Andrew Gazdeki (@agazdecki) has some contrarian viewpoints when it comes to the startup ecosystem today. I invited him here to find out about his beef with TechCrunch and how he is empowering founders with his own company, Microacquire.
Jun 2023
#283 – Making $8k/mo Targeting $100M/yr with Lukas and Liz Hermann of StageTimer.io
Lukas (@_lhermann) and Liz Hermann (@lizmhermann) talk having ambition as an indie hacker, scratching other people's itches, having kids or spouses to help run your empire, making $8k/month from a simple idea, and charting a course to $100M/yr with (@csallen) and Channing (@Chann ... Show More
49m 45s
Jun 2023
#282 – Media vs Tech, Twitter Monsters, and Making Millions From Content with Steph Smith of a16z
Steph Smith (@stephsmithio) talks making millions in content subscriptions, working at a16z, putting the AI genie back in the bottle, thread boys on Twitter, educational vs entertainment podcasts, and media companies that monetize aspiring entrepreneurs with Courtland (@csallen) ... Show More
1h 4m
May 2023
#281 – Seth Godin on Indie Hacking, Doing Hard Things, and Finding Significance in a Changing World
Seth Godin (@ThisIsSethsBlog) talks indie hacking, finding new business ideas, meaningful jobs vs mechanized jobs, dealing with internet trolls, his secrets to productivity, freelancing vs bootstrapping, writing 9000 blog posts in 20 years, and finding significance in a changing ... Show More
49m 21s
Jul 2021
#203 - Why Dunder Mifflin Should Be a Real Paper Company & An Inside Look Into MicroAcquire With Andrew Gazdecki
In this two-part episode, Sam (@theSamParr) and Shaan (@ShaanVP) start off with ideas on building brands around pop culture, discuss the drama around the private space race, and talk about a few business-in-a-box concepts. In the second part they interview Andrew Gazdecki (@agazd ... Show More
1h 7m
Jul 2022
Andrew Wilkinson: Tiny Holdings
My guest is businessman and investor Andrew Wilkinson, who has made a 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 happin ... Show More
1h 15m
Oct 2023
MI Rewind: You Don't Have to Go Big w/ Andrew Gazdecki
Robert Leonard chats with Andrew Gazdecki about what Microacquire is, how he built it, what his goal is with this company, why VC-backed companies generally get all the news coverage and what Andrew is doing to change this, and much, much more! IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN: 00:0 ... Show More
51m 35s
Oct 2024
6 startup ideas from the tech Warren Buffett (make $120k/mo)
Join me as I chat with Andrew Wilkinson, Co-Founder of Tiny, as we explore innovative startup ideas, and his frameworks for finding and building startupsTimestamps
00:00 Intro
01:55 Startup Idea 1: Robot Lawn-mowing Service/Directory
17:54 Startup Idea 2: CPAP alternatives for Sl ... Show More
53m 45s
Jan 2025
Mike Maples on 100-Baggers, David Swensen & the AI Revolution | #568
Today’s guest is Mike Maples Jr. a partner at Floodgate, a pre-seed and seed-stage venture capital firm that’s invested in companies like Twitter, Lyft, Twitch, Okta. He’s also the author of Pattern Breakers: Why Some Start-Ups Change the Future. In today’s episode, Mike shares h ... Show More
1h 10m
Apr 2020
#63 with Andrew Wilkinson - Buying cash-flowing internet companies, starting job boards and building no code projects
Sam (@thesamparr) and Shaan (@shaanvp) are joined today by Andrew Wilkinson (@awilkinson) who is the co-founder of Tiny (tinycapital.com) - the internet version of Berkshire Hathaway. Shaan also launched a newsletter version of the podcast, subscribe to it to receive startup idea ... Show More
1h 18m
Oct 2019
The Founder of Groupon's New Thing!
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Andrew Mason is the founder and former CEO of Groupon… who had a VERY public firing. Today, I'm talking to Andrew about what he learned getting fired from the company he helped create, how he dusted himself off to start a new business, and more. ... Show More
40m 9s
Oct 2020
MFM x Trends: How to Hire a CEO to Run Your Company with Andrew Wilkinson
The best business hack ever: Learn how to hire CEOs to run your company. This is a short preview of a special edition episode for Trends subscribers. In this ep, we talk to Andrew Wilkinson, founder of Tiny...a startup conglomerate that owns 20 different companies, each with thei ... Show More
18m 17s