Archive - Metacast: Behind the Scenes

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Hello from the Metacast team!

Sep 5 •

August 2024

How we priced Metacast Premium

Learn how we chose pricing tiers, the optimal price, discounts, free trial, special launch pricing, etc. for Metacast

Aug 15 •

Metacast v1.0 for Android has launched!

After more than a year in development and betas, we're launching Metacast podcast player for Android to the world!

Aug 2 •

May 2024

#17: Positioning, power struggle and D-U-N-S bureaucracy

We’ve talked to a power user who made us think about positioning Metacast not just for learners, but for folks who seek simplicity. Our first power…

May 17 •

30:06

#16: We're back!

A massive update since March

May 3

38:50

March 2024

There is one thing I really liked at Google — “Snippets.” Way back when Google was an innovation powerhouse, its founders, Larry Page and Sergey Brin…

Mar 27 •

#14: How we chose the market to go after

How we were thinking about product-market-fit, potential revenue, and entering a market that already has strong players

Mar 7

49:24

February 2024

#13: How we launched the beta of Metacast

...spoiler alert - most things went right, but we managed to break the app just before launching

Feb 22

40:58

#12: We've launched open beta of Metacast!

We’d like to share some exciting news! We’ve just launched our podcast app Metacast in open beta on iOS and Android!

Feb 12 •

47:38

January 2024

#11: Post-vacation guilt & case study on making decisions

...and also our new podcast - Builders Gonna Build!

Jan 24

50:38

Introducing Builders Gonna Build;

...an emergency newsletter wee-oo/wee-oo/wee-oo 🚨

Jan 18 •

4:04

#10: The overdue update on 2023 & plans for 2024

This newsletter and our podcast are our diary of building Metacast, a podcast app that reimagines what listening to podcasts could be like. We’re…

Jan 16 •

50:06

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