Hi, I’m Gavrilo. I’m a product guy and entrepreneur.
I build stuff most of the time. Sometimes, I share some thoughts here.
My top interview questions
After hundreds of job interviews, these are the questions that gave me the best insights into a candidate’s mind
How to stick to your new year’s resolutions, using startup tools
Most people fail to hold their resolutions, often because the resolutions are daunting. Simple start-up tools can help overcome this and stick to your goals
Worry-free project management using OKRs
Whether you’re in a startup or a large company, this simple tool will give your projects clarity
How to prioritize like a chess player
How to use the Elo rating system to easily rank large lists of features, ideas… or movies.
Who your (real) competitors are
You should be learning from more companies than just the ones doing what you do. Here is some help in figuring out who your real competitors are, and why you should learn from them.
The most unrealistic thing in Terminator
It's not time travel, it's how Skynet produces its robots: mass manufacturing is a 20th century human thing. Some thoughts about the future of manufacturing.
If Amazon were IKEA, Netflix would be a meatball shop
All of Netflix's business is for Amazon a mere customer acquisition channel. As such, bundling Netflix with the Amazons and Googles of this world makes no sense.
Management, the startup way
The old saying is "what gets measured gets managed"... until it doesn't. Some pitfalls of performance measurement, and how startups avoid them.
We should use the word “valuation” with care — and sparingly
The figure quoted in start-up funding rounds is not a value but a price, and the difference is important. A primer on valuation and what it means.
The problem of the 10’002 Indians
Why it’s what you know, and not what you don’t, that’s likely to cause your demise.
Why you don’t need a foosball table — and why you may need one
You are running a corporate innovation department, and are considering throwing in a foosball table? Here is why it may be a dangerous thing - and also why you may want to do it.