| 1 | Jul 12, '23 | My first 1,000x return 🥲 | 44.2× | 4.3M | 7.6k | 283 | 1.4k |
| 2 | Feb 6, '25 | No longer hiring junior or even mid-level software engineers. Our tokens per codebase: Gumroad: 2M Flexile: 800K Helper: 500K Iffy: 200K Shortest: 100K Both Claude 3.5 Sonnet and o | 37.8× | 3.7M | 13k | 917 | 14k |
| 3 | Aug 24, '23 | Remote jobs are only for the top 1%. | 23.6× | 2.3M | 8.4k | 574 | 993 |
| 4 | Jun 24, '25 | Didn’t expect that working for DOGE would get me banned from a science fiction writing community I was a part of | 23.2× | 2.3M | 57k | 7.5k | 1.8k |
| 5 | Nov 1, '19 | Apply for the job. "But I'm not qualified for it." Neither is the person who's going to get the job. Apply! | 23× | 0 | 98k | 30k | 1.9k |
| 6 | Jul 22, '25 | Buy a .com domain name Go into debt if you have to | 19.8× | 1.9M | 12k | 405 | 2.7k |
| 7 | Sep 25 | Introducing the official IRS app! | 19.4× | 1.9M | 4.4k | 171 | 1.1k |
| 8 | Aug 8, '25 | My first 10,000x return 🥲 | 19.2× | 1.9M | 6.5k | 100 | 1.7k |
| 9 | Feb 7, '25 | I think software engineering jobs will shrink by 67% and salaries will get cut by 33% in the next 3 years. For example, a team of 36 making $300k/yr on average will be outshipped b | 18.9× | 1.9M | 8.4k | 650 | 3.7k |
| 10 | Jul 16, '25 | There was a period of time where you could make $200-400k by just knowing how to code front-ends That period lasted from 2015-2024 and is now over, since Claude 4 etc is good enoug | 18.3× | 1.8M | 8.9k | 391 | 3.1k |
| 11 | Dec 11, '16 | "Listen" - a story in three parts. | 12.4× | 0 | 45k | 21k | 7 |
| 12 | Sep 11, '24 | Gumroad has helped creators earn over $1,000,000,000! | 10.4× | 1M | 11k | 1.3k | 1.3k |
| 13 | Feb 5, '25 | The future belongs to idea guys who can just do things | 8.9× | 873k | 7.8k | 916 | 1.7k |
| 14 | Sep 10, '25 | Airbnb should have been called localhost | 7.2× | 702k | 20k | 1.2k | 632 |
| 15 | Feb 6, '21 | The only three ways to make money: 1. Help people make money 2. Help people save money 3. Help people save time | 3.7× | 0 | 16k | 2.9k | 1.9k |
| 16 | Sep 14, '21 | Every job will be automated until four remain: engineer, entrepreneur, investor, artist. | 3.7× | 0 | 13k | 2.1k | 1.3k |
| 17 | Feb 7, '19 | Here it goes! My best attempt at compressing the last eight years of Gumroad into a single article. Includes: Failing to raise money, laying off 75% of the company, building back u | 3.6× | 0 | 12k | 2.4k | 3.2k |
| 18 | Aug 17, '19 | When someone tells you: "You can't complain, someone has it way worse than you." Tell them: "You can't celebrate, someone has it better than you." | 3.4× | 0 | 15k | 4.2k | 385 |
| 19 | Jul 15, '21 | “You’re doing it all wrong,” said someone doing nothing at all. | 3.1× | 0 | 15k | 2.6k | 611 |
| 20 | Feb 28, '20 | On Facebook everyone pretends to be friends. On Twitter everyone pretends to be an expert. On LinkedIn everyone pretends to be professional. On Instagram everyone pretends to be ha | 3.1× | 0 | 15k | 2.9k | 393 |
| 21 | Jan 2, '21 | Invest your time before you invest your money. Start running before you buy running shoes. Build something before you buy the domain. Learn via YouTube before paying for a course. | 3.1× | 0 | 13k | 3.2k | 1.1k |
| 22 | Feb 10, '25 | AI is like steroids. It can speed up the process, but you still have to go to the gym and practice the fundamentals. You have to suffer. | 2.9× | 286k | 5.3k | 478 | 797 |
| 23 | Nov 23, '21 | Invest your money where the smartest people invest their time. | 2.9× | 0 | 13k | 2.1k | 1k |
| 24 | Dec 28, '20 | Free college for all: YouTube. | 2.9× | 0 | 16k | 1.8k | 281 |
| 25 | May 9, '25 | Exciting news: I’m a dad! | 2.9× | 280k | 18k | 158 | 98 |
| 26 | Mar 21, '19 | Most profound thing I've learned in the past eight years is the difference between behavior and intention. Behavior is what someone is doing, intention is why they're doing it. You | 2.9× | 0 | 11k | 3.5k | 1k |
| 27 | May 18, '21 | Hard skills get you in, soft skills get you far. | 2.8× | 0 | 13k | 2.2k | 708 |
| 28 | May 27, '21 | Start a side project instead of a company. Write a blog post instead of a book. Lower the stakes to increase the odds. | 2.6× | 0 | 13k | 1.6k | 1.1k |
| 29 | Sep 8, '21 | The War on Crypto is the next war the US will lose. | 2.6× | 0 | 14k | 1.6k | 126 |
| 30 | May 21, '20 | Everyone loves remote work until they realize 7 billion people will soon be competing for the job they have. | 2.6× | 0 | 13k | 2k | 348 |
| 31 | Apr 3, '20 | Bad news: Bezos only donated .001% of his net worth. Good news: Food is purchased in dollars, not percentages of net worth. | 2.5× | 0 | 14k | 1.7k | 115 |
| 32 | Sep 22, '20 | Don't ghost. Saying no is a skill worth learning. | 2.5× | 0 | 12k | 2.2k | 383 |
| 33 | Jan 9, '22 | Experiencing a loss of taste? You may have COVID or NFTs. | 2.4× | 0 | 14k | 1.2k | 143 |
| 34 | Jan 15, '21 | You don't learn, then start. You start, then learn. | 2.3× | 0 | 11k | 2k | 637 |
| 35 | Aug 14, '19 | Being a founder is hard. Being an early employee is hard. Being a VC is hard. Being a politician is hard. Being an engineer is hard. Being a writer is hard. Being a friend is hard. | 2.2× | 0 | 9.6k | 2.3k | 191 |
| 36 | Nov 13, '20 | Most people don’t start. Most people who start don’t continue. Most people who continue give up. Many winners are just the last ones standing. | 2.1× | 0 | 9.3k | 1.6k | 833 |
| 37 | Jun 24, '25 | Anyway, I’m working on an AI-neutral speculative fiction outlet. Submit a story! | 2.0× | 200k | 5.9k | 234 | 182 |
| 38 | Dec 2, '20 | 🌍🌎🌏 Excited to announce we've deprecated all location-based pay! Gumroad will now pay you the same salary, no matter if you live in San Francisco, Bangalore, Lagos, or anywhere | 2.0× | 0 | 11k | 769 | 296 |
| 39 | Sep 4, '19 | Shopify is 15 years old. Basecamp is 20 years old. MailChimp is 18 years old. It takes time to build a sustainable business that matters. | 2.0× | 0 | 9.5k | 1.9k | 254 |
| 40 | Oct 6, '20 | Ask for feedback on your attempts, not advice on your ideas. | 1.9× | 0 | 8.8k | 1.6k | 747 |
| 41 | Feb 10, '21 | Run a business you can advertise by being you. | 1.9× | 0 | 9.3k | 1.6k | 464 |
| 42 | Aug 7, '21 | How to level up in life: help other people. Eventually you’ll help someone out who’ll help you back 1,000x. | 1.9× | 0 | 9.5k | 1.4k | 506 |
| 43 | Jun 29, '20 | If you want less competition, pick a harder problem. | 1.9× | 0 | 9.1k | 1.6k | 440 |
| 44 | May 10, '21 | How to get a dream job at your dream company: Start a company. Employ yourself. | 1.9× | 0 | 9.7k | 1.3k | 319 |
| 45 | Aug 15, '19 | People don't want to use your software. They want to lose weight, laugh, be entertained, get smarter, spend time with loved ones, go home on time, sleep adequately, eat good food, | 1.8× | 0 | 7.4k | 1.9k | 652 |
| 46 | Mar 11, '20 | Don't think you deserve the job? Apply for it anyways. Don't think your article is good enough? Publish it anyways. Don't think they'll reply to your email? Send it anyways. Don't | 1.7× | 0 | 6.6k | 2.2k | 389 |
| 47 | Jan 11, '22 | 99% of learning happens after school. | 1.7× | 0 | 8.9k | 1.2k | 174 |
| 48 | Oct 5, '20 | Startups need both the experience of people who’ve done it before and the optimism of people who haven’t. | 1.7× | 0 | 8k | 1.5k | 254 |
| 49 | Nov 19, '21 | Growth is uncomfortable. Not growing is worse. | 1.7× | 0 | 7.3k | 1.8k | 318 |
| 50 | Jan 14, '21 | The secret to scaling: designers who code, engineers who design, marketers who write SQL, PMs who write copy, customer support folks who open PRs, leaders who do support. The more | 1.6× | 0 | 7.4k | 1k | 927 |
| 51 | Aug 3, '20 | Growth happens by doing things you are unqualified to do. | 1.6× | 0 | 7k | 1.8k | 399 |
| 52 | Nov 8, '19 | Things you don't have to do to start a company: - Quit your job - Learn to code - Write a business plan - Raise money - Hire employees Things you have to do: Start. | 1.6× | 0 | 7.4k | 1.5k | 351 |
| 53 | May 20, '21 | The future of work: not working. | 1.6× | 0 | 8.5k | 896 | 278 |
| 54 | Feb 7, '21 | How to make your life 10x better: Say no to everything that has no chance of making your life 10x better. | 1.6× | 0 | 7.4k | 1.1k | 563 |
| 55 | Sep 7, '20 | You don’t become interesting by copying interesting people. You become interesting by following your own interests, going deeper down the rabbit hole than anyone else, and surfacin | 1.5× | 0 | 7k | 1.2k | 696 |
| 56 | Jun 1, '21 | You’re not running out of time, you’re running out of energy working on the wrong stuff. | 1.5× | 0 | 7.6k | 1.1k | 427 |
| 57 | Jan 1, '21 | Things you don't have to do to start a company: - Quit your job - Learn to code - Write a business plan - Raise money - Hire employees Things you have to do: Start. | 1.5× | 0 | 7.7k | 904 | 535 |
| 58 | Feb 11, '21 | Entrepreneurship: work 60 hours a week so you don’t have to work 40 hours a week. | 1.5× | 0 | 8.5k | 794 | 188 |
| 59 | Jan 9, '20 | Your imposter syndrome will fade when you realize how average your heroes are. Your excuses will fade too. | 1.5× | 0 | 6.3k | 1.7k | 372 |
| 60 | Jan 29, '21 | If retail investors are angry they can’t invest in GameStop, wait until they learn that they’re prevented from investing in virtually every early-stage startup getting built today. | 1.5× | 0 | 7.8k | 948 | 198 |
| 61 | Jul 16, '20 | A CEO’s first job is to get the company capitalized. A CEO’s second job is to recruit a team. A CEO’s third job is to provide them with clarity so they can solve their customers' p | 1.4× | 0 | 5.8k | 1.1k | 1k |
| 62 | Mar 13, '21 | When millions are buying to sell: bubble. When millions are buying to own: revolution. | 1.4× | 0 | 7.6k | 895 | 236 |
| 63 | Jun 23, '20 | Instagram: check out my body. Twitter: check out my brain. | 1.4× | 0 | 7.1k | 983 | 186 |
| 64 | Aug 16, '21 | You don’t need better ideas to get started, you need to get started to have better ideas. | 1.4× | 0 | 6.6k | 1.2k | 451 |
| 65 | Jan 28, '20 | Finding a new job is uncomfortable. Starting a company is uncomfortable. Learning a new skill is uncomfortable. Getting healthy is uncomfortable. Growth is uncomfortable. | 1.4× | 0 | 6k | 1.6k | 249 |
| 66 | Dec 23, '20 | It’s better to fail than procrastinate. | 1.4× | 0 | 7.3k | 874 | 338 |
| 67 | Jul 28, '21 | Learn by doing, procrastinate by reading. | 1.4× | 0 | 6.7k | 989 | 486 |
| 68 | Jun 21, '21 | You can be twice as rich by deciding you need half as much. | 1.4× | 0 | 7.1k | 881 | 326 |
| 69 | Apr 11, '21 | No one knows how to do anything until they do it. | 1.4× | 0 | 6.8k | 1.1k | 292 |
| 70 | May 8, '19 | Don't start a company because you want to be your own boss. You'll have more bosses than ever before: your board, investors, employees, customers, and more! | 1.4× | 0 | 5.9k | 1.6k | 142 |
| 71 | Nov 30, '21 | If you want to build a big business, start a small business. | 1.3× | 0 | 6.7k | 988 | 196 |
| 72 | Jun 11, '21 | Prototype > portfolio > resume > degree. | 1.3× | 0 | 6.3k | 742 | 549 |
| 73 | Jun 2, '21 | The average person at Gumroad works 22 hours a week and makes $115,000 a year. | 1.3× | 0 | 6.9k | 299 | 578 |
| 74 | Jul 29, '19 | The best jobs aren't publicly listed. You have to dig for them, invent them, or convince someone it's worth creating just for you. | 1.2× | 0 | 5.6k | 1.2k | 278 |
| 75 | May 5, '21 | A degree is an expensive way to prove you know something. Free ways: a great Twitter or YouTube account, a blog or newsletter, shipping a product. | 1.2× | 0 | 6k | 756 | 473 |
| 76 | Jul 27, '21 | How to make money: create value for those who have money. | 1.2× | 0 | 5.9k | 804 | 502 |
| 77 | Apr 6, '21 | Don’t ask for advice before you get started, ask for feedback once you have. | 1.2× | 0 | 6.2k | 789 | 363 |
| 78 | Aug 13, '21 | Before asking for help, start and get stuck. | 1.2× | 0 | 5.9k | 922 | 244 |
| 79 | Aug 8, '22 | Too many people think degree first, career second, life third. Think life first, career second, degree third. | 1.2× | 0 | 5.9k | 786 | 348 |
| 80 | Apr 21, '21 | Read before sleeping, write after waking. | 1.2× | 0 | 5.9k | 715 | 385 |
| 81 | May 2, '20 | Investing in the stock market can turn $10,000 into $100,000. Investing in starting your own business can turn $1,000 into $1,000,000. | 1.2× | 0 | 5.6k | 815 | 274 |
| 82 | Apr 21, '20 | Degrees are not useful. Skills are. | 1.2× | 0 | 5.5k | 875 | 139 |
| 83 | Sep 30, '20 | You’d be surprised how far you’ll get by just doing what you say you’ll do. | 1.2× | 0 | 5.5k | 961 | 287 |
| 84 | May 3, '20 | Learning to write is much more important than learning to code. | 1.1× | 0 | 5.4k | 734 | 371 |
| 85 | Nov 24, '21 | How to grow: say yes to things you cannot do. | 1.1× | 0 | 5.2k | 758 | 360 |
| 86 | Jun 30, '20 | I think the #1 reason startups fail is the founders run out of energy. | 1.1× | 0 | 5.3k | 725 | 188 |
| 87 | Nov 13, '20 | Most startups run out of energy before they run out of money. | 1.1× | 0 | 5.6k | 660 | 156 |
| 88 | Feb 14, '22 | The people who know the most say "I don't know" the most. | 1.1× | 0 | 5.5k | 662 | 179 |
| 89 | Jun 8, '19 | Long-term, cities like San Francisco will resemble colleges. People will spend 4-10 years to learn, gain credibility, and build a network. Then they'll leave and settle elsewhere, | 1.1× | 0 | 5k | 656 | 240 |
| 90 | Aug 2, '20 | College has never been more expensive, education has never been cheaper. | 1.1× | 0 | 5.3k | 872 | 128 |
| 91 | Jan 28, '21 | Not sure how a bunch of people organizing in the open is not okay, but a few people colluding in private is. | 1.0× | 0 | 5.9k | 623 | 65 |
| 92 | Jan 27, '20 | I used to think... Facebook was built by geniuses with supercomputers. My favorite writers knew every word in the dictionary. The best artists could draw everything out of their he | 1.0× | 0 | 5.1k | 839 | 288 |
| 93 | Jun 29, '20 | 2000s: Linkin Park 2010s: LinkedIn 2020s: Link in bio | 1.0× | 0 | 5.7k | 684 | 65 |
| 94 | May 24, '20 | Due to the unexpected impact of COVID-19 on Gumroad, we’ve given the team 20+% raises across the board, and will be hiring more folks later this summer. Stay tuned! | 1.0× | 0 | 6k | 382 | 101 |
| 95 | Dec 20, '21 | 99% of learning happens after launching. | 1.0× | 0 | 5.1k | 660 | 256 |
| 96 | Oct 8, '21 | It’s real. | 1.0× | 0 | 5.2k | 248 | 601 |
| 97 | Nov 18, '20 | Hiring is the hardest thing about startups. | 1.0× | 0 | 5.4k | 400 | 139 |
| 98 | May 3, '21 | College is an expensive book club. | 1.0× | 0 | 5.2k | 551 | 135 |
| 99 | Aug 31, '21 | Twitter: check out my big brain. Instagram: check out my big butt. | 0.9× | 0 | 5.3k | 440 | 113 |
| 100 | Sep 5, '19 | My mom: "I want equity in your company." Me: "What's your value-add?" Mom: "YOU!" | 0.9× | 0 | 5.2k | 508 | 41 |
| 101 | Jan 6, '21 | Excited for 2022. | 0.9× | 0 | 5.2k | 491 | 22 |
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