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…6 min read·Dec 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…7 min read·May 2, 2017--3--3
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…5 min read·Apr 15, 2016--2--2
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…1 min read·Sep 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…5 min read·May 25, 2015----
John MilinovichPeople and Pine Cones: URX’s YCombinator Storytaking a step back to reflect on URX’s first 9 months.9 min read·Jul 12, 2014----
John MilinovichPeople First, Ideas Secondprioritize people over ideas and opinions.2 min read·Jul 12, 2014----
John MilinovichConvertible Notes Explained in 201 Wordsa quick primer on the financial instrument used for startup investing.1 min read·Jul 12, 2014----
John Milinovich1 year, 11 months at Google Universitythoughts on my last day at Google.3 min read·Jul 12, 2014----
John MilinovichI love you, madrethe eulogy from my Mom’s funeral on 17-Oct’12.5 min read·Jul 12, 2014----