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E16 w/ Sahil Lavingia taking Gumroad off the VC treadmill, increasing pricing was very controversial but ultimately the right move

Second Time Founders

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Is There a Need for Layoffs in Startups?

Gummerd founder and CEO of Stripe, John Defterios. He says founders often deny that they need to do layoffs or should because there is that sort of cost. And then there is the human and emotional cost of doing it as well. "I just think a lot of founders don't really consider sort of the bull, the black someone for their own company," he says.

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