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Hildebrand: Co-founded Squidoo, Grew it to Over $10M Revenue

Gil Hildebrand · How I Built It: $30K/month Micro-SaaS (Subscribr Breakdown) · Dec 2, 2025 · at 2:17

Gil Hildebrand, founder of Subscribr, discusses his entrepreneurial history prior to bootstrapping micro-SaaS applications.

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“I co-founded a company called Squidoo, which was a social publishing platform. We grew that to over Ten million dollars in revenue.”

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The claim, plainly

Gil Hildebrand co-founded social publishing platform Squidoo and grew it to over $10 million in revenue.

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Assessment

The first leg of the claim is verified: historical records and founder Seth Godin's October 2005 announcement establish that Gil Hildebrand Jr. was part of the original founding team and served as Chief Technology Officer. However, the second leg—that Squidoo reached over $10 million in revenue—cannot be verified with independent public records. Squidoo was a privately held LLC from 2005 until its acquisition by HubPages in August 2014 and never published audited financial filings or top-line revenue figures beyond broad disclosures regarding royalty and charity payouts. The $10 million revenue figure is documented solely through self-reported statements by Hildebrand.

Seth Godin's October 17, 2005 blog post and historical company directories confirm Gil Hildebrand Jr. as a founding member and Chief Engineer/CTO of Squidoo LLC.
Squidoo operated as a private entity until its assets were acquired by HubPages in August 2014 without public release of audited gross revenue totals.
The $10 million revenue metric is self-reported by Hildebrand in interviews and lacks independent third-party or regulatory public documentation.

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