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Disclosure
McConnell strongly considered buying out NEA's shares at a discount
“I've definitely strongly considered it. And you know, I'm sure if any, it was listening today, they wouldn't be Wouldn't be thrilled, but it's, that's definitely an option.”
Graham McConnell Oct 11, 2020 ▶ 14:34 NthRound Hits $300k ARR Creating Liquidity for Employee Option Grants
Opinion
Gumroad mishandled communicating its past price increases to users
“You know, I think we can all think of companies like Gumroad that have, you know, not gotten this quite right in the past.”
Stephen Ngo May 15, 2023 ▶ 16:16 Pricing and monetization in a downturn (and beyond)
Assertion Partly supported
Latka: Gumroad laid off 25 employees because social selling market is too early
“Gumroad just laid off 25 employees. That market has not taken off it. It's too early.”
Nathan Latka Sep 14, 2016 ▶ 17:10 EP 417 SPECIAL: Warner Interviews Latka: Con Artist or Brilliant Genius?
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Fazio claims Gumroad creator Chris Johnson makes $200,000 monthly from courses
“This guy makes 200,000 dollars a month from his courses.”
Daniel Fazio Jun 5, 2021 ▶ 8:23 Turning a $500k Course Into a $20k MRR SaaS Play. Next Russell Brunson?
Assertion Supported
Gumroad operates entirely with freelancers instead of direct employees
“There's some incredible models out there now of people who've just decided to not employ anybody directly, and they just go straight to the freelance market and only get freelancers, and they put a you know, Gumroad is based, based on that model.”
Bridget Harris May 31, 2023 ▶ 8:07 Fireside chat with Bridget Harris and Alex Theuma - How to take care of business: 5 lessons in bootstrapping to $5m ARR
Disclosure
Guillebeau captures all book pre-orders directly via Gumroad before launch
“So before the book comes out I take all the orders myself. I'm actually using Gumroad, but I've used like one shopping cart or whatever before. Take all the orders myself. Once the book is out, then I'm going to send them directly to other retailers.”
Chris Guillebeau Mar 29, 2016 ▶ 16:47 The Art of a Profitable Book Launch with Born For This Author Chris Guillebeau EP 208
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Arav Narula: IndieKit had 78 downloads, with two paying customers
“No, it's a free product, and then I sold 78 copies of it, and two people paid for it.”
Arav Narula May 29, 2021 ▶ 8:39 13 Year Old Building Indie Builder Community, First $8 in Revenue!
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