Ilija is a frequent lecturer on the topic of digital marketing, but also a frequent guest in restaurants that serve lamb. In addition, Ilija is a co-owner of the Kontra agency, but he describes himself as a driver who only drives people smarter than him to meetings.
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A couple of days ago, 17 Croatian companies made it to the global Clutch Top 1000 list. Interestingly enough, I started a similar blog post intro two years ago where there were 'only' 9 of us there.
Marko is one of the co-founders of Granular Group, a consulting agency for the improvement of digital marketing activities and business, with offices in Zagreb and Belgrade. In his work, he helps clients put together a sustainable strategy for the development of communication using digital channels and the growth of the business itself through the coordination of teams in charge of SEO, CRO, UX, UI, and digital analytics.
For the October 2021 edition of Zagreb WooCommerce MeetUp, we ushered the management wizard from WordPress VIP - Jeff Mills. Just minutes from the start of the show he surprised us with a guest star from San Francisco - Kenneth Lam, who is a head of customer success at WooCommerce.
Robert is an expert in Google Analytics with more than 25 years of experience in all things related to the web. He started his career as a web developer and has spent the last 10 years as one of the most prominent analysts in the region. He possesses the ability to extract valuable insights from data he just encountered five minutes ago, as well as being able to play drums in front of a crowd of 10,000 people.
Josip Vrban is CEO of Lumer Print - a screen-printing and apparel decoration company based in Split, Croatia. In his spare time Josip is a punk rocker and a BBQ master.
CroCommerce is the biggest eCommerce event in Croatia! The organizer eCommerce Croatia stapled it as a go-to place for online retailers in the region. The third, 2021 edition was a hit with more than 300 live attendees and many more via live stream which was produced by Neuralab and hosted by Entrio.
Filip started his career by founding a web design and marketing agency, within which he launched a web startup dedicated to the promotion of Croatian fashion creators called "Krpa.hr" (let's call it an equivalent of Facebook for fashionistas). While this once-popular project has been inactive for some time, Filip thinks of it as an important experience that shaped his career.
Goran Blagus is a business coach and lecturer at our eCommerce Academy. He started his career in 1996 by starting the web hosting company Croadria. Later, he leads two companies and a team of 16 people, sells them to Iskon and moves to the position of director of subsidiary companies within Iskon. In 2009, he leaves the corporate environment and starts the Business clinic.
Claudio Kramarić is a former journalist, who is also the owner of the award-winning wow-junkie webshop, and an award-winning Algebra lecturer. Find out how he finds motivation for everything he does and what he does when he's not doing anything.
Hurricane Henri, Covid19 delays, flights cancellations and unexpected trip to New York! Find out how we managed to arrive at the Chicago RetailX convention after two years of planning, just in time to set up our booth before the deadline.
Ivica Kruhek is the CEO of Marker, a Croatian web agency specializing in eCommerce solutions.