Metacast: Behind the scenes

52. Our first existential startup crisis

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We had our first existential crisis when Apple announced that they're adding transcripts to Apple Podcasts. We panicked for a few minutes, regrouped, and decided to ship Metacast in open beta ASAP.

On the episode, Arnab, Ilya and Jennie discuss the whole ordeal as it was happening.

Get Metacast at ⁠metacast.app⁠.

Join the r/metacastapp subreddit.

Segments

[01:09] Launch stages at Google and Amazon

[07:21] Our secret sauce

[13:00] Why we decided to start talking about the app openly

[17:22] Our first existential crisis

[31:07] Re-evaluation of priorities

[34:35] Building a community on Reddit

[38:03] Books and podcasts recommendations


Links

Metacast

  • Get Metacast for iOS and Android

  • r/metacastapp subreddit

    • Podcasts

    • Interview with Christian Selig on Builders Gonna Build

    • Getting Curious with Jonathan Van Ness

    • The Game w/ Alex Hormozi

      • Books

      • Broken Code: Inside Facebook and the Fight to Expose Its Harmful Secrets by Jeff Horwitz

      • The Wanderer by Sharon Creech

      • The Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr. & E. B. White

      • Learn Spanish with Paul Noble for Beginners by Paul Noble

      • Next Steps in Spanish with Paul Noble for Intermediate Learners by Paul Noble

      • Bone by Jeff Smith

      • Sandman by Neil Gaiman

      • Dog Man by Dav Pilkey

      • We Are Legion (We Are Bob): Bobiverse, Book 1 by Dennis E. Taylor

      • Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell

        • Shows

        • Queer Eye on Netflix


          • Get in touch

          • 🚀 Get the Metacast podcast app: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://metacast.app⁠⁠⁠⁠
          • 👥 Join our subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/metacastapp/
          • ✉️ Subscribe to Metacast newsletter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.metacastpodcast.com⁠⁠⁠⁠
          • 👋 Send feedback or say hi: [email protected]
          • 📕 Get our book! The Pragmatic Podcaster: a step-by-step guide to starting an amazing podcast: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CFPMT8WW⁠⁠⁠⁠
          • 👚 Metacast merch: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://merch.metacastpodcast.com
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