Sahil Lavingia of Gumroad: The Future of Flexible Companies (Pt 2)
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[Episode 4 of the Part-Time Tech Podcast] Sahil Lavingia is the founder of Gumroad. He shares about how equity works at Gumroad, their next product, Flexile, and why Sahil opted out of the unicorn chase. Sahil lays out both practical and philosophical visions for what flexible companies like Gumroad could look like in the future.
Watch Part 1 of this interview here: https://rss.com/podcasts/parttimetech/735066/
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Show Notes
(0:00) Intro
(0:30) Equity at Gumroad
(2:51) Dividends through Flexile
(6:30) Thinking long term with compensation
(9:24) What is Flexile
(11:55) Flexile’s Ideal Customer
(15:29) Innovation in Work
(19:56) Lowering the stakes
(24:50) Work isn’t everything
(26:09) A different way to build companies
(31:45) Building a high probability portfolio
(34:28) Opting out of Unicorn Chasing
(37:35) Impact and What People Aren’t Doing
(43:10) The Bleeding Edge
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Sahil Lavingia
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1WGeo5mOqJJIcFnO3OFY7A
Gumroad: https://gumroad.com
Flexile: https://flexile.com
Reflecting on My Failure to Build a Billion-Dollar Company: https://sahillavingia.com/reflecting
No Meetings, No Deadlines, No Full-Time Employees: https://sahillavingia.com/work
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