The CEO of Gumroad, an e-commerce platform for creators, recounts his pained–but satisfying–journey from billion-dollar dreams to long-term stability. In 2011 I left my job as the second employee at ...
Sahil Lavingia has had just three jobs over a 15-year career in tech. “The reason I did it is, I think, the impact I can have,” he explains. Lavingia says that in the private sector, technical ...
The creator economy is booming, with platforms like VRChat, Gumroad, and Discord offering powerful ways to monetize skills and connect with audiences. From selling avatars and digital goods to ...
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Gumroad, an e-commerce company for creators, updated its rules to more strictly limit NSFW content, citing restrictions from payment processors like Stripe and PayPal. For creators who sell adult art, ...
Gumroad isn’t a new kind of pavement or extra-strength epoxy. And it’s definitely not a piece of candy. Rather, it’s a service that allows content creators to sell directly to users wherever they ...
San Francisco startup Gumroad, which lets people sell products directly to consumers by way of quick and simple links, has been in the process of laying off most of its staff in an effort to run more ...
Just as many of the ugliest online fights begin these days, Brian "Box" Brown, an Eisner-winning illustrator and comic artist, sent a seemingly innocuous tweet. It ...