# Sahil Lavingia: Pushing Forward Through Technical Debt After a Massive Layoff

EP-004 | May 6, 2019 | 44:52




Robby speaks with Sahil Lavingia, Founder and CEO of Gumroad. Sahil has been transparent about the challenges of building a company – speaking on VC investments, layoffs, and more. Sahil talks about why he built Gumroad, adjusting development processes when your staff shrinks, and the future of Gumroad, including potentially open sourcing the product.





## Show Notes

Robby speaks with Sahil Lavingia, Founder and CEO of Gumroad. Sahil has been transparent about the challenges of building a company – speaking on VC investments, layoffs, and more. Sahil talks about why he built Gumroad, adjusting development processes when your staff shrinks, working with VCs, and the future of Gumroad, including the pros and cons of potentially open sourcing the product.

## Helpful Links

- Follow Sahil [on Twitter](https://twitter.com/shl)
- [Gumroad](https://gumroad.com/)
- [Reflecting on My Failure to Build a Billion Dollar Company](https://medium.com/s/story/reflecting-on-my-failure-to-build-a-billion-dollar-company-b0c31d7db0e7)
- [High Output Management](https://www.amazon.com/High-Output-Management-Andrew-Grove/dp/0679762884) by Andrew S. Grove
- [How to Win Friends and Influence People](https://www.amazon.com/How-Win-Friends-Influence-People/dp/1439167346/ref=sr_1_3?crid=OMCWDAMP08KQ&keywords=how+to+win+friends+and+influence+people+by+dale+carnegie&qid=1557163344&s=books&sprefix=how+ot+win+fri%2Cstripbooks%2C204&sr=1-3) by Dale Carnegie
- [Thinking Fast and Slow](https://www.amazon.com/Thinking-Fast-Slow-Daniel-Kahneman/dp/0374275637/ref=sr_1_3?crid=3DIN0Q1SOI7H8&keywords=thinking+fast+and+slow&qid=1557163372&s=books&sprefix=thinking+f%2Cstripbooks%2C198&sr=1-3) by Daniel Kahneman

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