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An interview with Jeremy Giffon, the first employee at Tiny, a company that grew from $5 million to about $500 million by purchasing cash-flowing small businesses. The discussion covers their early days, notable deals, negotiation strategies, and the utilization of excess cash flow for further acquisitions, highlighting the growth and success of Tiny.

Episode 573: Sam Parr ( https://twitter.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://twitter.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Jeremy Giffon about how Tiny Capital turned $5M in equity into 30 profitable companies.

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Humble beginnings at Tiny Capital

(4:40) Tiny’s first acquisition

(8:17) 50X return on Dribbble

(10:14) Skip the cash flow statements

(11:57) How to spot the opportunity

(14:00) Chris’s superpower

(16:20) Stomaching aggressively low offers

(17:46) Make an offer and stop talking

(19:36) It’s not you vs. them

(22:06) "What would need to be true to make this deal?"

(23:03) How to crush the cold email

(25:15) Worst deal -- ignored red flags, lost everything

(27:00) Best deal: Mealime (25X return)

(29:16) Weirdest deal ($36.00 acquisition)

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Links:

• Tiny Capital - https://www.tiny.com/

• Dribbble - https://dribbble.com/

• Metalab - https://www.metalab.com/

• Mealime - https://www.mealime.com/

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