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Andrew Wilkinson · 370,417 followers

Co-founder of Tiny w/ @_Sparling_. We own @Dribbble, @Serato, @Letterboxd, @AeroPress, and 35+ other wonderful companies. Author of Never Enough.

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At Tiny, I've hired CEOs for 60+ companies and interviewed hundreds of others. After over a decade of trial and error (and I mean BIG errors), here’s our hiring process:↗

·@awilkinson·Sep 29, 2022·essay·hiring·leadership·recruitment·startup

Our first son was born early and low birthweight. It was insanely stressful. My heart was pounding out of my chest for about 3 days, wondering if there would be any long-term issues. I kept wondering if there there anything we could have done...↗

·@awilkinson·Nov 18, 2021·person·birth·health·parenting·personal

Your job as an entrepreneur is to become like Teflon for tasks. You should be ALLERGIC to doing stuff and everything should roll off you and be delegated and systematized. Your job isn’t doing, it’s building systems.↗

There are three key ways to get rich: 1. Start a Business 2. Be Born Into a Wealthy Family 3. Extreme Patience Everyone likes the stories about #1 and #2. Nobody likes to hear about #3. Too bad. Today, I'm going to tell you a story about a guy who made billions with #3...↗

It’s a lot easier to AVOID things that make you miserable than to predict what will make you happy. There’s an incredible @Harvard Study from 1938 that sheds light on just how to avoid a miserable life. In 2013, reading it caused me to quit drinking and changed my life...↗

What’s an easier path to wealth? PATH 1: VENTURE STARTUP - 95% chance of $0 - Tiny personal income while building startup until IPO/scale - Massive dilution (most founders end up owning 5-15%). $1BN market cap = $50-$150MM for founder. OR...↗

·@awilkinson·Jun 3, 2020·essay·founders·startup·venture·wealth

I'm interested in partnering in a small product design/development studio. Think what MetaLab was 5-10 years ago. If you look like this, get in touch: • Based in Canada or another low cost location • Design + Development • Super talented 3-15 pers team↗

If I could force first time entrepreneurs to read one thing before starting a business, it would be this: 1/ “There’s a rule of fishing that’s a very good rule. And the first rule of fishing is: fish where the fish are. The second rule of fishing is ‘don’t forget the first rule↗