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#layoffs case studies
2 sourced case studies tagged #layoffs. Every number links inline to the page it came from; self-reported figures are labelled as such.
- Gumroad: the 'failure' to build a billion-dollar company that became a profitable business
- Tome: 20 million users of an AI slides app, then a pivot away from slides
SaaS2 sources · 2 min
Gumroad: the 'failure' to build a billion-dollar company that became a profitable business
Sahil Lavingia raised $8M+ for Gumroad, stalled, laid off most of the team and nearly shut down. Then he cut costs to profitability. His own numbers show what going from venture track to sustainable business looks like.
creator-economypaymentsventure-funded
AI tools4 sources · 2 min
Tome: 20 million users of an AI slides app, then a pivot away from slides
Tome rode the ChatGPT wave with an AI presentation tool and tens of millions of mostly free users. It cut staff, moved to sales teams, dropped slides; its founders then launched the AI CRM Lightfield.
aigenerative-aipivot
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