Figtree
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Free, clean geometric sans-serif typeface for web and mobile apps.
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Erik Kennedy vs Jack Butcher
Products, revenue & stack compared side by side.
Founder of Visualize Value: minimalist visuals, courses on leverage, and digital art
@jackbutcher United States
Erik Kennedy vs Jack Butcher at a glance
Erik Kennedy and Jack Butcher are both indie makers listed on IndieMakerList. They overlap in Educators & Course Creators, Design Tools and Creators & Writers. Erik is based in Seattle, United States, Jack in United States. Erik Kennedy has 1 product listed on IndieMakerList vs Jack Butcher's 3. On X, Erik has about 16K followers and Jack about 354K.
Side-by-side comparison
- Based in
- Erik Kennedy: Seattle, United States
- Jack Butcher: United States
- Started
- Erik Kennedy: —
- Jack Butcher: 2019 (7 yrs indie)
- Revenue (self-reported)
- Erik Kennedy: Not public
- Jack Butcher: Not public
- Products listed
- Erik Kennedy: 1
- Jack Butcher: 3
- Product status
- Erik Kennedy: 1 active
- Jack Butcher: 3 active
- X followers
- Erik Kennedy: 16K
- Jack Butcher: 354K
- Categories
- Erik Kennedy: Educators & Course CreatorsDesign ToolsCreators & Writers
- Jack Butcher: Creators & WritersEducators & Course CreatorsDesign Tools
- Style
- Erik Kennedy: —
- Jack Butcher: solobootstrapped
- Courses & resources
- Erik Kennedy: 4
- 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
Visualize Value
visualizevalue.com
Visual essays, courses, wallpapers, tools and merch about value creation and leverage.
Checks VV Edition
jack.art
Digital art edition launched in 2023 that became one of the most traded on-chain art projects.
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.
No stack shared publicly.
No stack shared publicly.
How they build
- Learn design through concrete, tactical rules instead of abstract theory.
- Analyse great designs closely and steal like an artist.
- Question your gut reactions and practise constantly.
- Teach from memory of what it was like to struggle as a beginner.
- 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 Erik and Jack
- [course] Learn UI Design
- [course] Learn UX Design
- [course] Landing Page Academy
- [newsletter] Design Hacks · Free
- [course] The Fundamentals of Value · Free
- [course] How to Visualize Value · Free
- [course] The Permissionless Apprentice · Free
- [course] Build Once, Sell Twice · Free
- [course] Make Service Great Again · Free
- [course] Context is Capital · Free
Erik Kennedy vs Jack Butcher FAQ
Who makes more money, Erik Kennedy or Jack Butcher?
Neither Erik Kennedy nor Jack Butcher has publicly reported a revenue figure that IndieMakerList tracks, so it's not public.
Who has built more products, Erik Kennedy or Jack Butcher?
Erik Kennedy has 1 product listed (Figtree); Jack Butcher has 3 products listed (Visualize Value, Checks VV Edition and jackbutcher.md).
Where are Erik Kennedy and Jack Butcher based?
Erik Kennedy: Seattle, United States. Jack Butcher: United States.
Who has been an indie maker longer, Erik Kennedy or Jack Butcher?
Erik Kennedy's start year isn't listed; Jack Butcher started in 2019 (7 years indie).
Are Erik Kennedy and Jack Butcher bootstrapped?
Jack Butcher is listed as bootstrapped; Erik Kennedy isn't tagged as bootstrapped on IndieMakerList.
Full profiles
Read the full story, timeline and links on Erik Kennedy's profile and Jack Butcher's profile.
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