Closed/Lost- Email for founders who sell

What it does

A weekly email about sales as a founder. After taking my startup from zero to $500k in ARR in 18 months and then back to zero I learned some valuable lessons about why selling software is hard as well as cheats and hacks to make it suck less. 🤑

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  It took 4 years to sell my startup. I wrote a book about itFeb 2026 · derekyan.com · ▲208

  The complete book: A founder

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  Zero to Sold2020 · ▲604

  How to start, run, and sell a bootstrapped business

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  The Startup Tapes #018 — How to Close your First $1M in Sales2016 · ▲61

  The first million may be the easiest, actually…

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  Create If Writing: Monetizing Your Email List2016 · ▲54

  Tips and advice for selling without Smarm

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  Find Your Niche Challenge2023 · ▲34

  Find customers who’ll be happy to pay for your indie app

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  I started sharing 2 New Validated SaaS ideas every week2025 · validatedsaas.com · ▲8

  I'm tired of seeing founders building stuff for months and years that nobody would ever pay for. They just don't see it, like most other founders learn to do. Business validation = making money, and nothing else really. If you really wanna make money this year, I can help you do it.

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  PaymentKit▲466

  Billing that survives a processor shutdown

  Commerce · 19d ago · paymentkit.com

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  Admin Portal (by WorkOS)▲1,408

  Pre-built wizard for configuring Single Sign-On (SSO/SAML)

  Dev tools · 2020 · workos.com

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  Sidekick Browser▲1,050

  The fastest browser built for work.

  Work · 2020 · perplexity.ai

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  PFPMaker▲1,027

  Create an awesome profile pic from any photo

  Growth · 2020 · pfpmaker.com

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  Screenity▲878

  The most powerful screen recorder for Chrome

  Dev tools · 2020 · chromewebstore.google.com

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  Notion Timeline▲778

  Plot all your projects chronologically

  Work · 2020 · notion.so

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  I Rebuilt MySpace from 2007▲726

  Life & fun · 2020 · spacehey.com