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Podcast: Make Things That Matter
Episode: Sahil Lavingia: Independent Thinking + Pricing Changes at Gumroad
Description: Sahil Lavingia has had an epic journey as an entrepreneur: he dropped out of college to become employee #2 at Pinterest and then went on to found Gumroad, one of the largest platforms for creators to sell their work and earn a living online. After the company failed to meet its VC-driven growth timeline and almost died, Sahil had to lay everyone off and build it back up into the resilient, streamlined, and fully distributed company it is today.Episode web page.—Sign up here to get upcoming essays + episodes emailed to you....