Poprad, High Tatras, Slovakia
Richard Patey
Building internet businesses since 2011. Some are still running. Some got bought. A few got a decent burial.
British, based in Poprad in the High Tatras, Slovakia. I build small, profitable internet businesses, and now real-life ones too. All of them designed from day one to be sold.
15years building online
7exits, two of them six figures
$100K+newsletter sponsorship revenue
Track record
13 businesses. 4 live, 7 sold, 2 retired.
| Icon | Project | What it is | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peak EnglishSince 2026 | A business English school in Poprad, built to outlast its founder. AI fixed everyone's emails. It didn't fix the Monday call. | Live | |
| BidPadelSince 2026 | The leaderboard of businesses behind UK padel, ranked by who bids the most. At least it's honest about it. | Live | |
| EquilibriumSince 2026 | Know your true poker win rate, not the one you tell your mates. | Live | |
| The NewsletterSince 2012 | Updates from the Tatras: what I'm building, buying and learning. | Live | |
| Redundant.lol2026 | "Make yourself redundant before AI does." A newsletter and community about AI and going solo. It took its own advice. | Retired | |
| WhyNot.Bot2025 to 2026 | An AI agency for small businesses. Retired so I could go all in on Redundant. | Retired | |
| LetterOperators2023 to 2026 | Done-for-you newsletters for US businesses, run with AI. Grew to 20 customers at $499/mo, then someone bought it. | Sold 2026 | |
| The Newsletter Business2023 to 2024 | Everything I knew about running newsletters for profit, in one place. Its course, The Newsletter Is The Business, sold over $10K. Then someone bought the lot. | Sold 2024 | |
| Acquire.gg2022 to 2023 | A network of business, investing and creator newsletters, plus sponsorship management for brands. Scott Oldford bought it for his media rollup.Press release | Sold 2023 | |
| Alts Cafe2021 to 2022 | A newsletter and Discord for alternative asset investors: crypto, NFTs, content sites, domains. Flippa bought it eight weeks after launch and hired me with it.Press release | Acqui-hired 2022 | |
| Website Investing2019 to 2020 | A newsletter and podcast on buying and selling websites. Sold seven months after launch, and the buyer built Investing.io on it.The write-up | Sold 2020 | |
| FunnelEngine2015 to 2017 | Software reviews and marketing funnels for people who wanted the traffic without the guesswork.Press release | Sold 2017 | |
| iPanorama Prints2012 to 2016 | Big prints of iPhone panoramas, from the moment the iPhone learned to take them. My first business, and where I taught myself SEO. Sold on Empire Flippers. | Sold 2016 |
Always building. Occasionally selling.
Now
Right now I'm building BidPadel, a leaderboard of the businesses behind UK padel. The top spot in each category goes to whoever bids the most, and every bid sits on the board in plain sight. Alongside it I'm building Peak English, a business English school here in Poprad.
See the leaderboard