With over $300 million in exits and 300 angel investments, Fabrice Grinda is one of the world’s leading tech entrepreneurs and investors.

He has served as CEO for three multinational companies and was as an early investor in Alibaba, Delivery Hero, BrightRoll and many others.

Fabrice is currently investing in startups and building companies through FJ Labs, which he co-founded with Jose Martin.

For all the links mentioned in this episode:

https://www.theceolibrary.com/fabrice-grinda-6337.html

Kings, Lords, Counts & Alchemists... can you guess our favorite fiction books? In today's episode you get to listen to us (Cristina, Theo, Vlad) talk about the fiction books that marked us at different moments in life, the movies that trump books they are based on, how you can apply in life & business what you learn from fiction, and many other related matters.

All the books:

https://www.theceolibrary.com/from-paper-to-screen-are-movies-as-good-as-the-books-theyre-based-on-10280.html

Andi Dumitrescu is a Romanian visual artist and musician, leader and co-founder of the folk-rock band Bucium. When he’s not busy creating music, Andi is working as a video producer, director and editor for ads, documentaries or music videos.

Find out more about the books that left deep marks on Andi, helped him along his career path, and in what way are books similar to movies.

All books mentioned in this episode:

https://www.theceolibrary.com/andi-dumitrescu-8141.html

Can a 1936 book help you win friends and influence people in 2018? Of course, we’re talking about Dale Carnegie’s classic. What could we possibly dislike about a book that’s highly recommended by almost everyone and has been in the top best-selling nonfiction books of all time? You’ll just have to listen to our book-club talk / turned podcast episode and find out.

More about this episode:

https://www.theceolibrary.com/dale-carnegie-how-to-win-friends-influence-people-book-club-9597.html

Antonio Éram is a Romanian entrepreneur and angel investor, CEO and co-founder of NETOPIA mobilPay, always seeking new projects that can take the world by storm.

Learn more about the books that helped him grow on both personal and professional levels, how he looks at past business failures and red flags he pays attention to when investing.

All the books mentioned in this episode:

https://www.theceolibrary.com/antonio-eram-7568.html

Podcast interview with Irina Nica - a driven marketer, specialized in influencer campaigns, content and SEO. Irina's currently living in Dublin, where she works as a Senior Marketing Manager at Hubspot. Listen to our talk and you'll find out more about her amazing journey as a marketer & the books that impacted her.

Marvin is a Partner at the micro venture capital fund 500 Startups, running the accelerator program based in San Francisco, and investing in seed stage startups.

Find out more about his passion for reading, the books that helped him, what red flags he’s looking out in entrepreneurs’ pitching process, and common bad advice in the startup industry.

For all the links mentioned in this podcast:

https://www.theceolibrary.com/marvin-liao-6846.html

A talk about the biographies and memoirs that influenced us, the team behind The CEO Library. Find out what books we read and recommend, what we learned from them, why we were disappointed by some, and how sports memoirs helped us (and our mental health) more than business literature.

Stephen Lew is the Director of Training and Development of The School of Positive Psychology, a leading higher education and training facility based in Singapore.

Find out more about the books that pivoted his journey towards personal development and human excellence, but also the ones he’d recommend to those who want to become better leaders.

For all the links mentioned in this interview:

https://www.theceolibrary.com/stephen-lew-8408.html

Steve Benjamins is a designer, software developer and musician living in Toronto. Steve runs Site Builder Report, the ultimate resource for choosing the best website builder. Listen to Cristina’s talk with Steve about his entrepreneurial journey, ethical challenges of monetizing through affiliate marketing, daily routines, how journaling brought clarity in his decision-making process, reasons why he didn’t want to make his music public - and how he overcame them.