Sahil Lavingia

Sahil Lavingia

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gum.new is a platform for creating and sharing conversion-optimized landing pages
gum.new
gum.newCreate ultra-customizable landing pages for Gumroad products
Run your CI suite faster than ever. Shortest is an open-source AI-powered testing framework that allows developers to write end-to-end tests in plain English, as simple as: shortest(“user can sign up and create a $5 product”)
Shortest
ShortestQA via natural language AI tests
Learn and build in web3. There are 9 dots to light up by doing things on a blockchain (in this case, Polygon). Once you light them all up, you win additional $FWEB3 tokens and a commemorative NFT.
Fweb3
Fweb3Free play-to-earn game to learn web3
You know all those great ideas you have? We want you to try them, lots of them, and find out what works.
The New Gumroad
The New GumroadSell what you know and see what sticks
The Minimalist Entrepreneur is the manifesto for a new generation of founders who would rather build great companies than big ones. A must-have book for every founder aspiring to build a business worth building.
The Minimalist Entrepreneur
The Minimalist EntrepreneurLearn how great founders do more with less
Sahil Lavingiastarted a discussion

I'm Sahil, founder of Gumroad and author of The Minimalist Entrepreneur. AMA.

Started as a weekend project in 2011, Gumroad has grown–with its fair share of ups and downs–to helping 94,000+ creators earn over $500,000,000. In February 2019, I published a Medium essay, “Reflecting on My Failure to Build a Billion-Dollar Company,” that struck a chord with thousands of aspiring entrepreneurs who’d much rather build a sustainable business like Gumroad than chase a binary...

Gumroad's founder Sahil Lavingia has announced his upcoming book: The Minimalist Entrepreneur. Avaliable for pre-order now. Hardcover will be published on October 26, 2021
The Minimalist Entrepreneur
The Minimalist EntrepreneurHow Great Founders Do More With Less
Sell subscriptions on a monthly, quarterly, or annual basis with Gumroad Memberships. Use tiers, workflows, and posts to deliver newsletters, rewards, and content.
Gumroad MembershipsEarn your audience's ongoing support
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Mentorship is going to be a big thing in 2020. Watch this space & startup!
Pelion
PelionMarketplace for mentorship, pay via ISA
Pelion is a marketplace for mentorship.
Find mentors to advance your career. Pay them now, or when you earn more.
Pelion
PelionMarketplace for mentorship, pay via ISA
Really Good Questions is a hand curated showcase on curiosity from Twitter’s most influential people. Get curious by searching for some of the best questions people asked on Twitter.
Really Good Questions
Really Good QuestionsFind curious questions powered by Twitter’s brightest minds.
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My first short story! I'd love to hear your thoughts.
Across the Border
Across the BorderA story about the distances tech fails to bridge

There are some borders technology cannot help us cross. This is a story about the distances technology fails to bridge.

Across the Border
Across the BorderA story about the distances tech fails to bridge

Fontmoji is using a new font technology called Opentype SVG in their keyboard that allows users to send messages in super expressive fonts that look like birthday cake, party balloons, fire and more. The Fontmoji keyboard also offers font recommendations based on what users type.

Fontmoji KeyboardBringing 3D Color Fonts to messaging 🎉

Darkdocs adds a dark mode to your Google Docs writing experience.

Darkdocs
DarkdocsDark mode for Google Docs 🌚📝

Wordcounter shows a real-time word count as you type in any Google Docs document. You can toggle it off and on by clicking on the icon in the top right corner of your browser.

It also adds milestone markers every 500 words. Motivating!

Wordcounter for Google Docs
Wordcounter for Google DocsA real-time word count and milestone markers in Google Docs.