Today we caught up with Sahil Lavingia, the founder and CEO at Gumroad. We chat about building an audience online, the challenges of being a designer, engineer and founder, and what the hiring process looks like at Gumroad.
If you missed it, we recently announced Spec, a new podcast network for designers and developers! We hope you'll check it out and follow @specfm on Twitter for new shows and updates!
If you have feedback or suggestions please don’t hesitate to reach out to us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm!
Sponsors:

Wake
Wake

Sahil on the Web:

Twitter
GitHub
Medium
Gumroad
Dribbble

Show Notes:
4:00 - Introductions

Gumroad
Kyle Webster

6:00 - Building audiences

Small Product Lab
The Fault In Our Stars
Missionary vs. Mercenary
@shl
On Writing

46:00 - Design challenges

Jeremy Goldberg
George Kedenburg III


<p>Today we caught up with Sahil Lavingia, the founder and CEO at Gumroad. We chat about building an audience online, the challenges of being a designer, engineer and founder, and what the hiring process looks like at Gumroad.</p>
<p>If you missed it, we recently announced <a href="http://spec.fm">Spec</a>, a new podcast network for designers and developers! We hope you'll check it out and follow <a href="https://twitter.com/specfm">@specfm</a> on Twitter for new shows and updates!</p>
<p>If you have feedback or suggestions please don’t hesitate to reach out to us on Twitter at <a href="https://twitter.com/designdetailsfm">@designdetailsfm</a>!</p>
<h5>Sponsors:</h5>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://wake.io">Wake</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wake.io">Wake</a></li>
</ul>
<h5>Sahil on the Web:</h5>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/shl">Twitter</a></li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/slavingia">GitHub</a></li>
<li><a href="https://medium.com/@shl">Medium</a></li>
<li><a href="https://gumroad.com/">Gumroad</a></li>
<li><a href="https://dribbble.com/slavingia">Dribbble</a></li>
</ul>
<h5>Show Notes:</h5>
<p><strong>4:00</strong> - Introductions</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://gumroad.com/">Gumroad</a></li>
<li><a href="https://gumroad.com/kyletwebster">Kyle Webster</a></li>
</ul>
<p><strong>6:00</strong> - Building audiences</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://gumroad.com/smallproductlab">Small Product Lab</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Fault-Stars-John-Green/dp/014242417X">The Fault In Our Stars</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.inc.com/articles/2010/12/randy-komisar-on-mercenary-entrepreneurs.html">Missionary vs. Mercenary</a></li>
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/shl">@shl</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/On-Writing-Anniversary-Edition-Memoir/dp/1439156816">On Writing</a></li>
</ul>
<p><strong>46:00</strong> - Design challenges</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://jeremy-goldberg.com/">Jeremy Goldberg</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.iamgk3.com/">George Kedenburg III</a></li>
</ul>

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