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Fabrice Grinda
Personal blog · fabricegrinda.comstartupsbusinesseconomics
Fabrice Grinda's personal blog at fabricegrinda.com covers startups, business and economics. Since 2007, 37 different Hacker News readers have linked it 47 times, most often “9 Business Selection Criteria”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-20, and you can follow it by feed.
I build companies, invest in founders, and write about startups, AI, marketplaces, happiness, and living well.
Most-linked posts?
- 9 Business Selection Criteria2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2007-10-05
- A SuperAngel’s Investment Guide2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2011-02-12
- A SuperAngel’s Investment Guide2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2008-08-04
- How I was hacked, and all my cryptocurrencies were stolen2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2018-02-20
What Hacker News says?
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-i... https://therecord.media/two-cryptocurrency-portals-are-exper... https://cryptonews.com.au/godaddy-website-hack-leaves-defi-p... https://news.bitcoin.com/hackers-compromise-web-portal-bitco... https://www.eng…
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on “I got hacked and Facebook banned me”Submitted A SuperAngel’s Investment Guide as a story · 36 points
HN discussionRocket 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-...
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on “Winner Takes Most”Submitted How I was hacked, and all my cryptocurrencies were stolen as a story · 33 points
HN discussionhttp://www.fabricegrinda.com/entrepreneurship/9-business-sel...
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on “A SuperAngel’s Investment Guide”Submitted A SuperAngel’s Investment Guide as a story · 14 points
HN discussionHere: http://www.fabricegrinda.com/personal-musings/a-superangel%E...
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on “Ask HN: What Sites would you clone in an emerging country?”Submitted A SuperAngel’s Investment Guide as a story · 6 points
HN discussionInteresting 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".
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on “Why we should make it happen in Europe”Submitted The Power of Grit and Tenacity as a story · 5 points
HN discussionThe 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_grind... ). 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. F…
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on “OLX: Craigslist + modern-looking UI - traffic”Submitted The Evolution of Marketplaces as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Angel Investing Secrets as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted VCs are not sheep – why VCs invest less during downturns as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Timing Is Everything as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Power of Introspection and Detached Analysis by Fabrice Grinda as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Covid-19 may be the black swan that pushes the global economy into recession as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Some thoughts on cryptocurrencies as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Asset prices are more sensitive to very low interest rates than most suspect as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why we play Moneyball rather than Powerball? as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted 9 Business Selection Criteria as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Internet entrepreneur moving from NYC to a beach in Dominican Republic as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The used car buying and selling process is broken and we are going to fix it as a story · 2 points
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Submitted Rent vs. Own a Home, The Way to Analyze - FabriceGrinda.com as a story · 2 points
HN discussion Submitted The Power of Two: 2 1 as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted What the Financial Crisis Means to Entrepreneurs as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Graduating from College: Starting your own business or joining an established company? as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted How did you raise your very first round of financing? as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why the startup market is like the real estate market as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The nature of entrepreneurship: randomness, trial and error, and how intelligence can get in the way as a story · 2 points
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