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
If you have questions about starting or scaling a software business that you’d like for us to cover, please submit your question for an upcoming episode. We’d love to hear from you!
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