How To Grow A Small Agency Into A Billion Dollar Company, Shaan'…
About This Episode
Sam and Shaan analyze Andrew Wilkinson's journey of turning his design agency MetaLab into the billion-dollar holding company Tiny. They explore strategies like geographic arbitrage, the power of cash-flow-heavy service businesses, and the importance of investing in young blood founders.
Episode Description
Show Notes
- 02:15- The Scallenge
- 10:00- Shaan misses $15M on a missed investment
- 23:15- Why you need an anti-mentor
- 32:34- A love letter to Andrew Wilkinson
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- 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.
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- #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
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Links
- * ApplyBoard
- * Dribble 2.0 blog post
- * MetaLab
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Key Takeaways
Use a high-margin service business as a cash-flow engine to fund the acquisition of other profitable companies without raising outside capital.
Leverage geographic arbitrage by charging premium market rates to clients in high-cost hubs while hiring talent in regions with lower overhead.
Actively mentor and stay in the orbit of young, high-energy entrepreneurs to identify emerging trends and investment opportunities before they go mainstream.
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