Ship 30 for 30
ship30for30.com
Cohort writing program to publish 30 Atomic Essays in 30 days.
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Nicolas Cole vs Pat Flynn
Products, revenue & stack compared side by side.
Writer and co-founder of Ship 30 for 30, author of The Art & Business of Online Writing
@Nicolascole77 United States
Founder of Smart Passive Income, author of Will It Fly? and Superfans, Pokémon YouTuber
@PatFlynn United States
Nicolas Cole vs Pat Flynn at a glance
Both Nicolas Cole and Pat Flynn are bootstrapped. They overlap in Educators & Course Creators and Creators & Writers. Nicolas is based in Scottsdale, United States, Pat in San Diego, United States. Nicolas Cole has 5 products listed on IndieMakerList vs Pat Flynn's 3. Pat has sold 1 product. On X, Nicolas has about 228K followers and Pat about 171K.
Side-by-side comparison
- Based in
- Nicolas Cole: Scottsdale, United States
- Pat Flynn: San Diego, United States
- Started
- Nicolas Cole: —
- Pat Flynn: 2008 (18 yrs indie)
- Revenue (self-reported)
- Nicolas Cole: Not public
- Pat Flynn: Not public
- Products listed
- Nicolas Cole: 5
- Pat Flynn: 3
- Product status
- Nicolas Cole: 5 active
- Pat Flynn: 1 active · 1 acquired · 1 shut down
- X followers
- Nicolas Cole: 228K
- Pat Flynn: 171K
- Categories
- Nicolas Cole: Educators & Course CreatorsCreators & Writers
- Pat Flynn: Creators & WritersEducators & Course CreatorsCommunity Builders
- Style
- Nicolas Cole: duobootstrapped
- Pat Flynn: bootstrappedbuilds in publicexited
- Courses & resources
- Nicolas Cole: 4
- Pat Flynn: 6
Revenue figures are self-reported by each maker and not audited; dates and scope differ. Highlighted categories are shared by both.
Top products
Premium Ghostwriting Academy
premiumghostwritingacademy.com
Training program for building a premium ghostwriting business.
Typeshare
typeshare.co
Writing app with templates for social posts and Atomic Essays.
Category Pirates
categorypirates.news
Paid newsletter and book series on category design, co-created with Christopher Lochhead and Eddie Yoon.
Online business education brand with a blog, podcast, courses and membership community.
Handheld tripod designed for vloggers and content creators, which Flynn co-invented.
Deep Pocket Monster
youtube.com
YouTube channel about Pokémon card collecting and the hobby's history.
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
- Writing online is a skill and a business; treat it like both.
- Volume and consistency come before quality and virality.
- Package what you know into a clear category you can own.
- 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 Nicolas and Pat
- [book] The Art & Business of Online Writing · $9.99
- [book] The Art & Business of Ghostwriting · $9.99
- [course] Ship 30 for 30 · $99/mo
- [course] Premium Ghostwriting Academy
- [podcast] Smart Passive Income Podcast
- [book] Will It Fly?
- [book] Superfans
- [book] Lean Learning
- [course] Power-Up Podcasting
- [youtube] Deep Pocket Monster
Nicolas Cole vs Pat Flynn FAQ
Who makes more money, Nicolas Cole or Pat Flynn?
Neither Nicolas Cole nor Pat Flynn has publicly reported a revenue figure that IndieMakerList tracks, so it's not public.
Who has built more products, Nicolas Cole or Pat Flynn?
Nicolas Cole has 5 products listed (including Ship 30 for 30, Premium Ghostwriting Academy and Typeshare); Pat Flynn has 3 products listed (Smart Passive Income, SwitchPod and Deep Pocket Monster).
Where are Nicolas Cole and Pat Flynn based?
Nicolas Cole: Scottsdale, United States. Pat Flynn: San Diego, United States.
Who has been an indie maker longer, Nicolas Cole or Pat Flynn?
Nicolas Cole's start year isn't listed; Pat Flynn started in 2008 (18 years indie).
Are Nicolas Cole and Pat Flynn bootstrapped?
Yes, both are listed as bootstrapped founders on IndieMakerList.
Full profiles
Read the full story, timeline and links on Nicolas Cole's profile and Pat Flynn's profile.
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