{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Smart Humans with Slava Rubin","title":"Smart Humans: Gumroad’s Sahil Lavingia on angel investing, raising $5M from the crowd, and Web3","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/e54f0253\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2961,"description":"Sahil Lavingia is a founder, investor, and author. He is founder & CEO of Gumroad which exists to help every creative earn a living selling the stuff they make directly to their audience. He used the new equity crowdfunding rules in 2021 for Gumroad to be the first ever company to raise $5m from the crowd. He also founded SHL Capital, which invests more than $15 million a year in early-stage startups. Previously, he was Pinterest employee No. 2. In his spare time he wrote a book, “The Minimalist Entrepreneur: How Great Founders Do More with Less.”","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/r1My309w6hvamdAnoY2peJPeq7-8xWAyiremFjO2i2w/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS80M2Zi/MDYyNjQzYjY2ZWFl/OWVlYmIwMGY3NDM5/YzcwOC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}