The Tardigrade in 2020

Elliot Begoun
3 min readNov 23, 2020

I want to talk about Tardigrades. If there is anything that 2020 has taught us it’s the importance of being nimble, capital-efficient, and resilient. On a recent TIG Talks episode, I was joined by Nick McCoy of Whipstitch Capital and Chris Fenster of Propeller. Nick and Chris both brought data points that support my belief in the Tardigrade.

One of the critical data sets came from the review of two distinct cohorts of…

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Elliot Begoun

Tardigrades, Not Unicorns! Investor, Author, Founder of TIG Brands, TIG Venture Community, & TIG Collective