53. How we launched Metacast in beta Metacast: Behind the scenes

We broke Metacast just before launching it in open beta. Ouch.
On this episode, we talk about the launch, how it went, and what we’ve learned.
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Segments
[02:13] Get The Pragmatic Podcaster book for free
[03:33] We broke Metacast just before launch
[08:39] How we fixed the problem
[14:04] The other way we broke the app
[16:27] Publishing to Apple and Google
[20:04] Marketing for open beta
[24:10] Business metrics
[30:38] This is just the beginning
[34:20] Podcast and book recommendations
Links
Metacast

Get Metacast for iOS and Android

r/metacastapp subreddit

The Pragmatic Podcaster book by Ilya


Open beta launch content and mentions

Reddit post

LinkedIn post

Pod News mention


Tools

Tramline - CI/CD for mobile apps


Podcasts

Metacast Ep. 40 - Automating mobile app releases with Tramline founders

Builders Gonna Build

Podcast Marketing Trends Explained

We Tried the Apple Vision Pro + Can Congress Protect Kids Online? + Cruise’s Crash on the Hard Fork podcast

The Vision Pro Reviews Are Here on the Techmeme Ride Home podcast

Zuckerberg on the Vision Pro vs. Quest (video)

How the Acquired podcast grew, and why they switched to Transistor on the Build Your SaaS podcast

NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang on the Acquired podcast

Charlie Munger on the Acquired podcast


Books

Elon Musk by Walter Isaacson

The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

Children of Dune by Frank Herbert


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