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Happy Thanksgiving & Black Friday
For me, an immigrant to the US at a grown-up age of 29, Thanksgiving was always a holiday I wish we had back home.
Dec 1, 2024
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Ilya Bezdelev
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November 2024
Our first $500 in revenue
Celebrating a milestone
Nov 14, 2024
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Ilya Bezdelev
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Our first $500 in revenue
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October 2024
Dropping the price by 60%
Metacast Premium is now $19.99
Oct 18, 2024
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Ilya Bezdelev
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Rejected by Apple and Google
How we launched Metacast on iOS and Android
Oct 7, 2024
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Ilya Bezdelev
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Rejected by Apple and Google
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September 2024
🚀 Support us on Product Hunt + 51% off Premium till end of the week
Hello from the Metacast team!
Sep 5, 2024
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Ilya Bezdelev
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🚀 Support us on Product Hunt + 51% off Premium till end of the week
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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, 2024
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Ilya Bezdelev
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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, 2024
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Ilya Bezdelev
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Metacast v1.0 for Android has launched!
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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, 2024
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30:06
#16: We're back!
A massive update since March
May 3, 2024
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March 2024
#15: Snippets
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, 2024
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#15: Snippets
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#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, 2024
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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, 2024
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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, 2024
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Ilya Bezdelev
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January 2024
#11: Post-vacation guilt & case study on making decisions
...and also our new podcast - Builders Gonna Build!
Jan 24, 2024
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50:38
Introducing Builders Gonna Build;
...an emergency newsletter wee-oo/wee-oo/wee-oo 🚨
Jan 18, 2024
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#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, 2024
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November 2023
#9: Good stuff takes time to build
...and also the power of serendipity in the age of social media
Nov 24, 2023
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Ilya Bezdelev
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#9: Good stuff takes time to build
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Behind the scenes #8: Anti-hardcore startup culture
...and also raw honesty of building in public and 2x-ing our engineering team!
Nov 10, 2023
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Ilya Bezdelev
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Behind the scenes #8: Anti-hardcore startup culture
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October 2023
Behind the scenes #7: What we learned from launching an MVP
...also instrumenting metrics, new podcast episodes and free access to our book for podcasters for a limited time
Oct 27, 2023
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Ilya Bezdelev
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Behind the scenes #7: What we learned from launching an MVP
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Behind the scenes #6: First hire, chaos engineering, landing page
In this issue:
Oct 13, 2023
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Ilya Bezdelev
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Behind the scenes #6: First hire, chaos engineering, landing page
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September 2023
Behind the scenes #5: Async communication in a tech startup
...and also Google shutting down their podcasts app
Sep 29, 2023
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Ilya Bezdelev
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Behind the scenes #5: Async communication in a tech startup
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Behind the scenes #4: Love & hate relationship with Google, first hire, and power of focus
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Sep 15, 2023
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Ilya Bezdelev
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Arnab Deka
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Behind the scenes #4: Love & hate relationship with Google, first hire, and power of focus
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Behind the scenes #3: Shipping daily, the ultimate productivity hack
... and also closed beta and social media updates
Sep 8, 2023
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Ilya Bezdelev
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Behind the scenes #3: Shipping daily, the ultimate productivity hack
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August 2023
Behind the scenes #2: The first all-nighter at a calm company
Are we failing at being calm? No, we are not.
Aug 23, 2023
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Ilya Bezdelev
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