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#143 Andrew Wilkinson: Building an Empire

2022/7/26
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从咖啡师到亿万富翁，通过识别趋势和战略投资建立了多元化集团公司。
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Andrew Wilkinson: 我经历了一段迷茫期，生活失去意义，像吸毒一样沉迷于手机、刺激和工作。通过一个月放下手机等电子设备，进行‘戒毒’，我重新校准了快乐的标准。我意识到自己真正想要的是安全感，这驱动着我去赚钱并照顾周围的人。但我也在努力平衡追求成就感和享受生活。我发现，让我成功的特质也阻碍了我享受成功，我总是渴望改进，永不满足，这既是福也是祸。在维多利亚创业的优势在于：缺乏资金迫使公司保持盈利性，远离大型创业中心的环境也避免了不必要的竞争和攀比。我从早期创业经历中吸取教训，避免与资金雄厚的风险投资公司在高竞争市场中直接竞争，而是专注于利润可预测的领域。在招聘CEO方面，不同发展阶段的公司需要不同类型的CEO，成熟公司需要注重执行力，而初创公司需要有冒险精神和快速扩张能力的领导者。我利用财富创造有意义的生活，更关注结识有趣的人，并尝试在当地社区产生积极影响，而非追求物质享受。我投资餐厅和酒店是因为我喜欢创造实体空间，并希望通过这些投资为城市带来更多活力。参加企业家组织（EO）论坛让我受益匪浅，结构化的对话能够促进更深入的交流和友谊。我对生物学和健康很感兴趣，通过投资科学研究来推动创新。我监控自己的健康数据，但也要避免过度依赖数据而忽略了整体感受。在养育孩子方面，我希望他们能够热爱学习，拥有充实的大学生活，而不是过早地被经济压力所束缚。我的基金管理经验让我更好地理解了投资者和被投资者的关系，但我并不打算继续从事基金管理业务。我将Bill Ackman作为我公开投资的合作伙伴，他让我对公开市场有了更深入的了解。Pixel Union的出售和重新收购以及上市的过程让我积累了宝贵的经验，并建立了可复制的成功模式。我注重培养团队的快速执行能力，并鼓励快速行动，避免过度分析而错失良机。在压力面前，充足的睡眠至关重要，它能让我更好地应对挑战。 Shane Parrish: 引导对话，提出问题，并与Andrew Wilkinson进行深入探讨。

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Andrew Wilkinson's entrepreneurial journey started with a simple act of chopping wood, which turned into a business venture when a neighbor offered to pay him for wood. This hobby-turned-business eventually evolved into a successful agency, Metalab, and later diversified into various other ventures.

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My guest is businessman and investor Andrew Wilkinson, who has made a successful career out of channeling his entrepreneurial spirit, but he knows that sometimes that energy can be a double-edged sword.

We discuss the lessons learned acquiring 40 companies, why he struggled to find happiness and what changed, mimetic desire, competing with venture-backed companies, hiring and firing CEOs, getting back up after million dollar mistakes, and so much more. ** --**
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