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Why I am leaving OLX

I decided to relinquish my position as Co-CEO of OLX. My partner Alec is staying as CEO. Given how much of my life and soul I poured in the company and the many friends I have working there, I did not...

Is this the most honest interview ever?

At the very least it’s my most honest and intimate interview ever. Unfortunately for you, dear reader, it is also my longest interview ever. The interview is far ranging and covers a variety of topi...

OLX India TV ads: Take 2!

I reported previously how much I loved the original OLX India TV ads. We continued with the same theme and actors for the new campaign. I am including them below for your viewing pleasure. We als...

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 o...

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 OL...

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-entrepre...

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 ...

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 t...

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

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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 gl...

Naspers made a strategic investment in OLX

The cat is out of the bag. We had not planned on disclosing the investment, but given the sheer number of people aware of the transaction (all of our employees and the LPs of our VCs) it was bound to ...

OLX just launched its first TV ads!

To see if we could significantly move the needle in terms of traffic and brand awareness, we just launched our first TV campaign for OLX in Russia. We hope the effort will prove to be a stepping stone...

My speech at TEDx Paris on the love of entrepreneurship

For the French speakers among you. ...

French interview about OLX on ITespresso.fr

While I was in Paris for LeWeb, I ran into Philippe Guerrier, a great French IT journalist whom I have known for 11 years. He took the opportunity to ask for a quick update on OLX and my angel investm...

OLX 2009 Team Video

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Fantastic fireside chat with Loic Lemeur at LeWeb

I loved this year's LeWeb. I met many great entrepreneurs and was truly impressed by the organization and the quality of the participants. Loic Lemeur, LeWeb's founder, generously invited me to chat ...

OLX featured in Business Week

Over the past few years OLX has largely been under the radar in the press given our small presence in the US leading me to coin OLX the largest website no one's ever heard of! This article is the firs...

BFM Radio Interview

BFM is the leading French economic and business radio channel. They were interested in hearing about my American adventure and the latest happenings at OLX. French speakers can download the mp3 of th...

Great article on OLX on Techcrunch

http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/07/craigslist-competitor-olx-scores-5-million-for-online-classifieds/...

Venture Voice Follow-Up Interview

The last time I was interviewed by Greg at Venture Voice was on my last day at Zingy. I shared the wild ride I had been on at Aucland and Zingy and pontificated on entrepreneurship. You can find that ...

OLX wants you!

If you are a super smart programmer hell bent on world domination looking to live new adventures surrounded by gorgeous people in beautiful Buenos Aires (Argentina), we want you! You will live like...

OLX just raised $13.5 million

OLX just raised another $13.5 million from General Catalyst, Bessemer Venture Partners, Founders Fund and DN Capital. This brings the total raised to $23.5 million as we had raised $10 million in Sept...

Interview about OLX on Fox Business News

Two weeks ago I was interviewed on Fox Business News. They got a few of the facts wrong, but overall it’s very well done. I was impressed by the footage of the site and the information bar scrolling...

Happy New Year from the OLX Team!

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Interview about OLX on an Indian blog

If you want to find out more about we have been up to, you can read the interview at: http://puchoo.wordpress.com/2007/12/19/interview-with-fabrice-grinda-co-ceo-olx-inc/ ...

OLX Invests in Edeng, One of China's Leading Free Online Classifieds Site

In a recent post, I explained how one of the ways that OLX has grown was to partner with other sites to run their classifieds channel (http://www.fabricegrinda.com/?p=256). The other way has been thro...

Check out the OLX application on Facebook

We thought it would be cool to let users display their listings on their profile page and use OLX without ever having to leave Facebook. Given that OLX is functional rather than viral and fun, I don�...

OLX Partners with Fotolog to Bring Free Classifieds to Millions of Users around the World

One of the ways OLX has grown has been by partnering with other sites to run their classifieds channel. This strategy has proven successful because OLX is rather good at monetizing traffic. When you l...

OLX Launch Debrief

OLX aspires to become the leading free local classified site on a global level. The company was created in March 2006, the site launch announced on this blog on April 1, 2006 and we started marketing ...

The cat is out of the bag, the curtains have been pulled :)

As made explicit by my April 1 “press releases,” I am now co-CEO of OLX (www.olx.com) and Chairman of Allmydata (www.allmydata.com). I will shortly describe why those companies and ask for the co...

OLX acquires eBay and Craigslist

Saturday April 1, 2006, 8:00 am ET NEW YORK - Apr. 1, 2006 - OLX, the new leader in online classifieds and auctions, announced today that it acquired eBay and Craigslist. eBay and Craigslist will be...

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