John MilinovichWhat is COVID’s impact on Santa Clara County’s Police Reports?After reading about the Bay Area’s recently renewed stay at home ordinance, I wondered how the stay-at-home mandates have affected the…Dec 6, 2020Dec 6, 2020
John MilinovichMy biggest product strategy lesson learned from operating and selling URX (YC S13)It’s been one year since I was a startup founder/CEO. On May 2, 2016, we announced Pinterest’s acquisition of URX and began the next step…May 2, 20173May 2, 20173
John MilinovichinHackerNoon.comHow to ace your YC interviewSpring has sprung, and the smell of fresh YC applications is in the air. It’s that special time that happens twice a year where thousands…Apr 15, 20162Apr 15, 20162
John MilinovichGood Idea, Bad StartupI had the privilege of being a guest lecturer at UCLA earlier this year to their Economics 106E: Startups class. It’s incredibly rewarding…Sep 17, 2015Sep 17, 2015
John Milinovich7 lessons learned growing from 4 to 20 peopleIn URX’s first 2 years, we grew from 4 co-founders to a 20-person engineering, product and business team. With this growth, many of our…May 25, 2015May 25, 2015
John MilinovichPeople and Pine Cones: URX’s YCombinator Storytaking a step back to reflect on URX’s first 9 months.Jul 12, 2014Jul 12, 2014
John MilinovichPeople First, Ideas Secondprioritize people over ideas and opinions.Jul 12, 2014Jul 12, 2014
John MilinovichConvertible Notes Explained in 201 Wordsa quick primer on the financial instrument used for startup investing.Jul 12, 2014Jul 12, 2014
John Milinovich1 year, 11 months at Google Universitythoughts on my last day at Google.Jul 12, 2014Jul 12, 2014
John MilinovichI love you, madrethe eulogy from my Mom’s funeral on 17-Oct’12.Jul 12, 2014Jul 12, 2014