Subscribe for The Recursive newsletter to get the episodes before anyone else. Watch the previous episode where the CEO of A Data Pro Ilia Krastev shares that one of his greatest leadership lessons was to learn to let go of control and give opportunities to people to lead and feel free to make their own mistakes. He always knew that he was a hyperactive person who likes to be challenged every day and explains how this has impacted his life and career path. In the episode, Gregoire also opens up about how he was diagnosed with ADHD.

I want to tell them about the impact that we’re making”, he adds. “I have three kids and when they ask me: “D addy, what did you do all day?”, I don’t want to tell them about my pitch deck. When asked about what drives him, he explains why he cares more about the impact of his business than about his business plan. I want to have fun with these people”, Gregoire tells Irina. “You take bullets everyday in this business, and you need to be a pack of wolves with your team. He talks about his values as a founder and an investor and shares how important it is for him to build quality relationships and create friendships with the people he works with. In his honest conversation with Irina, Gregoire takes us on an incredible journey through this crazy game of Russian roulette as he calls entrepreneurship. And in his spare time, he’s writing a science fiction novel. Gregoire is also the Co-Founder and President at the French Tech global community in Romania, an ecosystem that supports startups in their international development. And just a month ago, he announced his latest project bonapp.eco – a mobile app combating food waste allowing users to buy food close to its expiration date from nearby grocery stores, restaurants, bakeries, cafés, or hotels.

He started his latest endeavors amidst the pandemic – the online store for refurbished smartphones that he exited this summer. Produced by Disney Television Animation, it is directed by Jamie Mitchell and created by Craig Gerber. The full-fledged show then started airing from January 2013 onward. It currently employs 5,000 people in Bulgaria and Romania and Gregoire serves as a board member. ‘Sofia the First’, the dreamy kids’ animated television series, originally premiered with its pilot episode on Disney Junior on November 18, 2012. One of his first ventures was the outsourcing company CallPoint, which is now known as TELUS International Europe. He has co-founded and invested in more than 25 businesses across Eastern Europe and has had 4 exits so far. Gregoire was born with an entrepreneurial mindset. A Frenchman who fell in love in Romania and set up all his businesses there, he’s working tirelessly to change the country for the better and show its opportunities to the world. The Recursive podcast comes back to Bucharest to meet with serial entrepreneur and angel investor Gregoire Vigroux.

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