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Who Founded Gumroad
Platform for creators to sell digital products
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“…EpisodeMost PMs still live in a rigid world of 2-week sprints. Writing 10-page PRDs. Coordinating between designers and engineers while not getting close to the “bare metal” of the product themselves.Sahil Lavingia (shl on X with 382K followers) lives in the future. He ships features from Slack ...”
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“Founders in ArmsStartup to State: Sahil Lavingia on Gumroad, Profitability, and His Time at DOGE1×0:00Current time: 0:00 / Total time: -54:40-54:40Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade.Startup to State: Sahil Lavingia on Gumroad,…”
“205 Likes 6 Bookmarks 48 Comments Hello! What's your background, and what are you working on? Hi! My name is Sahil Lavingia. I run a small company called Gumroad, where we ship a super-simple e-commerce tool for digital content creators. Before that, I was at Pinterest where I designed and develo...”
“Episode #100 After leaving his post as employee #2 at Pinterest, a teenage Sahil Lavingia (@shl) raised millions in funding from high-profile Silicon Valley to build a unicorn startup that could change the world — Gumroad. Today he lives in tiny Provo, Utah, spends much of his time learning to wr...”
