BUILDING SINCE 2005 · NOT REVIEWED BY IAN
Ian
Landsman
“I've been building software products for nearly 20 years. My company UserScape makes HelpSpot , customer service software”in their words · ianlandsman.com
almost $2M ARR
HelpSpot revenue
● last reported Oct 20248
products
2005
building since
Career
Every main product, who ran it, and when it changed hands.
LaraJobs2014 →
NOW
HelpSpot2005 →
NOW
Thermostat2019 – 2024
sold
→ an undisclosed buyer
Snappy2012 – 2015
sold
→ an undisclosed buyer
Side projects4
20052007200920112013201520172019202120232025
Ian runs ita new owner runs itsold, with the stated priceshut downside project
HelpSpotRUNNINGsince Oct 2005
$4,000
first 30 days
2005
almost $2M
ARR
Oct 2024 · old
Figures Ian stated, each measuring something different. We don’t draw a line between them.
The journey
Launched HelpSpot (2005); a little under $2M ARR (2024)
Milestones
almost $2M
ARR · HelpSpot
Oct 2024 · old
$4,000
first 30 days · HelpSpot
2005 · stated
Latest
Oct 2025HelpSpot: Profitable every month since launch, as he states
Oct 2024Sold Thermostat to an undisclosed buyer
Oct 2024On Startups For the Rest of Us, episode 734
May 2024On The Business of Laravel, episode 1
Oct 2020On Bootstrapped Web, "Talkin shop with Ian Landsman"
How sure are we?
6 verified by someone other than Ian53 stated by Ian in public4 outdated, older than our limits
Read on 11 Oct 2026 · more data coming