His chrome extension just got $60k offer, he said no, now 400k users, $40k ARR

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Updated: November 19th, 2023

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Tim Leland started a link management and URL shortener tool called T.LY in 2020.

The founder comes from a software engineer background and has deep knowledge of programming & software development.

He wanted to create software to simplify the process of creating short links with just one click. As a result, he developed the URL Shortener browser extension, which streamlines the process of designing, sharing, and tracking short URLs.

The concept for the URL shortener extension emerged as Google was deactivating its own. T.LY currently tracks more than 100 million clicks from more than 10 million short URLs.

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