FabriceGrinda

The Genesis of FJ Labs

The global economy and its impact on startups in the time of COVID-19

The Entrepreneur Insight

Web Summit Panel : Ideas are easy, business is hard

Interview in Les Echos (in French): Tech will make the World a Better Place

Origins Podcast

The latest trend in marketplaces

Noah Keynote: Marketplaces: The Party is not Over!

Founder Storiez Podcast

Fun podcast in French on French Morning

A framework for making important decisions: Step 4/4

Fabrice Grinda, 400x angel (Alibaba, Knotel, OpenDoor, Flexport) and many X co-founder of Aucland, Zingy, OLX and company-builder FJ Labs

Creator Lab Podcast: Fabrice Grinda, #1 Angel Investor In The World // Future Of Marketplaces

A framework for making important decisions: Step 3/4

Fireside Chat about building marketplaces with Jason Goldlist at TechToronto

A framework for making important decisions: Step 2/4

A framework for making important decisions: Step 1/4

Great Interview & Podcast in Forbes with Alejandro Cremades

Far ranging and fun podcast with Meb Faber

Forbes just named me the #1 angel investor in the world :)

Fabrice Grinda: Lay Out The Options

Better lucky than good!

Fun podcast in French covering my nerdy youth and much more!

Fun “Ask Me Anything” conversation with Heidi Moore

The Thesis Fabrice Grinda & FJ Labs Use To Invest in 1–2 Startups Per Week

42 Questions – Fabrice Grinda’s Path into VC

How I was hacked, and all my cryptocurrencies were stolen!

42 Questions with Fabrice Grinda of FJ Labs

Some thoughts on Bitcoin energy consumption

Some thoughts on cryptocurrencies

BPI Keynote: Let’s build a better future

Keynote BPI : Construisons un meilleur avenir

Eve: from launch to IPO in 31 months!

Venture Capitalists: change your life with Kushim

Interview with Whats Up New York BFMTV!

NOAH 2016 Keynote: Confessions of an Accidental Angel

Apparently I am the top French business angel of 2016!

Grit, Perseverance, and Happenstance: The Genesis of our Apprenticeship Program

The Next Evolution: AI-Powered Marketplaces

Donald Trump: The Startup Disrupting the GOP Establishment

FJ LABS 2015 Investment Year in Review

Macro perspective: The startup party is far from over!

Fun Interview on The Twenty Minute VC

Asset prices are more sensitive to very low interest rates than most suspect

Apparently I am the second most prolific French angel!

Fun Discussion with Dave McClure at PreMONEY Miami

I failed my way to success!

2015 Venture Investing Update

Marketplace Breakfast

Building Marketplaces

FIAF Interview

Great Interview with La Tribune

2014 Investment Year in Review

FIAF Pilier d’Or Acceptance Speech

Fun interview on BFMTV

Silicon Cabarete MVP

Yahoo to acquire Brightroll for $640 million in cash!

One Step Closer To Streamlining the Car Buying and Selling Process

The Case for New York

The used car buying and selling process is broken and we are going to fix it!

My first interview in Spanish!

Fantastic presentation on customer acquisition

The Case for Optimism

Video of my LeWeb Keynote: The Case for Optimism

Slides from my LeWeb Keynote: The Case for Optimism

LeWeb 2013 Interview of Arnaud Montebourg

Fun interview at LeWeb 2013

Business Code: Ces Francais qui ont conquis New York

Why we play Moneyball rather than Powerball

Delusional optimism can go a long way!

Absolute must read for all entrepreneurs!

How to launch your startup

Fun interview with The Next Women

Am I ambitious enough?

The class notes from Peter Thiel’s Stanford class are a must read for all entrepreneurs

Great inspirational video by Michael Marantz

Raising money from VCs is just like dating!

Just do it!

Bloomberg TV Interview about my angel investing heuristics

First Round Capital's Holiday Video is Amazing!

Why I am leaving OLX

Bloomberg TV interview about investing in frontier countries

Further evidence suggesting consumer Internet series A financings are more difficult to come by

My IDCEE Keynote

And then there were a 100…

Is this the most honest interview ever?

If it's in the press it must be true :)

Why we won’t invest in Pinterest clones

Entrepreneur quote of the day: "I VIP!"

What is it like to be on the cover of the New York Observer? :)

They did a fun profile of me in this week’s New York Observer

Very detailed interview about the emerging markets Internet craze

Fantastic Startup Launch Video

What people think entrepreneurs do

LeWeb 2011: The Trials and Tribulations of Angel Investing in Brazil, Russia and around the World!

Very detailed interview about everything I learned as an entrepreneur and business angel

The Ultimate Startup: Creating a New Country

I just uploaded the Envoye Special video

Angel Investing Secrets

Cameron Rules, Sarkozy Sucks!

The Entrepreneur vs. The Strategy Consultant

Envoye Special Sequel: Conquering the Web, 11 Years Later

Flashback: Aucland TV Coverage

BFM Business Interview

The Ricther Scales should update “Here Comes Another Bubble”

Lessons of a super tenacious first time entrepreneur

Fabrice Grinda, serial entrepreneur

A SuperAngel’s Investment Guide

Interview on OLX, Angel Investing, Entrepreneurship and Life

Emerce eDay Keynote Speech

Should you raise money from VCs? If so, how should you pick your VC?

The Secret History of Silicon Valley

Angelgate is overblown!

Just Manic Enough: Seeking Perfect Entrepreneurs

Great eDay Interview

What to do with your millions

Great article on the future of startup funding: Founders vs. Angels vs. VCs!

Great article on what happened to Yahoo

Google just acquired Lab Pixies, one of my portfolio companies!

French Entrepreneur Dinner

Three Cheers for Jason Calacanis!

My speech at TEDx Paris (in English)

Malcolm Gladwell is wrong!

Why entrepreneurs should never retire!

My speech at TEDx Paris on the love of entrepreneurship

College Will Kill Your Entrepreneurial Spirit While Simultaneously Turning You into a Worker Bee

The New York Internet community is thriving!

The 18 Mistakes that Kill Startups

The Power of Two: 2 > 1!

Fantastic fireside chat with Loic Lemeur at LeWeb

If at first you don't succeed, try, try again!

Looking for an entrepreneurial stint: at what startup stage should you join?

Lessons from Reed Hastings, CEO of Netflix

BFM Radio Interview

Lessons from a startup failure

Venture Voice Follow-Up Interview

Work smarter and harder

The value of positive advisors

Entrepreneurs: Global Heroes!

Change in angel investment strategy

VCs are not sheep – why VCs invest less during downturns

Ten tips to ride the economic slowdown

Psychology of an Entrepreneur

What the financial crisis means to entrepreneurs

A Fundraising Survival Guide

Why active entrepreneurs mostly invest in consumer Internet companies

French Entrepreneur Dinner

Why I invested in Lab Pixies

Why I invested in Sonico

Graduating from College: Starting your own business or joining an established company?

Interview on Small Businesses for the Washington Post

How it all began…

How did you raise your very first round of financing?

Jira is a fantastic technical project management tool

Why the startup market is like the real estate market

Cityvox, my learnings as an angel investor and the power of grit and tenacity

Another way to raise money from VCs :)

While on the topic of startup valuations…

Startup Valuations

Startup Kit / Startup 101: Select Articles for First Time Entrepreneurs to Read

Why Early Stage Venture Investments Fail

Alan Patricof, Microcredit, Trickle Up and Equity Investments in Developing Countries

The pitfalls of marrying an entrepreneur

Internet: we are still at the beginning!

Zero to $1 billion

Entrepreneurship matchup: France versus Afghanistan

The nature of entrepreneurship: randomness, trial and error, and how intelligence can get in the way

Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea is great: thrilling and informative at the same time

Learning from Steve Case

Inside Facebook is a fun, quick read that allows you to experience the startup spirit!

Meetic: The rules of the game have changed

Kite boarding and entrepreneurship

It pays to be lucky – part 3

LeWeb3 Conference Debrief

Top ten geek business myths

The past, present and future of French Internet entrepreneurship!

The Video History of Akamai

The Video History of Amazon by Jeff Bezos

And then there were 8 business selection criteria!

Hypomanics to the rescue :)

The Hardest Lesson for Startups to Learn

Startup Kit

Entrepreneurs or the invisible men of the economy!

California Calling

Entrepreneurship: The Game

A Eulogy to Rong Yiren

Investment Banking Fees

In Praise of Investment Bankers

Fund Raising 101

Entrepreneurs Everywhere :)

International Idea Arbitrage

9 Business Selection Criteria

The End of a Journey, the Beginning of a New One