Product Case Study — Gumroad. “No Meetings, No Deadlines, No Full-Time Employees” Policy

Analysis of Sahil Lavingia’s “No Meetings, No Deadlines, No Full-Time Employees” approach undertaken at Gumroad

I recently came across an article by Sahil Lavingia called No Meetings, No Deadlines, No Full-Time Employees.

Shortly described, Sahil Lavingia (CEO of Gumroad) managed to create a successful digital product with millions of users without full-time employees in a fully distributed environment.

I was fascinated by the approach and the scale at which the company with such an environment operated.

So I decided to investigate and study it in more detail and answer the following question:

How did Gumroad manage to achieve such ⭐ success working with the “No Meetings, No Deadlines, No Full-Time Employees” policy?

And the sub-question:

What are the practices and tools you can re-use and apply to your own company?

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