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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