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\n\nChristoph 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\u2019t 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.\n\nThis 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.\n\nShow notes:\nAn into to Christoph and how he freed himself from working in an office every day. 3:15\nWhat are the upsides and downsides of sharing your content and trade secrets? 4:42\nShould more entrepreneurs be using the mediums available to them to communicate their knowledge? 6:18\nHow do you own your opinion? 7:48\nDo 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\nAre these tools you creating helping you to market your business? 11:42\nDo 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\u2019s using that to the benefit of your brand? 19:17\nWhat advice would you give our listeners to start the own podcasts? 15:55\n\n\n__\n\nRadEO 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.\n\nIf you have a business and want more information on EO get in touch.\nFind out more at www.radeo.co.za (Disclaimer might not be live at the time of the first publishing)