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



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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