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Daniel Vassallo vs Pat Flynn

Products, revenue & stack compared side by side.

Daniel Vassallo

Ex-Amazon engineer who popularized the small bets portfolio approach

@dvassallo United States

Pat Flynn

Founder of Smart Passive Income, author of Will It Fly? and Superfans, Pokémon YouTuber

@PatFlynn United States

Daniel Vassallo vs Pat Flynn at a glance

Both Daniel Vassallo and Pat Flynn are bootstrapped, build in public and have sold at least one product. They overlap in Educators & Course Creators, Community Builders and Creators & Writers. Daniel is based in United States, Pat in San Diego, United States. Daniel started in 2019 and Pat in 2008. Daniel Vassallo has 4 products listed on IndieMakerList vs Pat Flynn's 3. Daniel has sold 1 product and Pat the same number. Daniel self-reports $210K profit in 9 months (info products) (as of 2020); Pat hasn't shared a revenue figure publicly. On X, Daniel has about 205K followers and Pat about 171K.

Side-by-side comparison

Based in: Daniel Vassallo: United States; Pat Flynn: San Diego, United States
Started: Daniel Vassallo: 2019 (7 yrs indie); Pat Flynn: 2008 (18 yrs indie)
Revenue (self-reported): Daniel Vassallo: $210K profit in 9 months (info products)self-reported, as of 2020 · source for Daniel Vassallo's revenue; Pat Flynn: Not public
Products listed: Daniel Vassallo: 4; Pat Flynn: 3
Product status: Daniel Vassallo: 3 active · 1 acquired; Pat Flynn: 2 active · 1 acquired
X followers: Daniel Vassallo: 205K; Pat Flynn: 171K
Categories: Daniel Vassallo: Educators & Course Creators Community Builders Creators & Writers Developer Tools; Pat Flynn: Creators & Writers Educators & Course Creators Community Builders
Style: Daniel Vassallo: solobootstrappedbuilds in publicexited; Pat Flynn: bootstrappedbuilds in publicexited
Courses & resources: Daniel Vassallo: 3; Pat Flynn: 6

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

Tech stack

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

Daniel Vassallo

No stack shared publicly.

Pat Flynn

No stack shared publicly.

How they build

Daniel Vassallo

Place many small bets instead of one big bet; outcomes are hard to predict.
Keep things simple and avoid leaving your fate to a single employer or product.
Build an audience by sharing what you know openly.
Optimize for independence and optionality over prestige.

Pat Flynn

Serve your audience first; generosity builds trust and income follows.
Validate an idea with real customers before building it out.
Be transparent about results, including failures.
Work hard up front on systems that keep paying off later.
Turn an audience into superfans by caring about their success.

Learn from Daniel and Pat

Daniel Vassallo

[book] The Good Parts of AWS
[course] Everyone Can Build a Twitter Audience
[community] Small Bets

Pat Flynn

Daniel Vassallo vs Pat Flynn FAQ

Who makes more money, Daniel Vassallo or Pat Flynn?

Daniel Vassallo self-reports $210K profit in 9 months (info products) (as of 2020). Pat Flynn's revenue is not public, so a direct comparison isn't possible.

Who has built more products, Daniel Vassallo or Pat Flynn?

Daniel Vassallo has 4 products listed (including Small Bets, Userbase and Single Server); Pat Flynn has 3 products listed (Smart Passive Income, SwitchPod and Deep Pocket Monster).