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#007 – Building an Open-Source Publishing Platform That Makes $63,000/mo with John O'Nolan of Ghost

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Synopsis

John O'Nolan, founder of Ghost (an open-source publishing platform), describes how he used his industry background to design a simple product, converted a landing page into 30,000 email subscribers, and raised about $300,000 on Kickstarter.

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  • Open-source SaaS with paid hosted tiers

    John O'Nolan, founder of Ghost, describes turning an open-source publishing platform into a roughly $63,000/month business after converting a landing page into 30,000 email subscribers and raising about $300,000 on Kickstarter.