Giffon: Bragging About Owning Many Businesses Is a Negative Investor Signal
Jeremy Giffon · Data Backed Businesses Guaranteed To Make +$1M From Day 1 · Apr 17, 2024 · at 22:23
Jeremy Giffon, former executive at holding company Tiny, discusses the trend of influencers and investors boasting about buying numerous small businesses.
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“Bragging about how many businesses you own is really weird and probably like a contra signal to how good you are.”
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