New York City, US · Partner
Sahil Lavingia
The firm
SHL CapitalVC firm · GB0cheques in 12 months0all time0ledunknownRounds they were named in
- Rounds
- 1
- Led
- 0
- Disclosed
- $205k
- Active
- 2011
- ForrstSeed$205kUSJoined · +6 investors · historical
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Where they are named on record
Filings
- SEC Form D · Company raisingGumroad, Inc.Executive Officer, Directoron 5 filings · since 2011
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Their book
The Minimalist Entrepreneur: How Great Founders Do More with Less
Sahil Lavingia · 2021
4.19 from 1,941 ratings on Goodreads
About the book
“Pay attention.”, Jason Fried A revolutionary roadmap for building startups that go the distance Now more than ever, you don’t need a fancy office, Ivy League degree, or millions of dollars in venture capital to launch a business that matters for the communities you care…
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#73 - Community-driven companies: Sahil Lavingia, Gumroad
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Children are often fascinated with technology, and Sahil Lavingia 's story isn't any different: he first started getting into computers at about 12, playing around with graphic design tools like Photoshop, and it soon naturally developed into building websites for family and friends. One Computer…
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Sahil Lavingia on Gumroad's groundbreaking equity crowdfunding raise, lessons from a decade-long startup journey, insights on rolling funds & more | E1188
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Their bookThe Minimalist Entrepreneur
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Check out Gumroad: https://gumroad.com FOLLOW Sahil: https://twitter.com/shl FOLLOW Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis More on the show's page
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Sahil Lavingia's learnings as a VC backed founder and running a Rolling Fund - Venture Unlocked 007
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Their bookThe Minimalist Entrepreneur
MentionsAccelAngelListChris SaccaFirst Round CapitalKleiner PerkinsNaval Ravikant
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This episode is a fun one as I had the pleasure to interview Sahil Lavingia, founder of Gumroad, an online platform that allows creators to sell directly to their consumers. The company has facilitated the sale of $356 million in products since its launch in 2011 and now helps over 70,000 creators.… More on the show's page
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Sahil Lavingia and Steve Schlafman on new VC structures
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Their bookThe Minimalist Entrepreneur
MentionsAngelList
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In this special episode of Origins, we discuss new VC fund structures with Sahil Lavingia, the founder of Gumroad and manager of one of the top rolling funds on AngelList, and Steve Schlafman, who combines professional coaching through his firm High Output with active angel investing using a… More on the show's page
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20VC: Sahil Lavingia on Rolling Funds and Their Impact on The Future of Venture, How To Evaluate Market, Team and Product, The Value of Party Rounds & The Pros and Cons of Multi-Stage Funds Investing at Seed
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Their bookThe Minimalist Entrepreneur
MentionsAccelAngelListChris SaccaKleiner PerkinsMax LevchinNaval Ravikant
About this episode
Sahil Lavingia is the Founder and CEO @ Gumroad , the company that helps creators do more of what they love. With Gumroad, Sahil has raised funding from an all-star list of investors including Accel, Kleiner Perkins, First Round and then Max Levchin, Chris Sacca, Ron Conway and Naval Ravikant on… More on the show's page
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Sahil Lavingia on the Creator Economy, Venture Capital, and Rethinking Success
WithSahil Lavingia
Their bookThe Minimalist Entrepreneur
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Sahil Lavingia (@shl), founder and CEO of Gumroad, joins Erik on this episode. They discuss: - The story of starting Gumroad, raising money, and getting featured in the media. - Going from a twenty person company to a five person company to a single-person company. - The advice he would give to a… More on the show's page
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Equity Crowdfunding is making the private markets public
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About this episode
Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. For this week’s deep dive, the Equity team brought on Gumroad CEO Sahil Lavingia and Hustle Fund General Partner Elizabeth Yin to talk about equity crowdfunding. It’s… More on the show's page
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