Andrew Wilkinson
@awilkinson
Co-founder of Tiny w/ @_Sparling_. We own @Dribbble, @Serato, @Letterboxd, @AeroPress, and 35+ other wonderful companies. Author of Never Enough.
This guy from The Netherlands emailed me asking if I'd come on his podcast. I didn't want to, so I used my usual line: "I'll only do it in person in Victoria." Welp, the SOB called my bluff. Flew 12 hours, mic in hand. Well played, @WouterTeunissen. It turned out great:
One of the hardest things to figure out: Do you want to chop wood (individual contributor) 🪓 OR Build a sawmill (start a business) 🪚 Chopping wood is tiring but satisfying labour. You can work quietly and get into a flow state. But...
See also: - "Double Click" - Saying "So," as "Sew," - "Deep respect" - "Fortune"
WHENEVER A GUEST ON 20VC SAYS AN ANSWER THAT INCLUDES "FIRST PRINCIPLES", I KNOW THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES WILL BE BS CORPORATE SPEAK.
"Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people." -Eleanor Roosevelt
I always think ASI is coming, until I try to automate something using scripting on my Mac and get stuck in an infinite loop of hours of back and forth copy, paste, error, repeat.
Very excited to host my good friend and renowned value/tech investor @awilkinson to discuss our investment thesis for $IREN!
There are many ways to profit from the AI boom, but my favorite is IREN. I rarely buy stocks. The private market is way too attractive. But every once in a while, I see something that stops me cold. In 2025, it's $IREN. I called it a "Picasso I found at a garage sale." The…
We got a call from @xai 24 hours ago “We want to test Grok 4 on ARC-AGI” We heard the rumors. We knew it would be good. We didn’t know it would become the #1 public model on ARC-AGI Here’s the testing story and what the results mean: Yesterday, we chatted with Jimmy from the…
Grok 4 (Thinking) achieves new SOTA on ARC-AGI-2 with 15.9% This nearly doubles the previous commercial SOTA and tops the current Kaggle competition SOTA
Ok, @perplexity_ai. I may have unfairly dismissed you. You have my attention. comet.perplexity.ai
Every now and then I remember that US Customs made Neil Armstrong fill out paperwork to declare his moon rocks when he came back from the moon.
Who are the best growth equity investors for a fast-growing beverage business?
Running an agency is stressful as hell. Eighteen years ago, I was burnt out from running Metalab, so I decided to go backpacking in Europe. Being an inexperienced fool, I decided to hand off the operations to one of my best friends from college, @menichols. At the time, he…
Building AI Agents feels like the purest form of entrepreneurship. Pure delegation and systems building, none of the stuff that ruins company building and slows things down (HR/unreliable people). Just machine building at your own pace. Every entrepreneur's dream 😍
This is definitely the most insane AI video I’ve ever seen
A few years ago, I paid a guy to do a brutal 360 review of my life. Mental health evaluation. Hours of interviews with me, my friends, and my co-workers. He ripped me to shreds and told me all sorts of truths I didn't want to hear. And it was one of the best things that ever…
Two years ago, my friend @MohnishPabrai (who taught me almost everything I know about investing) mentioned something bizarre: He had hired a psychologist to deep dive on his life and rip it to shreds. This guy interviewed his wife. His co-workers. And him, for hours and hours.
Silicon Valley: Soon one person will be able to run a $100M company Also Silicon Valley: I’m shocked one engineer held multiple jobs at once
When is X going to solve the bot problem? I feel like 20% of my replies are BS fake accounts.
Loved this chat with @lennysan! We talk about: ✅ How to spot high‑margin niches no one else notices ✅ The AI agent stack (Lindy, Replit, Limitless, and more) that I use to manage my life ✅ Telltale signs you should give up on a startup idea ✅ Getting diagnosed with ADHD…
Andrew Wilkinson (@awilkinson) has started and run 75+ businesses—possibly more than anyone else alive. In our conversation, Andrew shares why you're probably chasing the wrong idea. Including: 🔸 The “fish where the fish are” framework for spotting high‑margin niches no one…
Here's a story about doing drugs. The one @elonmusk was accused of doing. Spoiler: it's crazy... She pushed the needle into my arm. A little poke, a second of discomfort. No going back now. My palms started gushing sweat. I lay down on the couch and the nurse passed me an…