Andrew Wilkinson

Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Tiny · 1 appearance on the record.

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Wilkinson co-founded Tiny, a holding company that acquires and operates profitable internet and consumer brands. He previously founded design agency MetaLab and authored the memoir Never Enough: From Barista to Billionaire.

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5 assertions · 1 opinion · 12 insights · 11 disclosures · every statement was checked. The predictions and assertions are the 5 claims: statements the public record can support or contradict. 3 are resolved, 1 is not yet assessed, and 1 names no date, number or outcome precise enough to check. Everything else (opinions, insights, what ifs, disclosures) can never be settled by the record, so it carries no assessment.

The record, in short

What the tape says about how Andrew argues and how the claims held up. Everything they said, and everything said about them, is in the tabs below.

Their most notable supported claim

Assertion Supported
A UCSF study found high-heat saunas showed major remission for depression
“My friend Dr. Rhonda Patrick, she told me about a study that needed funding out of UCSF, Where they have people with treatment-resistant depression, they've tried everything... And they put them in saunas for very, you know, very, very hot sauna session for an…”
Andrew Wilkinson Jul 26, 2022 ▶ 38:22 Andrew Wilkinson: Tiny Holdings

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Everything Andrew Wilkinson said on the Knowledge Project that made the record, most notable first. Filter by type, assessment or year in the ledger →

Disclosure
Wilkinson netted over $10 million selling his first business in 2013
“What ended up happening was in 2013, I sold my first business. I was kind of burnt out. And a friend of mine just said, Hey, look, why don't you just sell one, take some money off the table de-risk a little bit. And so I did that. And suddenly I had, you know,…”
Andrew Wilkinson Jul 26, 2022 ▶ 50:54 Andrew Wilkinson: Tiny Holdings
Disclosure
Bill Ackman's Pershing Square Holdings is Wilkinson's only public market holding
“So basically Bill is my only public holding. So that's my kind of backup retirement plan. I just keep stocking my money in Pershing and let Bill handle the public investing”
Andrew Wilkinson Jul 26, 2022 ▶ 54:43 Andrew Wilkinson: Tiny Holdings
Disclosure
Wilkinson gives his wife his Screen Time passcode to restrict usage
“What I have had to do in my personal life is turn on screen time on my phone and give my wife the passcode, not have ice cream in the house, you know, all those things. Treat myself like a, you know, alcoholic or something when it comes to these stimulus devic…”
Andrew Wilkinson Jul 26, 2022 ▶ 1:08:02 Andrew Wilkinson: Tiny Holdings
Insight
Building physical spaces strongly appeals to digital designers
“If you've spent your entire life building ephemeral websites and apps that disappear after two years, the idea of building something tangible is really appealing.”
Andrew Wilkinson Jul 26, 2022 ▶ 30:35 Andrew Wilkinson: Tiny Holdings
Disclosure
Wilkinson regrets skipping university and missing out on a knowledge vacation
“I do have a regret of not getting to go to university, and having that kind of knowledge vacation that so many people Got to have.”
Andrew Wilkinson Jul 26, 2022 ▶ 46:05 Andrew Wilkinson: Tiny Holdings

The other half of the tape: Andrew Wilkinson's own voice is left out of every number here. Other people bring the name up 4 times in 2 episodes on the Knowledge Project. 1 statement on the record names them. every mention, with the transcript →

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Statements about Andrew Wilkinson, by other people (1)

Insight
Housel: Extreme success often stems from channeled anxiety rather than passion
“A lot of people who are very successful are just walking anxiety disorders harnessed for productivity.”
Morgan Housel May 28, 2024 ▶ 42:51 Morgan Housel: Get Rich, Stay Rich

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Appearances (1)

EpisodeDateSpeaking time
Andrew Wilkinson: Tiny Holdings Jul 26, 2022 56m
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