# Chris Oliver
Building since 2014. Not reviewed by Chris.
Page: https://mrrmaker.com/@chrisoliver
Founded GoRails (2014); $60,000 MRR (2021); acquired One Month (2025)
In their words: "I'm the founder of GoRails, a company focused on helping Ruby on Rails developers learn, build, and deploy their ideas." (excid3.com)

## Numbers
- Revenue: $60K MRR, GoRails (● last reported Nov 2021)
- Total revenue so far: over $1M, all products (stated · Sep 2020)
- Products: 10
- Building since: 2014

## Products
- Hatchbox (2019 →): running
- Jumpstart Pro (2019 →): running
- GoRails (2014 →): running
- RailsBytes: dates not stated in any source
- SellRepo: dates not stated in any source

## Timeline
- Sep 2025: On Talk at Rails World 2025: Beyond the Basics: Advanced Rails Techniques [stated]
- Aug 2025: On Rails Business podcast, episode 16 [stated]
- Aug 2025: GoRails acquired One Month [stated]
- Apr 2025: On Keynote at Tropical on Rails 2025: Hotwire Demystified [stated]
- Oct 2024: On saas.unbound podcast, episode 4 [stated]
- Oct 2023: On Talk at Rails World 2023: Powerful Rails Features You Might Not Know [stated]
- May 2023: On IndieRails, episode 7: The story of GoRails [stated]
- Nov 2021: On Failory interview: Bootstrapping a Ruby on Rails Educational Platform [stated]
- Sep 2020: On Mixergy interview: Daily screencasts built a cult following [stated]
- Dec 2019: Launched Hatchbox [stated]
- Jun 2019: Launched Jumpstart Pro [stated]
- 2016: Hatchbox: Wrote the first line of code for Hatchbox [stated]
- Dec 2014: One Month acquired GoRails and he joined the One Month team, continuing to develop GoRails [stated]
- 2014: Launched GoRails [stated]
- Jan 2014: Quit consulting to build his own products [stated]

## How sure
9 verified by someone other than Chris, 64 stated by Chris in public, 6 outdated. Read on 11 Oct 2026.

## Sources
- Black Friday 2025 Sale, gorails.com: https://gorails.com/blog/black-friday-2025
- Chris Oliver, excid3.com: https://excid3.com
- About | GoRails, gorails.com: https://gorails.com/about
- github.com: https://api.github.com/users/excid3
- Bootstrapping a Ruby on Rails Educational Platform to $60k MRR, failory.com: https://failory.com/interview/gorails
- Daily screencasts built a cult following, mixergy.com: https://mixergy.com/interviews/gorails-with-chris-oliver/
- Black Friday Sale 2023!, gorails.com: https://gorails.com/blog/black-friday-sale-2023
- Black Friday 2020 Deals, gorails.com: https://gorails.com/blog/black-friday-2020-deals
- Building a product in under 10 minutes with Jumpstart Pro, gorails.com: https://gorails.com/episodes/building-a-product-with-jumpstart-pro
- Rails Hosting on Servers You Own, hatchbox.io: https://hatchbox.io
- About Us | Jumpstart Pro, jumpstartrails.com: https://jumpstartrails.com/about
- Learn Hotwire with Rails, iOS and Android, learnhotwire.com: https://learnhotwire.com
- Remote Ruby, remoteruby.com: https://www.remoteruby.com/2260490/about
- Remote Ruby, remoteruby.com: https://www.remoteruby.com
- One Month has been acquired by GoRails!, onemonth.com: https://onemonth.com/announcements/1-one-month-has-been
- Advanced Ruby: Behind The Magic | One Month, onemonth.com: https://onemonth.com/courses/advanced-ruby-for-rails-devs
- One Month acquires GoRails to expand its coding courses, venturebeat.com: https://venturebeat.com/2014/12/19/one-month-acquires-gorails-to-expand-its-coding-courses/
- Celebrating the first Rails Luminaries: Chris Oliver & Tobias Lütke, rubyonrails.org: https://rubyonrails.org/2023/10/23/celebrating-the-first-rails-luminaries
- Community-led growth for SaaS products with Chris Oliver @GoRails, saas.group: https://saas.group/podcasts/community-led-growth-for-saas-products-with-chris-oliver-gorails/
- Chris Oliver, railsbusiness.com: https://www.railsbusiness.com/2435951/episodes/17744825-chris-oliver
- IndieRails | Chris Oliver - The story of GoRails: pivots, near failures, and random surprises, indierails.com: https://www.indierails.com/7
- 097 - Chris Oliver, Creator of GoRails, codewithjason.com: https://www.codewithjason.com/podcast/9478218-097-chris-oliver-creator-of-gorails/
- Rails World 2023: Powerful Rails Features You Might Not Know Talk Slides, gorails.com: https://gorails.com/blog/rails-world-2023-powerful-rails-features-you-might-not-know-talk-slides
- Keynote: Hotwire Demystified, rubyevents.org: https://rubyevents.org/talks/keynote-hotwire-demystified
- Rails World 2025 - Chris Oliver, rubyonrails.org: https://rubyonrails.org/world/2025/speakers/chris-oliver
- Rails and Revenue: How To Build A Screencast Business, excid3.com: https://excid3.com/blog/how-to-build-a-screencast-business
- AppSignal x Hatchbox: Affordable Hosting, Full Visibility, appsignal.com: https://blog.appsignal.com/2026/04/20/appsignal-x-hatchbox-affordable-hosting-full-visibility.html
- Pricing: Ruby on Rails Screencasts & Courses, gorails.com: https://gorails.com/pricing
- What's New | One Month, onemonth.com: https://onemonth.com/announcements
- Site checks on 2026-10-11, MRRMaker: https://mrrmaker.com/how-it-works#checks

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