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Brett Williams vs Jack Butcher

Products, revenue & stack compared side by side.

Brett Williams avatar

Brett Williams

Solo designer running Designjoy, a $1M+/yr one-person design subscription

@BrettFromDJ United States
Jack Butcher avatar

Jack Butcher

Founder of Visualize Value: minimalist visuals, courses on leverage, and digital art

@jackbutcher United States

Brett Williams vs Jack Butcher at a glance

Both Brett Williams and Jack Butcher are bootstrapped solo founders. They overlap in Design Tools and Educators & Course Creators. Brett is based in Phoenix, United States, Jack in United States. Brett started in 2017 and Jack in 2019. Brett Williams has 4 products listed on IndieMakerList vs Jack Butcher's 3. Brett self-reports $100K MRR (Designjoy) + $12K MRR (Productize Yourself) (as of 2026); Jack hasn't shared a revenue figure publicly. On X, Brett has about 171K followers and Jack about 354K.

Side-by-side comparison

Based in
Brett Williams: Phoenix, United States
Jack Butcher: United States
Started
Brett Williams: 2017 (9 yrs indie)
Jack Butcher: 2019 (7 yrs indie)
Revenue (self-reported)
Brett Williams: $100K MRR (Designjoy) + $12K MRR (Productize Yourself)self-reported, as of 2026 · source for Brett Williams's revenue
Jack Butcher: Not public
Products listed
Brett Williams: 4
Jack Butcher: 3
Product status
Brett Williams: 4 active
Jack Butcher: 3 active
X followers
Brett Williams: 171K
Jack Butcher: 354K
Categories
Brett Williams: Productized ServicesDesign ToolsEducators & Course Creators
Jack Butcher: Creators & WritersEducators & Course CreatorsDesign Tools
Style
Brett Williams: solobootstrappedbuilds in public
Jack Butcher: solobootstrapped
Courses & resources
Brett Williams: 1
Jack Butcher: 6

Revenue figures are self-reported by each maker and not audited; dates and scope differ. Highlighted categories are shared by both.

Top products

Brett Williams avatarBrett Williams

Designjoy logo

Designjoy

designjoy.co

One-person unlimited design subscription for startups with a flat monthly fee.

$100K MRR
Productize Yourself logo

Productize Yourself

productizeyourself.co

Course teaching how to build a solo productized service business.

$12K MRR
GatherOS logo

GatherOS

gatheros.co

New product Brett is building alongside Designjoy.

Playgrnd logo

Playgrnd

playgrnd.tools

Collection of tools Brett is building.

Jack Butcher avatarJack Butcher

Visualize Value logo

Visualize Value

visualizevalue.com

Visual essays, courses, wallpapers, tools and merch about value creation and leverage.

Checks VV Edition logo

Checks VV Edition

jack.art

Digital art edition launched in 2023 that became one of the most traded on-chain art projects.

jackbutcher.md logo

jackbutcher.md

github.com

Open source writing-voice file distilled from roughly 50,000 of his tweets for use with AI.

Tech stack

No tools in common in their publicly listed stacks. See the indie maker tech stack.

Brett Williams avatarBrett Williams

TrelloWebflowStripe

Jack Butcher avatarJack Butcher

No stack shared publicly.

How they build

Brett Williams avatarBrett Williams

  • Productize a service with a flat monthly price instead of quoting projects.
  • When demand outgrows capacity, raise prices rather than hire.
  • Stay small and keep the margins.

Jack Butcher avatarJack Butcher

  • Build once, sell twice: productize knowledge instead of selling time
  • Permissionless apprenticeship: do the work before you're asked
  • Constraints create clarity
  • Daily practice compounds

Learn from Brett and Jack

Brett Williams avatarBrett Williams

Jack Butcher avatarJack Butcher

Brett Williams vs Jack Butcher FAQ

Who makes more money, Brett Williams or Jack Butcher?

Brett Williams self-reports $100K MRR (Designjoy) + $12K MRR (Productize Yourself) (as of 2026). Jack Butcher's revenue is not public, so a direct comparison isn't possible.

Who has built more products, Brett Williams or Jack Butcher?

Brett Williams has 4 products listed (including Designjoy, Productize Yourself and GatherOS); Jack Butcher has 3 products listed (Visualize Value, Checks VV Edition and jackbutcher.md).

What tech stack do Brett Williams and Jack Butcher use?

Brett Williams uses Trello, Webflow and Stripe. Jack Butcher hasn't shared a stack. They don't list any tools in common.

Where are Brett Williams and Jack Butcher based?

Brett Williams: Phoenix, United States. Jack Butcher: United States.

Who has been an indie maker longer, Brett Williams or Jack Butcher?

Brett Williams started in 2017 (9 years indie); Jack Butcher started in 2019 (7 years indie).

Are Brett Williams and Jack Butcher bootstrapped?

Yes, both are listed as bootstrapped founders on IndieMakerList.

Full profiles

Read the full story, timeline and links on Brett Williams's profile and Jack Butcher's profile.

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