#01 RadEO with Christoph Magnussen of Blackboat

In the first ever episode of RadEO we speak to Christoph Magnussen. An EO member of 9 years if you also count accelerator. It was recorded at the Global Leadership Conference in Frankfurt Germany. Follow him on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/christophmagnussen Christoph is an entrepreneur since high school. After graduating from St. Gallen University, he co-founded a mobile phone reCommerce company which grew from 1M to 31M in revenue in less than 5 years. To scale the business he wouldn’t just add manpower. Instead, he was obsessed with increasing individual productivity through latest online collaboration tools and new work methods. This new digital setup triggered many requests from fellow entrepreneurs to support them in building the same environment in their companies. This is how the idea for http://blackboat.com was born. A tech-focused company designed to help leaders increase team efficiency by leveraging cloud tools and fast communication. Show notes: An into to Christoph and how he freed himself from working in an office every day. 3:15 What are the upsides and downsides of sharing your content and trade secrets? 4:42 Should more entrepreneurs be using the mediums available to them to communicate their knowledge? 6:18 How do you own your opinion? 7:48 Do you think that shouting into the void and brushing it off and repeating it, has it given you resilience in other areas or helped you with your business in other ways? 9:46 Are these tools you creating helping you to market your business? 11:42 Do you think this taps into the new age of branding and marketing, the last thing that we have left is honesty and trust, do you think it’s using that to the benefit of your brand? 19:17 What advice would you give our listeners to start the own podcasts? 15:55 __ RadEO is a podcast for Entrepreneurs by Entrepreneurs. It is hosted by Ross Drakes and Rich Mulholland and produced by the Entrepreneurs organisation in South Africa. Tune in every 2 weeks to hear conversations with business owners who will share their experiences and stories of what they have learnt building their business and what drives them to keep going. If you have a business and want more information on EO get in touch. Find out more at www.radeo.co.za (Disclaimer might not be live at the time of the first publishing)