The Power of the Creator Economy with Sahil Lavingia, Gumroad

We move so fast here on the show, that we often don’t have the time to look back and reflect. This big bets series reminded us of one of my favorite podcast interviews with Sahil Lavingia, Founder of Gumroad and Funder of shl.vc.

He joined the show in August of 2019, to share the story of bringing his company Gumroad back from the brink of failure, laying off 75% of the staff, and building a product hyper-focused on value, not growth. 

Since then we’ve seen Sahil take many bets -- the big one? Embracing what it means to be a  minimalist founder. Gumroad is growing, he’s written a book, and he bought out investors, check out the link below to see what all he’s been up to.

Resources Mentioned: 

• Sahil has started investing in early-stage tech startups: https://shl.vc/
• Gumroad has been killing it see growth of the creator economy: https://www.businessofbusiness.com/videos/sahil-lavingia-interview-rise-of-creator-economy/
• Sahil's book  about being a minimalist founder: https://www.minimalistentrepreneur.com/book 
• Sahil bought out investors and still has not taking investment but he raised $5M through equity crowdfunding of over 8,000 people: https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexkonrad/2021/03/22/gumroad-crowdfunding-results-sahil-lavingia-investing/?sh=5a9f13bf55d7