Hi, nice to meet you! I’m Dino, business developer and marketing consultant based in Čakovec, Croatia.
I am enthusiastic about architecture, design, modern living, technology, building stuff and solving problems. Currently on a mission to make people’s lives better by helping them make their homes better. Wanted to be an architect, ended up building businesses instead. My latest obsessions are human psychology, future of living, IoT and machine-to-machine economy.
My days start with reading and learning and end up with self-evaluation and tracking progress. I’m extremely curious, organized, communicative and, above all, open minded. Being a self-taught professional drives me to pursue continuous improvement and self-development. I am a fast learner and prefer logic and common sense over rules.
13
years of experience in Home & Living industry
8
years of experience in marketing and brand development
What I bring to the table
knowledge + experience + skills
01. Formal education
I graduated as a construction technician from civil engineering high school in Čakovec and studied business management at the University of Zadar.
Self-education/experience:
I realized the importance of self education early in my high school days, so I started planning and designing residential housing projects for various competitions in my free time. During college I continued with self education and built my first web-based project to promote architects and their work. A few years later I sold it to the USA-based media company.
Skills:
- construction management
- 3D visualizations
- graphic design
- web design
- web development
- search engine optimization
02. Employment
Pursuing my interest in sales and marketing, I spent few years as an employee in digital agencies. Working in agencies allowed me to gain experience in managing clients, as well as broaden the knowledge and skills in digital marketing, project management, leadership and teamwork.
Self-education/experience:
Continuous self education resulted in developing even further. I started Architecture Beast as a globally oriented home design blog which reached its first million visitors during initial 3 years purely organically using search engine optimization.
Skills:
- Search Engine Optimization
- web development
- advertising (Facebook, Google)
- email marketing
- ad buying
- community management
- marketing strategy
- project management
- account management
- marketing automation
- CRM tools
- chat bots
03. Self-employment
Next step in my career was self employment and founding of 5th idea. Throughout the first 3 years I worked on various projects, independent or as part of the team, providing diverse digital marketing and web development services.
Self-education/experience:
Meanwhile, I wanted more and my interest started broadening towards other business growth mechanisms, especially within startups. With further self education I gained knowledge and experience in brand development, business development, startup development, growth hacking and much more.
Skills:
- market research
- brand development
- business development
- lean manufacturing
- lean management
- design thinking
- human psychology
- behavioral science
04. Specialization for Home & Living industry
With an experience of working in quite a few different industries and after many clients, I decided to combine all my knowledge and experience and specialize in what I understand best – Home & Living industry.
Self-education/experience:
Initially being a home design blog, Architecture Beast is now being redeveloped into home planning platform for global market. At the same time, Suvremeni Brlog is being developed as a home planning platform for Croatian market. All business development and marketing knowledge is being incorporated into Growth Methodology.
Skills:
- vastly expanding knowledge about modern living
- understanding modern and contemporary architecture and design
- understanding home planning journey
- understanding millennial customers
Let’s work together – let’s build together