# Rob Walling
Building since 2005. Not reviewed by Rob.
Page: https://mrrmaker.com/@robwalling
Sold HitTail (2015), then Drip to Leadpages (2016); six companies
In their words: "I’m a serial entrepreneur who’s started six companies (five bootstrapped)." (robwalling.com)

## Numbers
- Revenue: almost $2M ARR, Drip (● last reported 2015)
- Products: 6
- Building since: 2005

## Products
- Drip (2012 – 2016): sold, sold to Leadpages
- HitTail (2011 – 2015): sold, sold to an undisclosed buyer
- The SaaS Playbook: dates not stated in any source
- Start Small, Stay Small: dates not stated in any source
- Startups for the Rest of Us: dates not stated in any source

## Timeline
- Nov 2020: On Built to Sell Radio, episode 261 [stated]
- Oct 2018: Co-founded TinySeed, an accelerator for bootstrapped startups [stated]
- Jul 2016: Sold Drip to Leadpages [verified]
- Dec 2015: Sold HitTail to an undisclosed buyer [stated]
- 2012: Launched Drip [stated]
- 2011: Acquired HitTail [stated]

## How sure
2 verified by someone other than Rob, 21 stated by Rob in public, 4 outdated. Read on 11 Oct 2026.

## Sources
- Rob Walling | Serial Entrepreneur Helping SaaS Founders Thrive, robwalling.com: https://robwalling.com
- About Rob Walling, robwalling.com: https://robwalling.com/about
- Announcement: Leadpages Has Acquired Drip, leadpages.com: https://www.leadpages.com/blog/leadpages-acquires-drip
- What I Learned Buying, Growing, and Selling My Startup, robwalling.com: https://robwalling.com/essays/2015/12/02/what-i-learned-buying-growing-and-selling-my-startup
- The Stair Step Method of Bootstrapping, robwalling.com: https://robwalling.com/essays/2015/03/26/the-stair-step-method-of-bootstrapping
- Sale of Drip: Rob Walling's journey to get Business Deals, builttosell.com: https://builttosell.com/radio/episode-261/
- My Next Act: The First Startup Accelerator for Bootstrappers, robwalling.com: https://robwalling.com/essays/2018/10/12/my-next-act-the-first-startup-accelerator-designed-for-bootstrappers
- 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