Episode 693 | Building a Mid-Six-Figure SaaS in Less Than 3 Years

In episode 693, Rob Walling interviews Grant McConnaughey, founder of Postpone, a social media scheduling tool. They discuss the app's growth from inception to mid six figures, early growth tactics, a successful price increase, and platform risks with Reddit and Twitter. Grant also shares his experience going all-in on one idea, joining TinySeed, and reveals what he can still improve upon.
Topics we cover:
- 2:04 - Postpone starts off as part of a New Year’s resolution
- 4:13 - Validating and building the MVP to schedule content for Reddit
- 6:44 - Launching lean to slow growth in the beginning
- 9:10 - Doing things that don’t scale
- 10:53 - What were the reasons for joining TinySeed
- 13:06 - Full time focus and pricing changes enabled strong growth for Postpone
- 17:15 - Initial hesitation for raising prices at first
- 22:08 - Experiencing and overcoming Reddit platform risk
- 26:00 - What could Grant be doing better?
Links from the Show:
- [MicroConf Connect](microconf.com/...)
- [TinySeed](tinyseed.com/)
- [Grant McConnaughey (@gmcconnaughey) | X]( / gmcconnaughey )
- [Postone’s MRR graph | X]( / 1646889003197640706 )
- [Postpone](www.postpone.app/)
- [Adam Wathan (@adamwathan) | X]( / adamwathan )
- [Traction](a.co/d/1a1pqUr) by Gabriel Weinberg and Justin Mares
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