Open Startups

Get insights on incredible startups

What is an Open Startup?

A company that shares its metrics publicly - metrics like visitor analytics, marketing experiments - even revenue.

Why should I care?

These startups are transparent, unlike any other company. We can learn a lot from their numbers.

How to become an "Open Startup"?

Follow our guide.

Our Heroes

These startups share their numbers in public. Read their stories.

Nomad List

The best places to live and work remotely.

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Ghost

The #1 open source headless Node.js CMS.

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Versoly

Conversion Focused Website Builder.

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Buffer

Social Media Management Software for Brands.

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Leave Me Alone

Easily unsubscribe from unwanted emails.

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Place Card Me

The best way to make printable place cards.

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Remote OK

Remote Jobs in tech.

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Gumroad

Helps creators do more of what they love.

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baremetrics

Metrics and engagement tools for SaaS.

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Remote Leaf

Hand picked remote jobs

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ConvertKit

Email marketing for online creators.

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Starter Story

Learn how people start successful businesses.

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No CS Degree

Stories by developers without CS degrees

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SiteSauce

A static site generator

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Failory

Learn from founders mistakes

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Brand name

This could be your ad.

BannerBear

Image generation API

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Starboard

The shareable in-browser notebook

Visa List

Get travel freedom & explore the world

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Hosted Status Page

Incidents management with downtime detection

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Simple Analytics

Simple, clean, and privacy-friendly analytics.

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Anyuptime

Get instant notification when your site is down

SaaSFrame

Inspiration for SaaS Marketers & Designers

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Friendly

Ethical marketing tools

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Amicu

Contact manager with reminders to keep in touch

Portabella

Simple, privacy friendly project management

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A Glowing Community

To become an "Open Startup", you must operate in full transparency and share any metrics, including revenue, users and traffic. Get your revenue verified by Stripe, Indie Hackers and ChartMogul, traffic by Simple Analytics and Google Analytics, uptime by Anyuptime and status page by Hosted Status Page.

  • Join the revolution

  • Be open

  • Share with us

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