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Jeremy Giffon
General Partner at Tiny
Jeremy Giffon, Managing Partner at Tiny
Jeremy Giffon is the former managing partner at Tiny, a holding company that acquires and operates cash-flowing internet and technology businesses.134 He was the first employee and general partner at Tiny, which recently went public through a merger with WE Commerce.35
Prior to Tiny, Giffon was on the founding team of MediaCore, an edtech startup he joined as a front-end programmer that he eventually helped sell to Workday in 2015.3 He then joined Tiny, which was founded by Andrew Wilkinson and Chris Sparling, and spent 8 years there as a general partner.34
Giffon studied philosophy at Columbia University, graduating magna cum laude.4 He has shared his investing philosophy and lessons learned from his time at Tiny in various interviews and articles.123
Some key takeaways from Jeremy Giffon:
- Avoid regurgitated investor lessons - he believes in studying the great books and ignoring most other content2
- The best deals are obvious - they excite people in just a few sentences, while the worst ones come from long debates2
- Competition precedes scarcity - we desire things first, then they become scarce2
- Advice is overrated - he cautions against taking advice from others3
Giffon recently left Tiny to pursue other interests. His LinkedIn username is @jeremygiffon.4
