My guest is businessman and investor Andrew Wilkinson.
We discuss the lessons learned from acquiring 40 companies, struggling to find happiness, mimetic desire, competing as an independent company with venture-backed companies, getting back up after million-dollar mistakes, and so much more.
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Wilkinson co-founded Tiny Capital, which owns various companies, including AeroPress and Letterboxd (through their fund), MetaLab, and Dribble. He is also Chairman of Tiny, a publicly traded holding company.
Timestamps:
00:00 – Intro
00:37 – Andrew’s dopamine addiction
04:48 – On mimetic desire
06:58 – What Andrew’s working towards
09:13 – Your strengths = your weaknesses
13:46 – Advantages of being in Canada
16:14 – How Andrew runs his company
19:08 – Lessons learned from hiring CEOs
25:18 – How Andrew uses wealth to live his life
31:48 – Andrew’s community
35:28 – What Andrew’s learned about biology and health
40:50 – How to raise kids with wealth
48:32 – How Andrew invests in public markets
54:00 – The history of WeCommerce
56:22 – On running & taking a company public
59:15 – Andrew’s habits for success
01:01:49 – How Andrew deals with stress
01:03:05 – Other self-improvement hacks
01:06:44 – Toughest negotiation Andrew was been a part of
01:08:23 – What success looks like for Andrew
