 | Reflecting on My Failure to Build a Billion-Dollar Company
It took years for me to realize my pursuit of growth was misguided from the start
In 2011, I left my job as the second employee at Pinterest - before I vested any of my stock - to work on what I thought would be my life's work.
I thought Gumroad would become a billion-dollar company, with hundreds of employees. It would IPO, and I would work on it until I died. Something like that.
Needless to say, that didn't happen.
Now, it may look like I am in an enviable position, running a profitable, growing, low-maintenance software business serving adoring customers. But for years, I considered myself a failure. At my lowest point, I had to lay off 75 percent of my company, including many of my best friends. I had failed.
It took me years to realize I was misguided from the outset. I no longer feel shame in the path I took to get to where I am today - but for a long time, I did. This is my journey, from the beginning.
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