Startup Grind Journal
Startup Grind Journal
Stefan Koritar
Episode 9: Frederic Lasnier And How To Navigate The Global Tech Market
50 minutes Posted Apr 8, 2020 at 3:00 pm.
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Frederic Lasnier is an entrepreneur, VC and relentless globetrotter, passionate about IT and the development of emerging markets.

He founded Pentalog together with four university mates in 1993 in Orléans, France. Since 1997 he has set up 8 branch offices in Europe, 1 in Asia and 2 in North America, enabling Pentalog to become a leading IT engineering service provider with global reach and high growth performance.

In 2010, he founded Pentalabbs (start-up accelerator and VC) and has been a VC partner for several French and US startups.

What you’ll learn about in this episode:

How Frederic Lasnier grew up

How Frederic Lasnier built a successful company
Why Pentalog chose Romania for a few of their branches
How the tech market evolved throughout the years
How you value your company the right way
How Pentalabbs was born
What ecosystems need to grow
How engaging your customers works