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How I Bought 35+ Businesses and Built a $240M HoldCo At 38 | Andrew Wilkinson Interview

12 ideas and observations from the 56-minute conversation with Andrew Wilkinson, the the founder of Tiny, on building a 30+ business holding company:

Starting companies is fun, but anyone who has done it knows it is a lot of work. Buying established businesses with existing cash flow isn’t as sexy so I suspect it is wildly underrated as a way of building wealth.

He will occasionally pay 10x for an amazing business, but that is rare.

Some CEOs will go 6 months or more without speaking with Andrew.

Portfolio companies are not at all connected. They each operate independently.

Cash is kept in…

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