Newsletter about interesting open-source software projects, started by Jackson Kelley during the pandemic in 2020. Sold in 2022 for five figures, with the founder confirming the cash from the sale had landed in his bank account.
From founding to sale took 2.0 years, 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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