Recession Proof: Gumroad is growing

Sahil Lavingia, Gumroad, B2B, Covid Recession, eCommerce, Marketplace, SaaS (software as a service)

I assumed all businesses were leveled and I got depressed. Then I started hearing about a few companies who are doing well. I wanted to understand why and revive my optimism.

In this interview you’ll hear how the sudden economic hit and the forced home isolation led would-be creators to finally start creating. They’re using Gumroad to sell their work online.

Sahil Lavingia

Gumroad

Sahil Lavingia is the founder of Gumroad which helps creators sell products online.

Andrew: Hey there, freedom fighters. My name is Andrew Warner. I’m the founder of Mixergy. And you guys know, I was pretty down for a bit there once we were told that we had to stay at home here in San Francisco. And I remember looking at my kids and saying, “What is going to happen to them? And then what’s going to happen to me? And then what’s going to happen to me and how does it affect them?” And it’s just like this whole spiraling that I stopped thinking about work. And if I did think about work, it was, “Things are going to be really bad. What if I just accept that things are going to suck for a long, long time, and worst case, Livi and I just go and live off somewhere and disappear for a bit.”

And then I did a few interviews with people who happen to do well, in fact, even a little bit better when things got worse economically for the country, and I asked them about and I learned a little bit. And more than that, I...

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