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For anyone that doesn't recall, this was how Gumroad started: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2406614 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2406614
by btucker 14y ago
For anyone that doesn't recall, this was how Gumroad started: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2406614 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2406614
- jboggan 14y agoWhat's the record for the ratio of VC funding to days since the original weekend project appeared on HN?
- jkeel 14y agoThanks for the link. I was looking for it as I remember this post from what I thought was last year (apparently longer - boy does time fly). Glad to see them doing well.
- skrish 14y agoJust love the way he said how he got early access to Stripe: "I'm friends with one of the founders + I asked repeatedly." :) Most importantly he has used access to a key service early and executed it all very well. Congratulations & all the very best Sahil!
- jenius 14y agoIt's crazy that there was so much investment for such a simple idea. I mean the entire product is just a thin wrapper around Stripe. He must have some really serious plans to move in a new direction in order to attract that much interest and funding... I wonder what the plans are?
- gravitronic 14y agoBased on the description "social payments" I think it's targeting a wider base than the original "paid link shortener"
- jenius 14y agoFor sure - are you thinking tighter integration with social networks like fb and twitter? This definitely has a lot of potential, but I bet they would need to work out some agreements with the social networks themselves to be able to do it really right, and without running into trouble...
- skrish 14y agoProbably that is where the VC investment and connections come into play, to get those partnerships in place. These are certain advantages of having VC as a stakeholder in business than just being a profitable completely bootstrapped startup.