Fabrice Grinda
fabricegrinda.com · Personal blog · on HN since 2007
Fabrice Grinda, a serial entrepreneur and angel investor, writes about startup investing, marketplaces, and entrepreneurship.
What HN saysHN commenters link it for his angel investing guide, his idea of international idea arbitrage, and business selection criteria. They also mention his founder background.
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Most-shared posts
- 1A SuperAngel’s Investment Guide2 people · 36 points · first shared 2011 · 10 comments on HN
- 2How I was hacked, and all my cryptocurrencies were stolen2 people · 33 points · first shared 2018 · 12 comments on HN
- 3A SuperAngel’s Investment Guide2 people · 14 points · first shared 2008 · 1 comments on HN
- 49 Business Selection Criteria2 people · 4 points · first shared 2007 · 1 comments on HN
- 5A SuperAngel’s Investment Guide1 people · 6 points · first shared 2011 · discussion on HN
- 6The Power of Grit and Tenacity1 people · 5 points · first shared 2008 · 1 comments on HN
- 7The Evolution of Marketplaces1 people · 4 points · first shared 2014 · discussion on HN
- 8VCs are not sheep – why VCs invest less during downturns1 people · 4 points · first shared 2008 · discussion on HN
- 9Angel Investing Secrets1 people · 4 points · first shared 2011 · discussion on HN
- 10Covid-19 may be the black swan that pushes the global economy into recession1 people · 3 points · first shared 2020 · discussion on HN
- 11The Power of Introspection and Detached Analysis by Fabrice Grinda1 people · 3 points · first shared 2021 · discussion on HN
- 12Timing Is Everything1 people · 3 points · first shared 2023 · discussion on HN
- 13Asset prices are more sensitive to very low interest rates than most suspect1 people · 3 points · first shared 2015 · discussion on HN
- 14Why we play Moneyball rather than Powerball?1 people · 3 points · first shared 2013 · discussion on HN
- 15Some thoughts on cryptocurrencies1 people · 3 points · first shared 2018 · discussion on HN
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altay · 2008-08-04
The founder/CEO of this site is Fabrice Grinda (http://www.fabricegrinda.com/), who was interviewed on Venture Voice a while back (http://www.venturevoice.com/2005/12/vv_show_21_fabrice_grinda_of_z.htm… His interview was one of my favorites.
He's got an interesting approach to entrepreneurship -- rather than coming up with novel ideas, Fabrice takes ideas that work in one location and replicates them somewhere else. First he built (and sold) the eBay of Latin America + Europe, then he brought ringtones to America from Asia (!). After selling his ringtone company for $80M, he founded OLX, to bring craigslist to other countries.
Check out his interview; you'll learn a lot.
mblevin · 2015-10-22
Rocket Internet are the biggest ones, but there's a lot following this strategy.
Fabrice Grinda, a prolific entrepreneur/angel coined the term "International Idea Arbitrage" years ago.
See: http://www.fabricegrinda.com/entrepreneurship/international-idea-arbit…
gaborcselle · 2007-05-29
Interesting side note: Zingy was founded in NYC by Fabrice Grinda, a French guy (http://fabricegrinda.com/) He had previously started Aucland in France, an Alando competitor. It's a small world. He'd be a great candidate for a Euro edition of "Founders at Work".
petervandijck · 2011-02-15
Thorrez · 2022-06-01
Not really. People have their cryptocurrencies stolen all the time from similar problems.
https://fabricegrinda.com/hacked-cryptocurrencies-stolen/
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2020/11/godaddy-employees-used-in-attacks-…
https://therecord.media/two-cryptocurrency-portals-are-experiencing-a-…
https://cryptonews.com.au/godaddy-website-hack-leaves-defi-protocol-sp…
https://news.bitcoin.com/hackers-compromise-web-portal-bitcoin-org-dns…
https://www.engadget.com/2018-04-25-hackers-dns-phishing-scam-cryptocu…