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GlobeNewswire · 2025
Robert Nikic on the Future of Business Ownership
GlobeNewswire on Robert Nikic and the future of business ownership: making it more accessible through technology, plus his #35 Inc. 5000 rank.
#35
Inc. 5000
7,191%
3-year growth
At a glance
- Source
- GlobeNewswire
- Format
- News release
- Published
- January 9, 2025
- Topic
- The future of business ownership
- Robert's role
- Founder and CEO
- Reported figures
- #35 · 7,191% three-year growth
Last updated
What the GlobeNewswire release said about Robert Nikic
The announcement
This January 2025 release announces Robert's plan to make business ownership more accessible through technology. It is a company announcement, so it states his intentions in his own terms.
The numbers cited
The release cites the company's #35 Inc. 5000 ranking and 7,191% three-year growth as the basis for the plan.
The mission
It quotes Robert: "Our mission is to redefine franchising by removing outdated roadblocks and creating opportunities for entrepreneurs globally." It also mentions his Forbes Councils and Fast Company Executive Board memberships and his TEDx talk.
Related: USA Today 2025 on lower-cost ownership · The Inc. 5000 honors
"Our mission is to redefine franchising by removing outdated roadblocks and creating opportunities for entrepreneurs globally."
In Robert's words
The word I used in that release was roadblocks, and I chose it on purpose. My family came here from the Balkans as refugees and started over with nothing, and I've hit most roadblocks a founder can hit. My teenage startups failed. I worked 18-hour shifts. We built the company without outside investors and grew from #418 to #35 on the Inc. 5000. By 2025 I wanted to take what we'd learned and open ownership to more people around the world. In 2026 I stepped away to work on SDG 8 & 9, where many of the oldest roadblocks are policy.
Robert Nikic
Key takeaways
01
A plan for access
Technology to make ownership reachable for more people.
02
Built on results
The release cites #35 and 7,191% three-year growth.
03
Roadblocks removed
Robert's mission: remove outdated barriers worldwide.
Where this fits in his story
2011
First platform launched
2018
Relaunched as a full platform
2023
Inc. 5000 debut at #418
2024
Climbs to #35
This feature
2026
Steps away to work on SDG 8 & 9
Where it led
The release looked forward to opening ownership globally. A year later, Robert moved that goal into policy. Under SDG 8.3 he works on making it simpler to start a business by cutting registration steps, paperwork, fees and delays, the outdated roadblocks this release named.
Then
A January 2025 announcement of Robert's plan to make business ownership more accessible through technology.
Now
SDG 8.3: making it simpler to start a business by cutting registration steps, paperwork, fees and delays.
See Robert's SDG 8 & 9 workQuestions
What was the GlobeNewswire release about?
Robert's plan to make business ownership more accessible through technology, published January 9, 2025.
What figures does it cite?
A #35 Inc. 5000 ranking and 7,191% three-year growth.
What does Robert Nikic do now?
He works on SDG 8 & 9, including SDG 8.3 on starting a business.
Original article
Read the original article · Published in GlobeNewswire, January 9, 2025
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About Robert
Robert Nikic is an entrepreneur, TEDx speaker and Advisory Council Chair at Reseated Councils (United Nations SDG 8 & 9). He came to the United States as a refugee, and from 2011 to 2026 he built and led an e-commerce company that was twice named to the Inc. 5000. Today he works to make it easier for anyone, anywhere, to start a business and grow it.