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Fabrice Grinda
How to build and invest in marketplace startups with Grace Gong
20 Minutes from the Future
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
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
Great Interview & Podcast in Forbes with Alejandro Cremades
Forbes just named me the #1 angel investor in the world :)
Better lucky than good!
The Thesis Fabrice Grinda & FJ Labs Use To Invest in 1–2 Startups Per Week
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
NOAH 2016 Keynote: Confessions of an Accidental Angel
Grit, Perseverance, and Happenstance: The Genesis of our Apprenticeship Program
The Next Evolution: AI-Powered Marketplaces
Donald Trump: The Startup Disrupting the GOP Establishment
Macro perspective: The startup party is far from over!
Asset prices are more sensitive to very low interest rates than most suspect
Fun Discussion with Dave McClure at PreMONEY Miami
Marketplace Breakfast
FIAF Interview
Great Interview with La Tribune
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 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
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
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!
First Round Capital's Holiday Video is Amazing!
Why I am leaving OLX
Further evidence suggesting consumer Internet series A financings are more difficult to come by
My IDCEE Keynote
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!"
Very detailed interview about the emerging markets Internet craze
Fantastic Startup Launch Video
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
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