{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/62a71637d9f45a00126c9598/6995d3487012ce5376416faa?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Claude Grunitzky - \"The most successful people have had their own failures\"","description":"<p>\"Ambition is often loud and fast\"</p><p><br></p><p>Limitless Africa host Claude Grunitzky is in the hot seat this episode. Claude has founded, built and sold businesses you will have heard of - he founded Trace, a global hip hop magazine. Trace eventually became the TV channel and he then raised $15million in funding from the investment bank Goldman Sachs in 2003.&nbsp;Now he spends his time as an investor and teaching entrepreneurship in his home country of Togo and across the continent.&nbsp;In this episode Claude will be talking about what Africans can learn from the American mindset - and what <em>he </em>learnt from the American mindset, he built Trace in the US after all.</p><p><br></p><p>Plus: What permissionless ambition means</p><p><br></p><p>🌟 IN THIS EPISODE:</p><p>1:38 Trace's origin story</p><p>8:08 From Alicia Keys to Rihanna</p><p>12:11 Three principles for success</p><p>17:04 The story of Dick Parsons</p><p>19:46 The African entrepreneur</p><p>24:37 Permissionless ambition</p><p>26:07 Why Africans need to ask for permission less</p><p><br></p><p>💬 QUOTES TO REMEMBER:</p><p>“Failure wasn’t the opposite of success. It was the tuition that I paid.”</p><p>\"It's hard like solving a puzzle and it's hard like lifting weights.\"</p><p>\"We Africans have very strong values and we have really strong identities, but we do not support each other as much as we should.\"</p><p><br></p><p>🌍 ABOUT LIMITLESS AFRICA</p><p>The podcast that asks how Africans and Americans can work together for shared prosperity</p><p>Every Monday: 15-minute episodes that dive into an issue that matters to Africans</p><p>Every Thursday: extended interview with someone unlocking Africa's limitless potential</p><p><br></p><p>➕ WANT MORE?</p><p>What can African entrepreneurs learn from the American mindset? https://trueafrica.co/article/limitless/what-can-africans-learn-from-the-american-mindset/</p><p>How the American mindset built Africa's most funded crypto platform https://trueafrica.co/article/podcast/i-got-exactly-what-i-wanted-which-was-my-dms-full-of-nigerian-men/</p><p>\"Vision without execution is hallucination\" - Adam Grant on the skills that African entrepreneurs need to succeed https://trueafrica.co/article/podcast/adam-grant-on-the-skills-that-african-entrepreneurs-need-to-succeed/</p><p><br></p><p>💗 LOVE LIMITLESS AFRICA?</p><p>Subscribe on Spotify, Apple or wherever you get your podcasts</p><p>Leave a 5⭐ review – it helps get the word out</p><p>Share with someone passionate about entrepreneurship in Africa</p><p><br></p><p>🚀 FOLLOW LIMITLESS AFRICA</p><p>Instagram: @_trueafrica</p><p>Website: https://trueafrica.co/</p><p>Substack: https://limitlessafrica.substack.com/</p><p><br></p><p>🤝 FRIENDS OF LIMITLESS AFRICA</p><p><br></p><p>Limitless Africa is sponsored by the US Department of State and the Seenfire Foundation.</p><p><br></p>","author_name":"TRUE Africa"}