Up next on Pass the Secret Sauce, our guest is Sebastien Breteau ━ the CEO of QIMA, a leading provider of quality control and supplier compliance solutions. Sebastien Breteau is also an active investor, who has invested in over 50 start-ups across all continents; an avocado farmer; and the founder of the Breteau Foundation, which aims to promote education in developing countries by providing digital education tools to underprivileged children worldwide. 

In this episode we discuss:

• Introduction to episode  [1:16]
• Sebastien’s first job and getting fired after four days  [4:40]
• Starting his own business, buying and selling of Tamaguchi  [8:40]
• Getting help from a guy in Hong Kong, stepping stone of Sebastien’s success [10:00]
• The quality inspection process of QIMA  [13:45]
• Checking or measuring the quality inspection of their products  [17:45]
• Organic farming business, locally producing avocados in Europe  [20:25]
• Focus and boredom, why people need to deal with these two things [23:00]
• Fighting boredom is the start of the success of an entrepreneur  [26:55]
• Instilling the mindset of an entrepreneur to his children [28:45]
• Investing in  business seeds in the US, Europe, Asia [30:20]
• Focusing on Food/Food Tech, and Agri-Tech industry [32:00]
• Spending time in Asia, business relationship with Asian people  [33:25]
• Breteau Foundation, helping children’s education [35:35]
• Teaching single plastic approach to children [38:00]
• Best way to get in touch with Sebastien Breteau [41:45]

Quotable Quotes:

• You don’t succeed because you are smarter or you work harder. You succeed because the people want to help you. 
• You need to identify what you know how to do well, then do it very well and grow at that.
• Don’t feel guilty when you feel bored. It’s natural and normal. You have to acknowledge and deal with it.

Links to sources and tools:

• Connect with Sebastien on Linkedin
• End-to-end solutions for quality improvement, visit QIMA
• Get involved and join the cause of Breteau Foundation

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• Breaking Through Adversities with Laundromat Millionaire Dave Menz
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