Reflecting on My Failure to Build a Billion-Dollar Company
This lesson is an essay published on sahillavingia.com.
Read the essayWhat you'll get
Gumroad's founder on what raising from top investors did to his company: a growth target it couldn't hit, deep layoffs, and years rebuilding it as a small profitable business. A candid look at what outside money expects in return.
Do this week
List what an investor would expect from you in return for their money, and mark which of those you'd be glad to promise.