How to Be a Successful Creator

Sahil Lavingia (@shl), founder and CEO of Gumroad, joins Erik on this episode.

They discuss:

- The story of starting Gumroad, raising money, and getting featured in the media.

- Going from a twenty person company to a five person company to a single-person company.

- The advice he would give to a younger version of himself if he was starting over again.

- The creator economy and which types of content do well.

- How to think about raising capital.

- Time as a status symbol, the merits of cities, and what it means to “play poker with an open hand.”

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