Milan and Luka with Mairloo ✈️

Although Milan was an excellent student in high school, he decided to enroll in a private university. Why? Because he did enough research on this option and realized that the key is to understand how to take advantage of all the additional opportunities that a private university offers. 👨‍🎓

He highlighted that the main benefits of studying at a private university for him are:

• 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 – specifically in the field of business economics

• 𝘢 𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘯𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘴 – where speakers are industry leaders sharing their knowledge

• 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘴 and opportunities for collaboration with them

On the other hand, Luka explained how and why the two of them teamed up. He shared that they’ve been friends since the start of high school, but their teamwork story began in their junior year when they competed in a Case Study competition and won third place. 🥉

This led them to participate in their first Startup Weekend in Gornji Milanovac, organized by the “Digital Serbia” Initiative and the Regional Innovation Startup Center Impulse. They won first place at that competition and, most importantly, met their mentor Ana Hadžić, who continues to guide them on their startup journey. 🥳

What is Mairloo ✈️?

Milan and Luka are developing a startup that reduces unnecessary waiting time at airports. 🛫

They are currently part of the youth entrepreneurship program in New York, organized by Entrepreneurs for Global Change and BOLD Serbia.

This is a special edition of our VenturesCrew interviews, created with this year’s BOLD Fellows, filmed at some very exciting locations in America.

We recorded the interview with Milan and Luka during a visit to Niagara Falls! 🌊

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