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Interview with
Salvatore Grimaldi, owner and CEO of the Grimaldi Industries was conducted by
Nicola Linza and Cristoffer Neljesjö in Stockholm June 2011.
What
inspired you to choose the entrepreneurial path of life?
Challenges are my inspiration. I like to challenge new things to see if can
succeed.
Were you ever discouraged? Especially by others when you were starting
out on your own?
I was never discouraged, I knew what I wanted and I worked hard. When I started
in the 70´s people said that entrepreneurs were untrustworthy and tax evaders.
Today, the view has changed and entrepreneurs are now seen as important
builders of society.
What single piece of advice would you give an entrepreneur today? In
today’s economic state, and technological climate?
You have to be good at what you're doing, and feel it's something you can do.
This gives you self-esteem and balance to start your own business.
In your view, why does a brand lose their clientele?
Clientele is lost when the brand standard is neglected. A brand is invaluable
and has to be managed properly its entire life.
If you could change one thing about the business climate today what
would it be?
A lot of people complain about Sweden but I think it's a great country. There
is no bureaucracy and we have equality between the sexes. But I think Sweden
should focus even more on entrepreneurship because the entrepreneurs are the
engines in societies.
How would you describe the man Salvatore Grimaldi and except for
business what do you enjoy in life?
I'm interested in people and I care about my co-workers. Perhaps I'm too kind
sometimes but I'd rather be that than something else. I spend my spare time
with my family, they mean the most to me. Life goes up and down but family
always stays behind you.
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