Re:Sahil Lavingia of Gumroad – The Future of Flexible Companies
by waydegg on Thursday December 15, 2022 @08:09PM
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Are there any other (prominent) companies that have an employment model like Gumroad's?
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Re:Sahil Lavingia of Gumroad – The Future of Flexible Companies
by jackbravo on Thursday December 15, 2022 @08:35PM
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There are cooperatives (coops), were workers are also owners. But there you are not working for several companies building equity on all. But most US I knew of are no longer active. Only https://www.gcoop.coop/ in Argentina.
Oh, and found this articles: http://www.vintagedigital.net/content/setting-software-co-op and https://www.scribd.com/document/26587085/Tech-Coop-How-To
And also the Hacking Business Model proposed by Monty from MySQL fame was similar to the coop model: https://www.forbes.com/sites/reuvencohen/2012/07/25/the-hack...
Re:Sahil Lavingia of Gumroad – The Future of Flexible Companies
by ernestipark on Thursday December 15, 2022 @08:37PM
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(OP) I've actually been trying to figure this out myself and haven't found one yet. Started this Ask HN (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33978686) to try to find out.
My prediction is that we will start to see more over the coming years though. Whether that means finding creative ways to share equity/upside, or using more contractors and part-time folks.