Tren Griffin - Giving to Get

Tren Griffin stops by The Business Brew for a fun conversation about his career, investing, and life.  Tren is an author of 7 books, had a front row seat to Bill Gates’ career, sold ½ of his business in the .com bubble, deeply studied Charlie Munger, and now works at Microsoft.  This conversation spans Tren’s career, his advice regarding giving to get, the importance of being brave, and much more.

Tren, thank you for joining The Brew.  It was a pleasure speaking with you.  We hope you enjoy the discussion.  You can find Tren on Twitter @trengriffin and read his work at https://25iq.com/

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Audio

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~9:15 – Age creating humility

~11:30 – Coming up with a startup idea when the internet was nascent

~15:21 – Interesting Seattle connecti