Foundation — Season 1, Episode 18: Sahil Lavingia of Gumroad

Episode synopsis

Sahil Lavingia is a born entrepreneur having created and coded numerous notable projects and recently raised $7M in funding for his first company all before his 20th birthday. Kevin sits down with the first-time CEO of Gumroad, a company that wants to make selling things online as easy as sharing things online. Lavingia talks about what inspires him to create new apps, having tough conversations with investors, plus why he made the decision to leave the founding team at Pinterest.

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• E1Jack Dorsey
• E2Jeff Smith of Smule, Inc.
• E3Philip Rosedale of SecondLife
• E4Tony Conrad of About.me
• E5Brian Wong of Kiip.me
• E6Jesse Jacobs of Samovar Tea Lounge
• E7Chris Sacca of Lowercase Capital
• E8Philip Rosedale of SecondLife
• E9Jason Goldberg of Fab.com
• E10Dennis Crowley of Foursquare
• E11John Borthwick of Betaworks
• E12Leah Busque of TaskRabbit