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    Amy Hoy & Alex Hillman

    Freckle Time Tracking + 30x500

    Duo behind Freckle (sold) and the 30x500 sales-safari method used by hundreds of bootstrapped founders.

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    Revenue
    $5M+ cumulative (reported)
    Time to build
    10+ years
    Launched
    2009
    Location

    The story

    Amy and Alex built Freckle, sold it, and turned their sales-research method into 30x500, a paid course community. They've been vocal advocates against 'lean startup' orthodoxy in favor of listen-to-people-first product research.

    Stack

    Rails

    Reported metrics

    Cumulative
    $5M+ (reported)

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