From barista to billionaire, Andrew Wilkinson shares insights on money, success, and happiness. Topics include anti-goals, flow state, money's impact on relationships, building a durable business, personal monopoly, and monetization strategies.

Andrew Wilkinson, co-founder of Tiny Capital and seasoned entrepreneur, discusses the elusive nature of happiness that often follows success. He reveals how even billionaires struggle with feelings of inadequacy and the constant pursuit of more. The conversation explores the impact of mental health treatments, the importance of intuition in hiring, and how productivity can balance with personal satisfaction. Wilkinson shares insights on redefining success from financial metrics to personal fulfillment, highlighting the emotional challenges wealth can bring.

Andrew Wilkinson, an expert in finding and hiring great CEOs, shares a step-by-step process. Topics include the importance of hiring a CEO, finding the right candidate, diligence, first 100 days, negotiating compensation, and myths about founder-led businesses.

Andrew Wilkinson, founder of a successful company, shares his 'Profit First' strategy, networking tips, and the Barnacle On The Whale Strategy for growth. They discuss incentives, sending private jets, crashing the Oscars afterparty, and buying vs earning your way into the room. They also talk about the importance of suffering in silence, hitting rock bottom, and implementing podcast insights to improve business.

From a barista to a millionaire in 4 years, Andrew Wilkinson shares his journey of leveling up from self-employed to boss, incubating businesses, and learning to invest. He delves into building relationships through business, setting financial goals, and the pursuit of happiness beyond money.

My guest is businessman and investor Andrew Wilkinson, who has made a successful career out of channeling his entrepreneurial spirit, but he knows that sometimes that energy can be a double-edged sword. We discuss the lessons learned acquiring 40 companies, why he struggled to find happiness and what changed, mimetic desire, competing with venture-backed companies, hiring and firing CEOs, getting back up after million dollar mistakes, and so much more. -- Want even more? Members get early access, hand-edited transcripts, member-only episodes, and so much more. Learn more here: https://fs.blog/membership/ Every Sunday our Brain Food newsletter shares timeless insights and ideas that you can use at work and home. Add it to your inbox: https://fs.blog/newsletter/ Follow Shane on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/ShaneAParrish

Andrew Wilkinson, co-founder of Tiny and successful entrepreneur, shares how he monetizes his Twitter followers, takes a profit-first approach, and discusses the trap of always wanting more. He also talks about the business model of MetaLab, turning family member's lives into books, and the profitability of his agency. The podcast also explores Warren Buffett's investing approach and unique businesses like selling ethical meat from invasive deer. Cash flow and dividend policy are highlighted as important factors for business success.

Recap of spending the weekend with MrBeast, Andrew Wilkinson and Joe Gebbia. Topics include an evil genius affiliate play, MrBeast's glow up, being uncommon among uncommon people, billion-dollar energy drinks, and big takeaways from Tiny Talks.

Episode 386: Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) and Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) talk to Andrew Wilkinson (@awilkinson) - entrepreneur and co-founder of Tiny - about learning to be a successful entrepreneur in less than a decade. His hardest and easiest businesses to start. Plus, one business idea he hasn't acted on, yet.-----Links:* Tiny* Pixel Union* Warren Buffett letter* AeroPress* Metalab* We Work Remotely* Tenzing.co* Mealime* Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel.* Want more insights like MFM? Check out Shaan's newsletter.------Show Notes:(03:20) - Mr. Business Builder(06:30) - Automatic revenue - Pixel Union(12:05) - Warren Buffett letter(16:35) - Bored of investing / AeroPress(23:55) - Cat furniture(25:10) - Hardest to easiest business to start(33:35) - Business idea to capitalize on(37:05) - New business(50:35) - Fraudsters(01:00:40) - non-binary term sheet-----Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.-----Additional episodes you might enjoy:• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto* #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett• ​​​​#218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More

Episode 371: Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) talk to billionaire investor, Andrew Wilkinson (@awilkinson), about winterizing your business and finances, taking random lunches, and why renting is better than buying.-----Links:* Tiny* Bridgebase* DealMaker* Options Profit Calculator* Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel.* Want more insights like MFM? Check out Shaan's newsletter.------Show Notes:(09:30) - Stress testing your business for the recession(15:40) - Andrew's Portfolio(30:25) - Meeting someone belly to belly and Shaan's folder of sayings(33:30) - Why to write a book(39:10) - The value (or lack thereof) of taking random lunches(54:05) - DealMaker(01:00:00) - How to get the maximum salary(01:05:40) - How to lock down for economic winter-----Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.-----Additional episodes you might enjoy:• #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto* #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett• ​​​​#218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates• Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More