45. Griffin Johnson - Social Media Superstar and Partner at Animal Capital
HawkeTalk
English - July 14, 2021 04:00 - 38 minutes - 34.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 203 ratingsCareers Business Entrepreneurship Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Hey, Mom and Dad, I'm leaving behind my full-ride academic scholarship three semesters before graduation to move to a city you told me was a drug-infested cesspool. Wish me luck!
Who wants to have that conversation with their parents?
Tough call. The toughest Griffin Johnson ever had to make.
A social media superstar & partner at Animal Capital, Griffin lived something that resembled Animal House more than a capital firm before discovering how to marry his knack for social media with launching a business.
On this episode of HawkeTalk, Griffin tells the story of how he went from detasseling corn as an 11-year-old Midwestern kid to becoming the toast of social.
Listen in as Griffin and Erik chat about...
- Growing up in a small town
- Getting started on social media
- The much-ballyhooed move to Los Angeles
- How Griffin turned a social media presence into a capital firm
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