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May 2020
1h 15m

Gumroad Founder — How to Sell Digital Pr...

Noah Kagan
About this episode

Sahil is the founder of Gumroad, an e-commerce site for creators. He was also #2 at Pinterest (hired at age 19). Learn how his company evolved after raising funding and shifting from office to remote.

Full show notes at https://okdork.com/podcast/147

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