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Sahil Lavingia is an entrepreneur, known as the founder and CEO of Gumroad, an investor, painter, and writer. Through SHL Capital he Invests $10 million a year into early-stage technology startups, mostly via $100K-$250K checks. 00:00 - Top moments 00:42 - intro 01:54- What was the founding story of SHL Capital? 05:40 - What's the portfolio construction like for SHL capital? 08:09 - Are there examples in your portfolio of weird investments that turned out to be very good? 14:15- Any investors in particular who have really helped you become a better investor? 19:27 - Have you seen a pattern across your successful investments? 24:03- What was your reason of visiting India and how was the trip like? 29:18- You recently tweeted saying, you know, "if you want to be a billionaire, move to India" Where did that come from? 40:05- I'm a founder looking to, you know, reach out to Sahil and kind of get a sense, would I be even fit to Sahil? What would that scenario look like? 44:06 - What's been making you smile lately, Sahil? 45:06 - What's your typical day like? 48:16- Is there a hack you can't live without? 50:58- Thank you 🔗 CONNECT WITH Sahil Lavingia 👥 Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/sahillavingia/ 🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/shl?lang=en 🔗 CONNECT WITH SHIVA 💌 Sign up to my weekly email newsletter - https://1947tech.substack.com/ 🎥 YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfiQ... 🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/shivassangwan 🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/1947Rise 👥 Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/shiva-sin...