“#004 - Jeremy Giffon on Tiny, Philosophy, & Overrated Advice” from “Audience of One” by pods4.me

Jeremy Giffon is the former general partner of Tiny, a holding company for cash-flowing businesses. Jeremy and I talk about Tiny and acquiring businesses, science and religion, the origins of culture, why you shouldn’t take advice, and what he’s working on next. — (00:31) Jeremy’s background (4:52) Starting MediaCore while in high school (7:24) How to get more high schoolers startup-like experience sooner (11:02) What is Tiny & how is it different (14:41) What’s enabled Tiny to be great (19:47) Growing popularity of acquisition entrepreneurship and holding companies (27:29) Qualities of great companies (32:03) Greatest lessons from Tiny’s founders, Andrew Wilkinson and Chris Sparling (38:21) Why advice is overrated (41:48) Why he left Tiny and what’s next (46:22) On the origins of Western culture (51:32) Science and religion (58:59) Pre- and post-fall (01:10:34) What he’s optimizing for in life (01:14:56) His take on enlightenment (01:17:31) His question for listeners (01:18:51) Whether there are “true desires” — Spencer’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/sp1ns1r Spencer’s blog: https://spencerkier.substack.com Jeremy’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/jeremygiffon