The Reader's Journey

27. Sahil Lavingia: The Minimalist Entrepreneur (A New Way To Build A Sustainable & Profitable Business)

Oct 28, 2021

01:18:33

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Why Is Gomorrhode More Convenient?

05:18

Are You a Sci-Fi Speculator?

01:44

How to Start Small When Starting a Business Like Gumbord

03:17

Introduction

4min

How Do You Build a Billion Dollar Company?

4min

How to Start Small When Starting a Business Like Gumbord

3min

How to Start a Minimalist Business?

3min

What's the Difference Between Creator and Entrepreneur?

3min

Why Community Is So Important in Building a Business Today?

4min

How to Build a Community on Twitter

2min

Why You Shouldn't Start a Business Yet?

4min

How to Build a Strong Community

5min

10.

The Secrets to Building a Strong Business

2min

11.

Why Is Gomorrhode More Convenient?

5min

12.

Building in Public

5min

13.

Building in Public Is a Great Strategy for the Minimalist Entrepreneur

5min

14.

What Made You Want to Work for Gumroad?

3min

15.

The Next Step Is No Full Time People

5min

16.

What's the Ideal World?

1min

17.

Gumroad - The Future Work

3min

18.

Is There Any One or Two Lessons You Learned From Novalls?

5min

19.

Are There Any Books That Changed Your Life?

4min

20.

We're at the Very Tip, Right?

3min

21.

Are You a Sci-Fi Speculator?

2min

22.

The Reader's Journey Podcast - What's Next?

2min

My guest today is Sahil Lavingia, author of The Minimalist Entrepreneur.

Sahil Lavingia is the founder of Gumroad and an angel investor. Before that, he was employee #2 at Pinterest.

In this episode, Sahil shares advice on building a successful business, why you want to be a creator before becoming an entrepreneur, lessons learned from Naval Ravikant, and much more.

TIMESTAMPS:

[00:20] - What is a minimalist entrepreneur?
[08:57] - How Sahil built his company Gumroad
[12:00] - Be a creator first then an entrepreneur second
[18:00] - Why community is vital for building successful businesses
[33:20] - The advantages of building-in-public
[45:20] - The risks of building-in-public
[50:50] - Workplace culture & the future of work
[1:03:00] - Lessons Sahil learned from Naval Ravikant
[1:08:00] - Two books that had a huge impact on Sahil’s life

Resources:

Twitter: @shl
Website: minimalistentrepreneur.com

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