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

Indie Hackers

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Introduction

John O'Nolan is the founder of Ghost, an open source nonprofit company that makes well over $60,000 a month in revenue. In 2012, John was a WordPress developer who had become disillusioned with how bloated and complex WordPress had become. He created some mockups and put together a concept page for a new type of publishing platform which would focus on one thing: helping bloggers get their voices heard.

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