#004 - Jeremy Giffon on Tiny, Philosophy, & Overrated Advice

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.

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(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”

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Spencer’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/sp1ns1r

Spencer’s blog: https://spencerkier.substack.com

Jeremy’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/jeremygiffon