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

• TinySeed)

• Grant McConnaughey (@gmcconnaughey) | X)

• Postone’s MRR graph | X)

• Postpone)

• Adam Wathan (@adamwathan) | X)

• Traction) by Gabriel Weinberg and Justin Mares

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