I’ve run 75+ businesses. Here’s why you’re probably chasing the wrong idea. | Andrew Wilkinson

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Andrew Wilkinson, co-founder of Tiny ($300M revenue, 40+ companies), argues entrepreneurs chase competitive markets when boring niches and bootstrapping beat VC-backed competition.

  • Tiny bootstrapped to ~$300M annual revenue across 40+ companies without raising venture capital.
  • Wilkinson lost $10M bootstrapping Flow trying to compete with Asana, backed by Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz.
  • A boring form-filling software business helping people access government grants generates $30M/year with almost no competition.
  • 30% of entrepreneurs have ADHD vs. 5% of general population; Wilkinson was diagnosed at 40 via neurologist cognitive testing.
  • SSRIs reduced Wilkinson’s lifelong anxiety more than reaching $1B+ net worth ever did.
  • A $5B net-worth acquaintance still envied Bezos for owning a superyacht — peer comparison persists at every wealth level.
  • Wilkinson uses Lindy, Replit, Limitless, and ChatGPT voice mode as a daily AI stack, replacing his personal assistant.
  • His advice for new grads: master AI tools now to build wealth, then diversify into compute and energy assets.

2025-07-03 · Watch on YouTube

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