“And it’s working: our creators earn over $175 million a year, and we generate $11 million in annualized revenue, growing 85% year-over-year.”
Gumroad went from a peak of 23 full-time employees to none. Everyone works on contract now, some for ten hours a week. The founder calls it freedom, and for some of them it is. It is also an $11 million business that carries no payroll obligations to anyone.