OLX: Why Introverted Founders Need To Be Rejected (Repeatedly) – with Fabrice Grinda

Fabrice Grinda, OLX, Marketplace, Mental Game

How does a founder who nearly goes bankrupt end up building companies worth tens of millions of dollars?

Fabrice Grinda founded multiple companies including, Zingy a mobile ringtones, wallpapers and games company that he started in 2001 and sold to Sprint a few years later.

He also launched OLX, which offers free online classifieds and auctions providing a more local service on global level.

Fabrice Grinda

OLX

Fabrice Grinda is the co-CEO of OLX, which is the next generation of free online classifieds and auctions providing a more local service on global level.

 

Andrew: Coming up, how shy are you? Wait until you hear the gutsy thing that today’s guest did to deal with his shyness. Also, what does it feel like to hold up a big pivotal check from an important customer? I’m going to ask today’s guest about that half a million dollar check that changed everything for him. Also, I want to talk about what other startup sites hate to mention which is the depression that I think only people with big dreams seem to feel. All right. All that and so much more coming up. Three messages before we get started.

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