Today’s guest on the “Phil with Forbes 30” podcast is Mladen Jovanovic – CEO of BindiMaps
-- Forbes List: Asia
-- Year: 2020
-- Category: Social Entrepreneurship
After winning the Startup World Cup in 2017, my guest, Mladen Jovanovic, met his professor Dr. Wright, and together they founded BindiMaps.
BindiMaps is an indoor navigation tool for people who are blind or visually-impaired. His professor, Dr. Wright, conceptualized the idea after being diagnosed with a rare eye disorder where she was destined to go blind.
BindiMaps restores independence to people who are blind, or vision impaired by allowing them to safely and independently navigate indoor spaces.
Since launching in 2019 in Australia Bindimaps has assisted over 1,600 people to safely reach over 2,000 destinations and have raised over $1.5M, with another $5M to be closed soon, valuing the company at $25M.
In this episode, Mladen Jovanovic shares his incredible story:
Mladen Jovanovic and Phil have a lively discussion starting with:
“Under 30 Seconds Round”
1. What is the book you’ve gifted more often than any other book, and why?
-- The Success Principles by Jack Canfield
2. What’s one of the best investments and one of the worst investments you’ve ever made and why?
a. Best - Investment in my first startup which was a failure, but got me to where I am today.
b. Worst - An expensive stand up desk and I never stand up.
3. Favorite Cheat Meal?
-- Extremely cheesy, extremely cheesy, deep pan pizza with a kilo of cheese.
4. Pretend you won the Peter Thiel Fellowship and you were going to get money to start a business instead of go to college, what’s the very first thing you’d do to start a new business?
-- I would definitely go towards the automotive industry as I don’t think there’s a lot of innovation in that space
5. What’s something you never knew you needed?
-- NURA headphones. They calibrate how your ears hear music.
GUEST INFO: Mladen Jovanovic – CEO of BindiMaps
CONTACT: on Instagram @themladenjov
WEBSITE: http://www.bindimaps.com/
HOST INFO: Phil Michaels
SOCIAL MEDIA: @iamphilmichaels
YOUTUBE: www.youtube.com/philmichaels
PODCAST WEBSITE: www.philwithforbes30.com
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