Andrew Wilkinson

Andrew Wilkinson is a Canadian entrepreneur and investor best known as the co-founder of Tiny, a public holding company that owns dozens of businesses including MetaLab, Dribbble, AeroPress, and Letterboxd. He originally built his reputation by founding the design agency MetaLab, which helped design products like Slack, and has since become a prominent business buyer, newsletter author, and podcast guest on shows like My First Million.

Products they talk about

Serato👍 Recommends
…discussing a SaaS business that has strong switching costs due to hardware integration
“And the dominant software company in that world for the last 20, 25 years, I think, is a company called Serato. And it's an incredible piece of software. I mean, DJs all over the world use it. I think like Diplo, you know, a gazillion of the top DJs. And these two guys in New Zealand built it. And what they did was really smart. They partnered with the hardware manufacturers like Pioneer and they deeply integrated into the hardware.”
on My First Million
The Courage to Be Disliked👍 Recommends
…discussing how to overcome the desire to be liked by everyone and have the courage to be disliked
“And in January I found this book called the courage to be disliked. And it's really interesting. It's written in this very odd way where it's a dialogue between like this wise old man and a young guy. And the core idea is just like seeking recognition is a trap. It's impossible to make everybody happy. And if you try, you're going to end up living somebody else's life. And so you have to be hated. You have to have the courage to be disliked.”
on My First Million