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Tiny Office Hours
Hosted by Tiny, Chris Sparling, Andrew Wilkinson · EN
Every month or so, Andrew and Chris from Tiny do a charity AMA (Ask Me Anything) session where the community grills them like grilled cheese on pressing business and investing questions.
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Tiny Annual General Meeting - June 15, 2023
Jul 5, 202301:41:20Summary readyThis is the audio from Tiny's first Annual General Meeting. It has been slightly edited for clarity and to remove the long legal preamble (voting and AGM business matters) at the beginning.
Summary#3 with Shane Parrish: How Andrew Networks, How to Cold Email & How to Operate a Holding Company
Jun 10, 202101:19:00Summary readyQuestions:(1:54) How to transition into business after being an athlete?(7:58) How to start a community for high-net-worth individuals?(9:12) Opportunities in the legal field?(14:09) Should first-time investors get into venture?(16:43) How to learn how to run a holding company?(26:17) How do you create your tweets?(35:15) How to acquire home services companies?(37:20) Who did you cold email when you first started?(45:22) How to deal with criticism?(54:52) How to work for Farnam?(1:00:22) Shopify vs Amazon ecosystem?(1:03:32) What have you guys learned during the pandemic?(1:15:57) Should you send gifts when you network?
Summary#2: How to Start a Holding Company, How to Hire and How to Incentivize Employees
Apr 12, 202100:54:55Summary readyQuestions:(1:02) How can I become a Tiny Foundation Fellow?(2:39) How do I turn my music production website into my full-time job?(6:05) Should I focus more on my agency or go all-in on my SaaS business?(11:20) Does the founder staying or leaving a company affect it? Best predictor of an operator’s success?(15:25) How do you go about finding executives?(20:21) Why does Castro omit conservative podcasts from the list of podcasts users can subscribe to?(21:11) Opinions on my startup and pitch?(24:53) How would you have created a positive outcome for Flow?(28:57) How do I find a CEO to run my businesses independently?(32:27) To both of you: What is actually your favorite hobby outside of anything work related? Is it typically (w/o covid) a group activity or something on your own? Thanks!(34:23) Should I start my own company or look for a job?(38:20 Why did you build Capital Daily as an investigative journalism newsletter?(41:18) How and why did you decide to do Tiny as a holding company?(44:40) How do I best incentivize my COO?(48:00) What’s the best way to learn how to be a good operator?(51:35) How would you recommend balancing early free customers vs. paid for a B2B SaaS company?(53:13) Can you please explain the scout system in detail. Thank you!
Summary#1: Ask Us Anything
Jan 3, 202101:02:48Summary readyWe answer questions from donors for our first ever charity Ask Us Anything session.We raised over $50,000 (with Chris and I matching dollar for dollar) and will be donating it to 1Up Victoria Single Parents Resource Center. Thank you to all the generous donors!Stuff We Recommended:The Dhando Investor by Mohnish PabraiThe E Myth by Michael GerberHow To Get Rich by Felix DennisThe Tao of Charlie Munger by David ClarkHoward Marks MemosCharlie Munger Lecture on The Psychology of Human Misjudgement (our animated version / full audio version)
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