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The Founder Gazette
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Filed under: creator economy

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Startup news

Podcast agency offers 90-day launch guarantee as 42% of new shows die

Podcast Launch Lab is selling done-for-you and done-with-you launch programmes into a market where, on Podchaser's 2026 figures, only one show in fifteen still publishes. The pitch: build the show for clients, not downloads.

90 · 17 August 2026
Founder stories

Gumroad cut 75% of staff, then became a good business

Sahil Lavingia raised $8m at 19 to build a billion-dollar company. He ended up running it alone from Utah — and says that was the better outcome.

83 · 17 August 2026
Startup news

GoPro's best reviews in a decade arrive as founder lends it money

The product press spent June praising a $599 8K camera. The business pages spent it reading a 26% revenue fall and a founder financing his own company.

45 · 10 August 2026
Startup news

Teen influencers pick the products in indu's £50 skincare bundle

London skincare brand indu beauty gave three teenage sisters control of its first creator collaboration: they chose the contents, named it, and one of them designed the box.

29 · 9 August 2026