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Guy Vincent joins Matt to talk about how authors can use crowdfunding as a book sales strategy. Guy runs Publishizer, a platform for authors to collect book preorders, while retaining all rights to their work. Find Publishizer at publishizer.com.

Danny Wen is the co-founder of Harvest, a time-tracking and invoicing tool used by organizations big and small. Invoicing isn't the most thrilling of topics, and yet Harvest has built a beautiful, user-friendly product with a great story. Danny joins Matt to talk about that story and how the Harvest ethos informs their work.

Professional writer Rebecca Livermore shares her experiences creating engaging content for print and web publications over the last twenty years, particularly in how original content can repurposed to serve audiences in multiple venues. Rebecca and Matt also discuss how personal stories drive engagement and how to tell those personal stories well.

In this episode, Matt chats with writer and entrepreneur James Clear, who writes on the science of behavior change and habit formation. James talks about how an understanding of behavior can help us build better writing practices and become stronger writers. Find James at JamesClear.com.

In today's episode, Matt talks with Sahil Lavingia, CEO of Gumroad. Gumroad is a platform that allows content producers of all kinds to quickly and easily sell to their audiences. Matt and Sahil chat about Sahil's beginnings as an entrepreneur, the notion of "selling out," examples of how Gumroad is helping makers make a living, and how Sahil sees the future of paid content.

Snippet CEO CJ Alvarado joins us to discuss entrepreneurial lessons and how they apply to books, content publishing, and the art of telling a good story.