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Why Good Entrepreneurs Borrow, Great Ones Steal

The video of my fun interview with David Lerner for Venture Studio and Mashable is live.

We cover a wide variety of topics: OLX, advice to CEOs of consumer facing Internet companies, the attraction of Brazil and Russia and much more.

Enjoy :)

I just uploaded the Envoye Special video

In case you missed it when it first aired, you can watch it on the original blog post:
Envoye Special Sequel: Conquering the Web, 11 Years Later

I love the OLX India TV ads!

Watch them in order :)

Envoye Special Sequel: Conquering the Web, 11 Years Later

Envoye Special just aired the sequel to the show from 11 years ago that I mentioned in the previous blog post.

In this flattering portrait, they follow me around New York and Buenos Aires as I run OLX and invest in various startups. They are dead-on in their analysis that for entrepreneurs national boundaries have largely lost their meaning as we create global companies with a global labor force addressing a global audience.

I also recommend the bonus interview of Cyrille Devaud who authored the show who effectively distills the substantific essence of entrepreneurship.

You can watch my section of the show below:

Alternatively, here is the full show:

WARNING: The following content may contain elements of self-indulgence, megalomania, and narcissism that are not suitable for some audiences. Viewer discretion is advised.

BFM Business Interview

Last Friday BFM Business interviewed me in French in front of Nasdaq to get the latest news on OLX. I am embedding it below for your viewing pleasure.

Fabrice Grinda, serial entrepreneur

Elizabeth Treussard from French Morning New York just wrote a nice article on my adventures.

French speakers can check it out at:
http://frenchmorning.com/ny/2011/03/22/fabrice-grinda-serial-entrepreneur/

Interview on OLX, Angel Investing, Entrepreneurship and Life

I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Marie Rufo from CapeCalm.

In the first part of the interview we talked about OLX and angel investing.

In the second part of the interview we spoke about entrepreneurship and life.

Emerce eDay Keynote Speech

I had the pleasure of being invited to give a keynote at Emerce eDay last September. I already posted the video of the fun interview which took place after the keynote, but it took me a while to get the video of the speech (thanks Diego and Chris for extracting it from Flash). I also had to split it into two parts given Phanfare’s 20 minute video restriction.

The first part will be familiar to those of you who saw my discussion with Loic Lemeur last year at LeWeb or my TEDx Paris speech. The second part is new content and covers the story of OLX, some thoughts on running a global company and questions from the audience.

I hope you enjoy it!

Part 1:

Part 2:

This is exactly what we are doing at OLX: we are building a plane in flight! :)

Great eDay Interview

I was just a keynote speaker at Emerce eDay in Rotterdam. I shared some of the lessons I learned over the years as an entrepreneur, I explained why I love OLX so much and gave pointers on running a global company. I will post a video of the keynote as soon as they give me the link.

Right after the keynote, I was interviewed by Ronnie Overgoor. I wanted to share the interview with you as I felt it was fun and I had great chemistry with Ronnie despite not having slept in two days because of the traveling and jetlag.

Marjolijn, one of the attendees, also drew this fun sketch of the keynote speech.

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