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Tech Times · 2024
Robert Nikic Featured in Tech Times
Tech Times on Robert Nikic leading Delaware's third-fastest-growing software company, #418 on the Inc. 5000, by removing guesswork for online sellers.
#3
Fastest-growing Delaware software company
#418
Inc. 5000
At a glance
- Outlet
- Tech Times
- Author
- Carl Williams
- Published
- February 25, 2024
- Topic
- What happens after a store goes live
- Robert's role
- Founder and CEO
- Rankings
- #3 in Delaware · #418 national
Last updated
What Tech Times reported about Robert Nikic
The rankings
Carl Williams of Tech Times reports that, under Robert's leadership, the company became Delaware's third-fastest-growing software company and ranked #418 nationally on the Inc. 5000.
After launch
The piece focuses on a part of selling that gets less attention: what happens after a seller's store goes live. Launching is the easy part. Managing products, fulfilling orders and keeping up with how marketplaces change is where many new stores stall.
The problems he chose
Tech Times describes those three areas, product management, fulfillment and marketplace dynamics, as the problems Robert set out to solve, and credits that focus for the company's growth.
Related: USA Today 2024 on Delaware growth · Digital Journal on the #418 debut
In Robert's words
Everyone talks about launching a store. I cared more about week three, when the orders come in and the problems start. My family came here as refugees from the Balkans and started over with nothing. My teenage startups failed, partly because I didn't understand what happens after launch. I worked 18-hour shifts and taught myself the rest. We built the company without outside investors and became one of Delaware's fastest-growing software companies, then made the Inc. 5000 at #418 and #35. Since 2026 I've worked on SDG 8 & 9, including getting small sellers paid faster after the sale.
Robert Nikic
Key takeaways
01
Delaware's #3
Tech Times reports a third-place rank among the state's fastest-growing software companies.
02
Life after launch
The piece focuses on running a store, not just opening one.
03
Three hard problems
Product management, fulfillment and marketplace dynamics.
Where this fits in his story
2011
First platform launched
2018
Relaunched as a full platform
2023
Inc. 5000 debut at #418
This feature
2024
Climbs to #35
2026
Steps away to work on SDG 8 & 9
Where it led
Tech Times described the operational problems after a sale. The next one is getting paid. Under SDG 8.10, Robert now works on helping small sellers get paid in days, not weeks or months, so the cash from a sale arrives in time to keep the business running.
Then
Carl Williams of Tech Times reports that, under Robert's leadership, the company became Delaware's third-fastest-growing software company and ranked #418 nationally on the Inc.
Now
SDG 9.c: making it cheap and simple for small businesses to sell across borders with digital tools.
See Robert's SDG 8 & 9 workQuestions
When did Tech Times feature Robert Nikic?
February 25, 2024, in a piece by Carl Williams.
What did Tech Times report?
That the company became Delaware's third-fastest-growing software company and ranked #418 on the Inc. 5000.
What does Robert Nikic do now?
He works on SDG 8 & 9, including faster payments under SDG 8.10.
Original article
Read the original article · Published in Tech Times, February 25, 2024
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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.