers, I've made the case for difficult ideas to the rooms that decide.
I help you do the same.
I help you do the same.
In some exceptional case I don't just consult, but build alongside your team.
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12—
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Circular Economy startup
2012
UN Habitat NY HQ
2016-2017
Telegram Messenger
2017-2021
Ethos
2024-present
Oxford Urbanists
2017-2020
Startups Consulting
2020-present
Not all projects are presented here, most of them, alas, are under NDA.
Founder
First exit
Consultant
VP
GR Director
Projects
stakes
high
Verticals
Strategy & Narrative
Fundraising
PR, GR and Go-to-market
Policy & Partnerships
Top Performance & Workforce Flourishing
Typical flow
Just
do it
01 —
Get to the real problem
Get to the real problem
We start with a candid conversation to find what's actually holding you back - not the symptom you arrived with, but the constraint underneath it
06 —
Build the momentum to last
Build the momentum to last
We turn early wins into a repeatable system, so the progress continues long after our work together is done
02 —
Set the strategy straight
Set the strategy straight
We agree on the few decisions that move the company and the order to make them in. You leave with a clear plan, not a longer to-do list.
04 —
Open the right doors
Open the right doors
I help you prepare for and reach the conversations that matter
05 —
Execute together
Execute together
Strategy only counts once it's in motion. We move into the raise, the go-to-market or the first hires, and I stay close while it takes hold
03 —
Sharpen the narrative
Sharpen the narrative
We shape how you tell your story so it earns conviction - the version investors, partners and customers lean into and remember
