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A Croatian entrepreneur. Eleven years in Dublin. Four years running digital strategy across EMEA markets, testing business ideas, and eventually operating a Hub before anyone in Europe had named the model - and a decision to return home to launch it properly.
"This is not a product story. It is a pattern recognition story - and a return."
Every European coach, consultant, community builder, and SMB I watched was doing the same thing: stitching together five, six, sometimes eight different tools - a course platform here, a community app there, a CMS, a payment processor, a CRM - and calling it their business infrastructure. They called it "their stack." I called it fragile.
This wasn't a niche problem. It ran across the full EMEA map - from solo digital entrepreneurs in Croatia and Portugal to small and medium businesses in Poland, the Netherlands, and the UAE. Nobody had built a unified Hub - one environment where the content, the community, the commerce, and the brand live under a single owned domain. In North America, this model was emerging. Across EMEA, it was invisible.
The eleven years in Dublin were not spent waiting. They were spent learning how digital businesses actually grow - from the inside. Working across digital marketing strategy for businesses spanning EMEA markets, I developed something more valuable than credentials: a cross-market view of where online businesses break down, stall, and get stuck paying for the wrong infrastructure.
Before SOVEVO, there were other ideas. Tested ventures, early concepts, real-world experiments - each one teaching a sharper lesson about what European digital entrepreneurs actually needed versus what the market was selling them. That iteration was not failure. It was the research. The last four of those years, I was already operating a Hub - building and running the model that SOVEVO is now structured around. Not theorising it. Running it.
The decision to return to Croatia was not made lightly - but it was made clearly. Not as a retreat from ambition. As a deployment of it. Croatia sits inside the EU, inside a digital economy that is growing but underserved by the tools designed for it. There is something clarifying about building from your own ground.
You know the friction of operating as a European in a market dominated by American platforms. You know what GDPR compliance actually costs a small business. You know what it means to need infrastructure that was designed for someone else. Launching from here was not a compromise - it was the thesis. This is where the problem lives. This is where SOVEVO begins.
SOVEVO is not a software product. It is an infrastructure operation. We are the EU operator layer built on top of best-in-class platform technology - combining ESTAGE's enterprise Hub architecture with EU jurisdiction, standard legal documentation, and the kind of guided partnership that turns infrastructure into business outcomes.
Our model: you own your Hub. Your domain. Your community. Your data. You are not renting space on someone else's platform - you are building on ground that belongs to you, with infrastructure that scales with your ambition. SOVEVO is the operator. You are the owner.
Most online business advice assumes you're operating from an American platform, under American compliance rules, for an American market. If you're a European coach, consultant, community builder, digital entrepreneur, or an SMB operating across EMEA - that model was not designed for you.
SOVEVO was. Not because it's European by accident, but because it was built by someone who understands what it costs to build a digital business in this regulatory environment - and who found the infrastructure model to remove those constraints at every scale.
You are not joining a platform. You are joining a network founded by someone who solved the same problem you're facing - and decided to build the solution into a business rather than keep it to himself.
Stop splitting your client experience across five tools. A Hub gives your audience one place - your place - where they find your content, your community, and your offer. Under your domain. On your terms.
Building on rented infrastructure means building on someone else's rules. When the platform changes its algorithm, its pricing, or its terms - your community pays for it. Your Hub is yours. That changes everything.
You are not looking for a SaaS subscription. You are looking for infrastructure that scales with your ambition, operates under EU jurisdiction, and doesn't require a CTO to operate. That is what SOVEVO delivers.
Whether you're running a team of five in Warsaw or a distributed operation across the Gulf and Europe, a Hub centralises your brand, your content, and your client relationships in one governed environment. Built under EU jurisdiction, to scale across borders.

"The first movers always get the best ground. SOVEVO is in its founding phase - the community being built here is the first cohort. The people who saw the gap before it became obvious, and moved first. If you are a founder, an operator, or a builder who believes in doing this properly - this is exactly where you belong."
Not a Facebook group. Not a Discord server. A curated operator network built on the same infrastructure you're deploying for your clients.
Platform intelligence before it goes public. Early access to ESTAGE product updates, EU regulatory briefings, and operator-level strategy content published only inside the community.
Connect with fellow EU hub operators, founders, and digital business builders who are running on the same infrastructure - share what's working, get honest feedback, build real relationships.
Community members get priority access to new SOVEVO services, BFY project slots, and beta features before they're announced publicly. First in, first served.
A dedicated support channel for active community members. Direct line to the SOVEVO team - not a ticket queue. Real answers from people who've operated the infrastructure you're running on.
Designed for operators who take their infrastructure seriously. Everything you need to run a better hub, faster.
Curated briefings on EU digital policy, platform changes, and operator strategy - delivered inside the community every week. What's changing, what it means for your hub, and what to do about it.
Monthly group sessions with the SOVEVO team and guest operators. Real case studies, real numbers, real problems solved live. Recordings included for members who can't make it.
Templates, SOPs, and automation blueprints - built by operators, for operators. Saves you the trial and error that costs months of growth.
Ivan Ivakovic is an active member of the community - not an avatar. Ask questions, share challenges, get real input from someone who's run the infrastructure you're operating for 4+ years.
Accepting applications - Cohort 01 · EU based · Application reviewed personally in 48h
Community access is curated - not open. The SOVEVO team personally reviews every application within 48 hours.
Weekly intelligence drops on EU policy, platform strategy, and operator tactics - before they go public
Monthly live operator sessions with the SOVEVO team - real case studies, recordings included
Private resource library - SOPs, templates, and automation blueprints built by operators
Direct founder access - Ivan Ivakovic is an active member. Real answers, not a ticket queue
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Depends on scope - we tailor BFY to what you’re actually building. Get on the waitlist and we’ll walk you through pricing directly. Join the waitlist.
Website, community, courses/memberships, funnels, live events, store, email, and CRM - all in one hub, built out for your specific business, then handed over fully yours. Not a template, an actual working setup. Join the waitlist.
ESTAGE is the infrastructure - powerful, but still something you have to build yourself. SOVEVO is the done-for-you layer on top: we design and build the whole hub for you and hand over ownership when it’s done. Join the waitlist.
Opening founding operator spots now through the waitlist - real review, not automated, so get in early if you want a spot in the first cohort. Join the waitlist.
Built from the EU and best suited to EU-based operators or anyone selling into the EU - if that’s you, you’re a good fit. Join the waitlist.
Nothing public yet since we’re pre-launch, but once you’re on the list we can show you more directly - happy to jump on a quick call too. Join the waitlist.