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Dev tools · October 11, 2015

Mixergy: How a developer became a profitable founder

How a developer knew 0 about business but became a success

Mixergy: How a developer became a profitable founder launched on October 11, 2015 with 69 votes, #1,069 of 4,175 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 11 years on.

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In today's interview, we're going to hear about a developer who says he knew nothing about business...

In today’s interview, we’re going to hear about a developer who says he knew nothing about business and still created a profitable, successful business. I’m so excited to have him on here because I’ve known him now for several years. His name is Jay Gibb. He is the founder of CloudSponge . What’s CloudSponge? Well, have you ever gone to a website where you needed to invite friends? Maybe it was a greeting card site or maybe you were on Kiva and you wanted to get your family members to join in on a campaign. Well, if you’ve ever notice that some of them just have a little button that allows you to grab your address book or Gmail contacts there’s a…from mixergy.com

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