Xuan Li

… nothing wrong with Mr. Tooth as a mascot. He wasn’t a bad idea. The bad idea was Amazon Auctions — because you can’t beat a network effect with a nearly identical network.

It doesn’t matter how amazing your product is, or how fast you ship features. The market you’re in will determine most of your growth. For better or worse, Gumroad grew at roughly the same rate almost every month because that’s how qu…