{"id":3223,"date":"2025-03-13T13:22:26","date_gmt":"2025-03-13T13:22:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cake.com\/blog\/?p=3223"},"modified":"2026-02-19T10:22:50","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T10:22:50","slug":"nenad-milanovic-apple-at-work-podcast","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/cake.com\/blog\/news\/nenad-milanovic-apple-at-work-podcast\/","title":{"rendered":"CAKE.com CEO on the Apple @ Work Podcast"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>\u201cCAKE.com came into existence out of our own need. I was a software development consultant, doing software development for startups and companies. I started building 8 software products for other industries. The first 8 times were a failure because I tried to build something that we were not using. The first product \u2014 <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/clockify.me\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Clockify<\/em><\/a><em> \u2014 was made for our needs and we had a good idea about how that should be built. That\u2019s the first product that actually started making money\u201d<\/em>, said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/milanovicnenad\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Nenad Milanovic<\/a>, CAKE.com CEO and Founder, in the <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/guides\/apple-at-work\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Apple @ Work<\/em><\/a> podcast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The host <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/chambersbradley\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bradley Chambers<\/a> talked with Milanovic about SaaS expansion in large companies, Nenad\u2019s entrepreneurial journey, the growth of CAKE.com, the success of the <a href=\"https:\/\/cake.com\/blog\/news\/introducing-the-productivity-bundle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">productivity bundle<\/a>, and the company&#8217;s future development plans.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Listen to the podcast episode <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2025\/02\/25\/have-your-cake-and-eat-it-too\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n    \n    <div class=\"flexible-banner banner-blue-medium flex items-center py-4 pt-10 px-10 mb-8 overflow-hidden md:pt-4\">\n        <div class=\"banner-container w-full\">\n            <div class=\"flex items-center justify-center gap-10 flex-col md:flex-row\">\n                <div class=\"flex-1\">\n                                            <p class=\"font-humansans !text-2xl text-center !leading-tight text-white !mb-6 md:!mb-3 md:text-left md:!text-xl\">Scale your business with CAKE.com tools<\/p>\n                                        \n                                            <p class=\"!text-sm text-white text-center md:text-left md:!text-xs !mb-6 md:!mb-3\">Increase productivity and grow your organization with Clockify, Pumble, and Plaky.<\/p>\n                                        \n                    <div class=\"flex justify-center gap-3 mt-4 md:justify-start\">\n                                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/cake.com\/suite\"  class=\"btn btn-secondary !text-xs font-normal px-6 py-2\">\n                                Get started                            <\/a>\n                                                \n                                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/cake.com\/try\"  class=\"btn btn-transparent-no-border !text-xs font-normal px-6 py-2\">\n                                Learn more                            <\/a>\n                                            <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                \n                                    <div class=\"banner-image\">\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cake.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/banner-standard.png\" alt=\"Scale your business with CAKE.com tools\">\n                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n    \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cCAKE.com came into existence out of our own need. 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