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Senior Product Manager

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Weekend project. Product discovery and MVP creation on AI tools.

Product 

Niftify®

Solo Head of Product 

Niftify™ is an NFT e-commerce platform (PaaS) that enables brands, 
creators, and entrepreneurs to launch compliant NFT stores and marketplaces from the comfort of their own domain.

We’ve built a fully-compliant platform to create, buy, sell and swap NFTs, layering complex metadata for smart tracking.

Lead Product Manager

MyHomeLovely

Product, Marketing, Operations
MyHomeLovely (Acquired) is a home-services company (B2C) propelled with software and based in London. All business operations work is done remotely since inception.
 
•	Uncovered opportunity for trusted local services, recruited first cleaners, gardeners, decorators 
•	Creation and ownership of service and product strategy
•	Launched product and service, acquired first customers and grown MRR revenue at 35% m-t-m growth rate in y1
•	Reduced customer churn from >20% to <5% monthly in y2 
•	Reacted to COVID-19 and executed on the strategy that focuses on health and safety of customers and workers in y3
•     Streamlined operations and grew business x2 in y4

Acquired in Aug 2022.

Founder, CEO

Antler

Antler is a global early-stage venture capital firm that is on a mission to fundamentally improve the world by enabling and investing in the world's most exceptional people, building complementary co-founding teams, supporting the teams with deep business model validation, and providing a global platform for scaling.

To date, Antler has invested in over 900 companies globally across 30 different industries.

Founder in Residence

Software outsourcing and BPO Partner

Initially, a London-based digital agency offering software outsourcing services to nearshore. Working to bridge the gap between talent and SME's, bringing more value for a fraction of market prices. Most recently Recruitment, Software and BPO partner to a number of companies across the UK and USA.

Consultant, Product Owner

CrewLance

Product, Business Development & Marketing, Operations
2 sided marketplace (B2B2C) for event companies to hire event crew on-demand.

•	Identified £ 190m a year opportunity, attracted tech and business co-founders, grown event worker community to +2k,
•	Executed everything product-related and shipped two revenue-generating MVPs (marketplace and on-demand platform) 
•	Acquired first customers and grown accounts to  £50k+ in bookings, expanded the core team to 6 (engineers, ops, sales)
•	Reduced homepage bounce rate from >60% to <30% in month 12, achieved NetPromScore of 8,1

Co-Founder, Head of Product

YouSoft Ltd

Working with cross-functional software development teams on a number of award-winning projects for clients like Porsche (USA, Germany), Mercedes AG,  WeTrack, Vela (CRM).

Technical Project Manager/ ScrumMaster (CSM)

Quality Assurance Analyst

Blowfish Events Ltd

Event logistics freelancer

KLABIKA

Subversive momentum experience. 

Founded in 2012` as a private clubbing roster for undiscovered and forgotten locations. Nowadays, from wild nature to old socialistic architecture, Sarajevo based collective Klabika is melting pot for underground dj-s and under the radar experiences in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
In August 2015` Klabika hosted one of the worlds most wanted DJs- Dj Solomun (Dynamic) for the first time in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is a very significant event for the entire modern Bosnian electronic music scene. Few years later Klabika is organising large-scale events with partner Sarajevo Film Festival (SFF) namely a 20.000 strong Dj Solomun event in Sarajevo.

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