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
