Justin Welsh
Founder of Justin Welsh
New York City Metropolitan Area
Overview
Work Experience
Writer
2022 - Current
I teach 175,000+ entrepreneurs how to grow without wasting money on ads, chasing vanity metrics, or working nights and weekends. I built my own one-person business to $10M+ in online sales with zero outbound, zero sales calls, and no team, and my playbooks have helped thousands of readers quit jobs, 5x their revenue, and finally take control of their time. Everything I share is tested in the real world, not dreamed up in some agency boardroom. Join 175,000+ solopreneurs who get the playbook every Saturday: justinwelsh.me/subscribe
Founder
2019
Practical guidance to help you start and scale your one-person internet business.
Founder
2025
A private network of 800+ entrepreneurs building profitable businesses that improve their lives. Live chat, monthly workshops, and exclusive private events.
Angel Investor
2023
Kit is an online seller of consumer products.
Raised $2,500,000.00 from Civilization Ventures, Plug and Play, #Angels, Black Angel Tech Fund, Social Capital, Precursor Ventures, April Underwood, Authentic Ventures, StartX (Stanford-StartX Fund) and Ellen Pao.
Angel Investor
2021
Real-time, personalized AI-driven sales enablement.
Raised $60,614,997.00 from Renegade Partners, Craft Ventures, Matchstick Ventures, Felicis, Foundry Group, Sarona Ventures, Bonfire Ventures and Operator Collective.
Angel Investor
2021
Acquire.com (formerly MicroAcquire) is the world's largest startup acquisition marketplace that helps startups find buyers and get acquired.
Raised $11,300,000.00 from Interplay, Michael Mignano and Shrug Capital.
Angel Investor
2021
Gumroad owns and operates an online service through which users can buy and sell digital goods such as design templates and source codes.
Raised $16,100,000.00 from Apoorv Tyagi, Zeno Rocha, Phil Quist, George Burke, Joshua Fidrmuc, Founders Committee Ventures, Bay Wharf Capital, Grant Belgard and Ahmad Awais.
Member
2019
Pavilion is a private membership for high-growth leaders to achieve their professional potential.
Raised $25,000,000.00 from Elephant.
Limited Partner
2021 - 2022
Early stage fund with an investor network consisting of GTM executives who've seen zero to IPO.
Mentor
2020 - 2022
500 Latin America invests in companies from different industries at an early stage that use technology to be able to serve more clients.
Education
BSBA
1999 - 2003