This is my blog on different things I find exciting. Innovation & startups, marketing, communication, books, a life of a digital nomad & digipreneur, the Nordics and everything in between. It's mostly in English, a bit in Serbian and a little in Norwegian.
#2019ReadingChallenge / My 16 books for the year
Last year, I read (only) 7 books. It's not too bad (2251 pages), but it's far from good, and less than what I wanted.Each year, I take Goodreads Reading Challenge, but besides pledging to read XY books, I didn't actually plan which books I would like to read. In 2019,...
2018 Year in Review
It's the 364th day of 2018, but to me personally, it seems like it's been many more days since the last December. It seems like a whole world of stuff happened meanwhile... which is both good, and at moments too much and overwhelming. So it's time to take a look back...
Do challenges lead to innovation?
Today, Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world's most successful cloud infrastructure company, with more than 30% market share (more than its 3 main competitors – Microsoft, IBM and Google – combined). But did you know it all started back in 2000 with an e-commerce...
![Math Impacts Lives – Jelena Kovacevic [CorD Magazine, June 2018]](https://www.milosbelcevic.me/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Jelena-Kovacevic-Professor-Dean-Of-Nyu-Tandon-School-Of-Engineering-featured.jpg)
Math Impacts Lives – Jelena Kovacevic [CorD Magazine, June 2018]
This interview with Jelena Kovacevic, Professor, Dean Of NYU Tandon School Of Engineering,was originally published in June 2018 issue of CorD Magazine. From the neighbourhoods of Belgrade and a childhood love for puzzles and patterns, via Master and Ph.D. degrees from...
![Where Finance MeetsTechnology & Innovation – John Hucker [CorD Magazine, June 2018]](https://www.milosbelcevic.me/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/John-Hucker-President-Of-Swiss-Finance-featured.jpg)
Where Finance MeetsTechnology & Innovation – John Hucker [CorD Magazine, June 2018]
This interview with John Hucker, President Of Swiss Finance + Technology Associationwas originally published in June 2018 issue of CorD Magazine. Exclusively for CorD, John Hucker, President of the Swiss Finance + Technology Association, talks about tech innovations...
Koliko su žene zapostavljene u top menadžmentu banaka u Srbiji?
Koliko su žene zastupljene na ključnim pozicijama u struci za koju, između ostalog, u Srbiji tradicionalno pretežno školuju žene... Nedavno sam poželeo crno na belo da vidim koliko ima muškaraca i žena na ključnim pozicijama banaka u Srbiji. Rodna nezastupljenost i...
7 things I’ve learned talking with bright leaders from Google, AliExpress, Rainmaking and others
It's almost 10 months since I started contributing to CorD Magazine as a freelance ICT Journalist. It's Serbia's leading business and management magazine in English, and this gave me the opportunity to talk with bright people and leaders like Gary...
![The Cure for Bureaucracy – Natasa Sekulic [CorD Magazine, July 2017]](https://www.milosbelcevic.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/natasa-sekulic.jpg)
The Cure for Bureaucracy – Natasa Sekulic [CorD Magazine, July 2017]
This interview with Natasa Sekulic, President of the E-Government Alliance within NALED and IBM Country Leader for Serbia, Montenegro, Macedonia and Albania,was originally published in July 2017 issue of CorD Magazine. In a country in which a medium-sized bank prints...
![Recognizing Consumer Needs In Advance – Zhiyu Chen [CorD Magazine, June 2017]](https://www.milosbelcevic.me/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/zhiyu.jpg)
Recognizing Consumer Needs In Advance – Zhiyu Chen [CorD Magazine, June 2017]
This interview with Zhiyu Chen, Chief Commercial And Product Officer At Ali Express (Alibaba Group) was originally published in June 2017 issue of CorD Magazine. Foto: Zoran Petrović / CorD Magazine Having started out with a staff of 18 in 1999, Alibaba Group (of...
![From Disruption To Collaboration – Ghela Boskovich [CorD Magazine, May 2017]](https://www.milosbelcevic.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/ghela-boskovich.png)
From Disruption To Collaboration – Ghela Boskovich [CorD Magazine, May 2017]
This interview with Ghela Boskovich, FemTech Founder and Head of FinTech & RegTech Partnerships at Rainmaking Innovation, home of Startupbootcamp; was originally published in May 2017 issue of CorD Magazine. Ghela Boskovich is the mind behind the FemTech movement...
3 golden rules for doing business with Scandinavians
Although most Scandinavians would laugh or be surprised to hear that you call their countries exotic or unusual, they really are like that. And it is important to be aware that Scandinavians may act and communicate totally differently than what you’re expecting....
![Sharing the Knwoledge: Changing People And Societies – Audun Farbrot [CorD Magazine, April 2017]](https://www.milosbelcevic.me/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/audun-farbrot.jpg)
Sharing the Knwoledge: Changing People And Societies – Audun Farbrot [CorD Magazine, April 2017]
This interview with Audun Farbrot, Head Of Science Communication At Norwegian Business School BI, was originally published in April 2017 issue of CorD Magazine. All photo material: Torbjørn Brovold Audun Farbrot is the author of two books on science communication and...
INAT kao pokretač inovacije i pozitivnih promena
Za svega nekoliko dana, 20. aprila, počinje prva trodnevna konferencija posvećena inovacijama u IT industriji i inspiraciji zahvaljujući balkanskom INAT-u - INAT Summit. U Beogradu će se tako okupiti 30 govornika iz 10 zemalja Evrope i Severne Amerike, da sa više...
![Google Turns Twenty – Gerry Illyes [CorD Magazine, March 2017]](https://www.milosbelcevic.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Gary-Illyes.jpg)
Google Turns Twenty – Gerry Illyes [CorD Magazine, March 2017]
This interview with Gerry Illyes, Webmaster Trends Analyst at Googlewas originally published in March 2017 issue of CorD Magazine. With more than 3.5 billion search quires every day, as well as more than 1.17 billion different people who use Google to search at least...
Preko fejlova do uspeha – Građenje startapa, razvoj timova ili sopstvenog brenda
Zašto je dobro grešiti? Kako formirati tim? Kako validirati ideje? Kako koristiti lean pristup razvoju biznis modela... Ovo su neka od pitanja na koja sam pokušao da dam odgovor na predavanju za mlade preduzetnike, frilensere i polaznike kursa programiranja u...
![Vibrant Start-Up Connecting Over 800 Million People – Nadav Avidan [CorD Magazine, February 2017]](https://www.milosbelcevic.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Nadav-Avidan.png)
Vibrant Start-Up Connecting Over 800 Million People – Nadav Avidan [CorD Magazine, February 2017]
This interview with Nadav Avidan, Global PR Lead at Viber was originally published in February 2017 issue of CorD Magazine. With the growing trend of messaging, can start-ups help us be ourselves when we communicate, and build bridges? This is the story of Viber's...
![Scott E. Fahlman: From Emoticons To The Future Of Communication [CorD Magazine, February 2017]](https://www.milosbelcevic.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Scott-E.-Fahlman-e1501938957259.jpg)
Scott E. Fahlman: From Emoticons To The Future Of Communication [CorD Magazine, February 2017]
This interview with Scott E. Fahlman, Inventor of the emoticon,Research Professor at the Language Technologies Institute and Computer Science Department, Carnegie Mellon Universitywas originally published in February 2017 issue of CorD Magazine. Foto: Zoran Petrović /...
Freelancer no more: Tanka linija između frilesinga i preduzetništva
Pre više od 2 godine, počeo sam da radim kao frilenser... ubrzo sam dao otkaz i potpuno se posvetio ovakvom načinu rada, ili bolje - života. Posle mnogo projekata za klijente iz više od 15 zemalja Evrope, Azije i Amerike, putovanja i rada iz brodova, aviona, vozova,...