Tiny
tiny.com
Holding company that buys profitable internet and consumer businesses and holds them long term.
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Andrew Wilkinson vs Rob Walling
Products, revenue & stack compared side by side.
Drip founder, MicroConf and TinySeed co-founder, host of Startups for the Rest of Us
@robwalling United States
Andrew Wilkinson vs Rob Walling at a glance
Both Andrew Wilkinson and Rob Walling are bootstrapped and are serial makers. They overlap in Acquirers & Indie Investors and SaaS Founders. Andrew is based in Victoria, Canada, Rob in Minneapolis, United States. Andrew Wilkinson has 4 products listed on IndieMakerList vs Rob Walling's 3. Rob has sold 1 product. On X, Andrew has about 392K followers and Rob about 41K.
Side-by-side comparison
- Based in
- Andrew Wilkinson: Victoria, Canada
- Rob Walling: Minneapolis, United States
- Started
- Andrew Wilkinson: 2006 (20 yrs indie)
- Rob Walling: —
- Revenue (self-reported)
- Andrew Wilkinson: Not public
- Rob Walling: Not public
- Products listed
- Andrew Wilkinson: 4
- Rob Walling: 3
- Product status
- Andrew Wilkinson: 4 active
- Rob Walling: 2 active · 1 acquired
- X followers
- Andrew Wilkinson: 392K
- Rob Walling: 41K
- Categories
- Andrew Wilkinson: Acquirers & Indie InvestorsProductized ServicesSaaS Founders
- Rob Walling: SaaS FoundersEducators & Course CreatorsAcquirers & Indie InvestorsCommunity Builders
- Style
- Andrew Wilkinson: bootstrappedserial maker
- Rob Walling: bootstrappedexitedserial maker
- Courses & resources
- Andrew Wilkinson: 2
- Rob Walling: 4
Revenue figures are self-reported by each maker and not audited; dates and scope differ. Highlighted categories are shared by both.
Top products
MetaLab
metalab.com
Product design agency known for interface work for companies like Slack, Coinbase and Uber.
Dribbble
dribbble.com
Community where designers share work and get hired, owned by Tiny.
Letterboxd
letterboxd.com
Social platform for logging, rating and reviewing films; Tiny took a majority stake in 2023.
Tech stack
No tools in common in their publicly listed stacks. See the indie maker tech stack.
No stack shared publicly.
No stack shared publicly.
How they build
- Buy wonderful businesses and let the existing teams run them.
- Prefer profitable, durable businesses with real moats over speculative bets.
- Hire great operators and design yourself out of day-to-day work.
- Give founders a fast, straightforward exit that protects their team and culture.
- Start small: begin with tiny products before attempting a big SaaS (the stair-step approach).
- You do not need venture capital to build a meaningful, life-changing SaaS.
- Focus relentlessly on one product and one marketing channel that works.
- Pick B2B niches where customers pay for a painful problem.
- Optimize for freedom, relationships and purpose, not just valuation.
Learn from Andrew and Rob
- [book] Never Enough: From Barista to Billionaire
- [newsletter] Andrew's Newsletter
- [book] The SaaS Playbook
- [book] Start Small, Stay Small
- [podcast] Startups for the Rest of Us
- [community] MicroConf
Andrew Wilkinson vs Rob Walling FAQ
Who makes more money, Andrew Wilkinson or Rob Walling?
Neither Andrew Wilkinson nor Rob Walling has publicly reported a revenue figure that IndieMakerList tracks, so it's not public.
Who has built more products, Andrew Wilkinson or Rob Walling?
Andrew Wilkinson has 4 products listed (including Tiny, MetaLab and Dribbble); Rob Walling has 3 products listed (TinySeed, MicroConf and Drip).
Where are Andrew Wilkinson and Rob Walling based?
Andrew Wilkinson: Victoria, Canada. Rob Walling: Minneapolis, United States.
Who has been an indie maker longer, Andrew Wilkinson or Rob Walling?
Andrew Wilkinson started in 2006 (20 years indie); Rob Walling's start year isn't listed.
Are Andrew Wilkinson and Rob Walling bootstrapped?
Yes, both are listed as bootstrapped founders on IndieMakerList.
Full profiles
Read the full story, timeline and links on Andrew Wilkinson's profile and Rob Walling's profile.
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