# Mike Perham
Building since 2012. Not reviewed by Mike.
Page: https://mrrmaker.com/@mikeperham
Sidekiq (2012), Faktory (2017); $13,500,000 total gross sales by 2022
In their words: "Today I’m the founder and CEO of Contributed Systems , my own company dedicated to building and supporting open-source-based application infrastructure." (mikeperham.com)

## Numbers
- Revenue: about $70K last 12 months, Sidekiq (● last reported Oct 2013)
- Total revenue so far: $13.5M, all products (stated · Jan 2022)
- Products: 3
- Building since: 2012

## Products
- Faktory (2017 →): running
- Sidekiq (2012 →): running

## Timeline
- Nov 2025: On San Francisco Ruby Conference 2025 talk: Sidekiq: Open Source, Business and the Future [stated]
- Jul 2025: On RailsConf 2025 panel on background jobs [stated]
- Mar 2025: Sidekiq: Released Sidekiq 8.0 [stated]
- Nov 2023: On saas.unbound podcast [stated]
- May 2023: On Startups for the Rest of Us, episode 661 [stated]
- Feb 2021: On Ruby Galaxy interview on Sidekiq and Faktory [stated]
- Jan 2020: Faktory: Released Faktory Enterprise [stated]
- Dec 2018: Faktory: Released Faktory Pro, the paid version [stated]
- Oct 2017: Launched Faktory [stated]
- Aug 2015: Sidekiq: Introduced Sidekiq Enterprise [stated]
- Jul 2014: Started Contributed Systems and began working on Sidekiq full-time [stated]
- Jan 2013: Sidekiq: Named one of Black Duck’s ten open source rookie projects of 2012 [stated]
- Oct 2012: Sidekiq: Started selling Sidekiq Pro [stated]
- Feb 2012: Launched Sidekiq [stated]

## How sure
5 verified by someone other than Mike, 39 stated by Mike in public, 6 outdated. Read on 11 Oct 2026.

## Sources
- Mike Perham, mikeperham.com: https://mikeperham.com
- About | Mike Perham, mikeperham.com: https://mikeperham.com/about
- github.com: https://api.github.com/users/mperham
- github.com: https://api.github.com/users/mperham/repos
- Sidekiq: Simple, efficient background jobs for Ruby, sidekiq.org: https://sidekiq.org
- About | Sidekiq, sidekiq.org: https://sidekiq.org/about
- Contributed Systems — background job systems for modern applications, contribsys.com: https://www.contribsys.com
- Faktory - high-performance background job system, contribsys.com: https://contribsys.com/faktory
- Happy Birthday Sidekiq! | Mike Perham, mikeperham.com: https://www.mikeperham.com/2013/02/05/happy-birthday-sidekiq/
- 2012 OSS Rookie Project of the Year! | Mike Perham, mikeperham.com: https://www.mikeperham.com/2013/01/30/2012-oss-rookie-project-of-the-year/
- How to make $100k in OSS by working hard | Mike Perham, mikeperham.com: https://www.mikeperham.com/2013/10/01/how-to-make-100k-in-oss-by-working-hard/
- Happy 2nd Birthday Sidekiq! | Mike Perham, mikeperham.com: https://www.mikeperham.com/2014/01/31/happy-2nd-birthday-sidekiq/
- The Path to Full-time Open Source | Mike Perham, mikeperham.com: https://www.mikeperham.com/2014/10/01/the-path-to-full-time-open-source/
- Introducing Inspeqtor | Mike Perham, mikeperham.com: https://www.mikeperham.com/2014/10/02/introducing-inspeqtor/
- Inspeqtor Pro now Open Source | Mike Perham, mikeperham.com: https://www.mikeperham.com/2015/06/19/inspeqtor-pro-now-oss/
- Sidekiq Enterprise | Mike Perham, mikeperham.com: https://www.mikeperham.com/2015/08/06/sidekiq-enterprise/
- Contributed Systems: the 2015 wrapup | Mike Perham, mikeperham.com: https://www.mikeperham.com/2016/01/05/contributed-systems-2015/
- Introducing Faktory | Mike Perham, mikeperham.com: https://www.mikeperham.com/2017/10/24/introducing-faktory/
- Introducing Faktory Pro | Mike Perham, mikeperham.com: https://www.mikeperham.com/2018/12/01/introducing-faktory-pro/
- Faktory Enterprise | Mike Perham, mikeperham.com: https://www.mikeperham.com/2020/01/08/faktory-enterprise/
- 🎉 Happy 10th Birthday, Sidekiq! 🎂 | Mike Perham, mikeperham.com: https://www.mikeperham.com/2022/01/17/happy-10th-birthday-sidekiq/
- Introducing Sidekiq 8.0 | Mike Perham, mikeperham.com: https://www.mikeperham.com/2025/03/05/introducing-sidekiq-8.0/
- Sidekiq in the terminal | Mike Perham, mikeperham.com: https://www.mikeperham.com/2026/03/10/sidekiq-in-the-terminal/
- news.ycombinator.com: https://hacker-news.firebaseio.com/v0/item/15541504.json
- news.ycombinator.com: https://hacker-news.firebaseio.com/v0/item/8400728.json
- Episode 661 | Millions in Revenue As a One-Person Software Company, startupsfortherestofus.com: https://www.startupsfortherestofus.com/episodes/episode-661-millions-in-revenue-as-a-one-person-software-company
- Mike Perham @Sidekiq. Bootstrapping a SaaS to $7M solo, saas.group: https://saas.group/podcasts/saas-unbound-interview-mike-perham-sidekiq/
- Mike Perham, garrettdimon.com: https://garrettdimon.com/starting-and-sustaining/interviews/mike-perham
- Sidekiq: Open Source, Business and the Future | RubyEvents.org, rubyevents.org: https://www.rubyevents.org/talks/sidekiq-open-source-business-and-the-future
- Site checks on 2026-10-11, MRRMaker: https://mrrmaker.com/how-it-works#checks

Labels: "verified" means confirmed by someone other than the founder; "stated" means the founder said it in public. Method: https://mrrmaker.com/how-it-works