Christof Appel shares with us a roller coaster journey of epic proportions
Entrepreneurs on Fire
John Lee Dumas
4.8 • 4.1K Ratings
🗓️ 27 January 2014
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
Christof sold his first business to a listed media company at the age of 19. He was the youngest finalist at World Champs of Public Speaking in Washington DC. He ran a global HR consulting business with clients like Nike and Google at age 23. He then lost it all and had to work jobs he hated. In 2012 he traveled to the Silicon Valley and raised funding for and launched a startup, Birdiebank. This year he'll launch another with Saidwow.
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| 0:00.0 | Entrepreneur on Fire, 464. |
| 0:04.0 | Failures, aha moments, I've made it moments, and the lightning round, seven days a week. |
| 0:10.3 | Join John Lee Dumas, and today's Entrepreneur on Fire. |
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| 0:56.0 | Okay, Fire Nation. Let's get started. I am simply thrilled to introduce my guest today. |
| 1:03.0 | Kristoff, Apple, Kristoff. Are you prepared to ignite? |
| 1:07.0 | John, I'm a full-on par maniac. Let's go ahead. |
| 1:10.0 | I love it. |
| 1:11.0 | Kristoff sold his first business to a listed media company at 19. |
| 1:15.0 | He is the youngest finalist at the World Champs of Public Speaking in Washington, DC. |
| 1:20.0 | He ran a global HR consulting business with clients like Nike and Google at 23. |
| 1:26.0 | And then he lost it all. And it had to work jobs he hated. |
| 1:30.0 | In 2012, he traveled to Silicon Valley, raised funding for and launched a startup birdie bank. |
| 1:37.0 | And this year another one was said wow. |
| 1:40.0 | I've given our listeners just a little overview, Kristoff. So take a minute. |
| 1:44.0 | Tell us about you personally because we want to get to know you, then give us an overview of your business. |
| 1:49.0 | Thanks, John. Yeah, I mean, I'm originally from South Africa. |
| 1:53.0 | So we lack our claim to fame at the moment, obviously, is Elon Musk and Nelson Mandela recently passed away. |
| 2:01.0 | So I'm originally from there. I've always been interested in entrepreneurship. |
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