Paid Substack newsletter about website investing by Richard Patey, grown to $5K MRR with 100+ paying subscribers in 10 months. Sold in 2020 to Travis Jamison and folded into investing.io.
From founding to sale took 10 months, with the deal closing via Direct. Time to exit is a useful signal of how built-to-sell a business was, faster, cleaner processes usually mean better-documented operations and fewer diligence surprises.
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A digital nomad newsletter that grew from 5,000 to 250,000 subscribers under Gabby Rosen, who then flipped it on Acquire.com for 18x her initial investment via a bidding war.
Newsletter referral and cross-promotion platform that helped operators grow their subscriber base through paid referrals, acquired by ConvertKit.
Daily finance and markets newsletter delivered in a humorous, irreverent voice.