<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>The Post-MVP Dispatch</title><description>Founder therapy in three minutes or less. Brutally honest product strategy for post-MVP SaaS founders.</description><link>https://www.thepostmvpguy.com/</link><language>en-us</language><item><title>No. 33: &quot;Your Onboarding Flow Is a Time Bomb&quot;</title><link>https://www.thepostmvpguy.com/dispatch/dispatch-33/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.thepostmvpguy.com/dispatch/dispatch-33/</guid><description>Your onboarding isn&apos;t helping users.</description><category>onboarding</category><category>retention</category><category>roadmap</category></item><item><title>No. 32: &quot;Feature Requests Are Founder Kryptonite&quot;</title><link>https://www.thepostmvpguy.com/dispatch/dispatch-32/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.thepostmvpguy.com/dispatch/dispatch-32/</guid><description>User feedback feels like validation.</description><category>onboarding</category><category>retention</category><category>roadmap</category></item><item><title>No. 31: Stop Optimizing Bullet Holes</title><link>https://www.thepostmvpguy.com/dispatch/dispatch-31/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.thepostmvpguy.com/dispatch/dispatch-31/</guid><description>You&apos;re building for the survivors.</description><category>onboarding</category><category>retention</category><category>roadmap</category></item><item><title>No. 30: Blockbuster thought it had time</title><link>https://www.thepostmvpguy.com/dispatch/dispatch-30/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.thepostmvpguy.com/dispatch/dispatch-30/</guid><description>Disruption doesn&apos;t knock.</description><category>roadmap</category><category>features</category><category>feedback</category></item><item><title>No. 29: Mario didn&apos;t start with Yoshi</title><link>https://www.thepostmvpguy.com/dispatch/dispatch-29/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.thepostmvpguy.com/dispatch/dispatch-29/</guid><description>He earned it.</description><category>onboarding</category><category>retention</category><category>roadmap</category></item><item><title>No. 28: Clippy had good intentions</title><link>https://www.thepostmvpguy.com/dispatch/dispatch-28/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.thepostmvpguy.com/dispatch/dispatch-28/</guid><description>But he made the product worse.</description><category>onboarding</category><category>roadmap</category><category>features</category></item><item><title>No. 27: &quot;Let the people design it&quot; is how you get an Edsel</title><link>https://www.thepostmvpguy.com/dispatch/dispatch-27/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.thepostmvpguy.com/dispatch/dispatch-27/</guid><description>Customers don&apos;t want what they say they want.</description><category>onboarding</category><category>roadmap</category><category>features</category></item><item><title>No. 26: Your first integration should be human</title><link>https://www.thepostmvpguy.com/dispatch/dispatch-26/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.thepostmvpguy.com/dispatch/dispatch-26/</guid><description>Automate nothing you haven&apos;t done manually.</description><category>retention</category><category>roadmap</category><category>features</category></item><item><title>No. 25: Everyone copies Notion and nobody wins</title><link>https://www.thepostmvpguy.com/dispatch/dispatch-25/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.thepostmvpguy.com/dispatch/dispatch-25/</guid><description>Your flexible workspace is a coffin of complexity.</description><category>onboarding</category><category>retention</category><category>roadmap</category></item><item><title>No. 24: AI isn&apos;t a feature. It&apos;s a cheat code, or it isn&apos;t</title><link>https://www.thepostmvpguy.com/dispatch/dispatch-24/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.thepostmvpguy.com/dispatch/dispatch-24/</guid><description>Stop sprinkling GPT over your product like parsley.</description><category>roadmap</category><category>features</category><category>feedback</category></item><item><title>No. 23: You&apos;re not getting referrals because nobody&apos;s proud to share</title><link>https://www.thepostmvpguy.com/dispatch/dispatch-23/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.thepostmvpguy.com/dispatch/dispatch-23/</guid><description>Products grow when they make users look smart.</description><category>onboarding</category><category>retention</category><category>roadmap</category></item><item><title>No. 22: Don&apos;t launch, corner</title><link>https://www.thepostmvpguy.com/dispatch/dispatch-22/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.thepostmvpguy.com/dispatch/dispatch-22/</guid><description>You don&apos;t need a big debut.</description><category>roadmap</category><category>features</category><category>feedback</category></item><item><title>No. 21: Building v2 too soon is founder self-harm</title><link>https://www.thepostmvpguy.com/dispatch/dispatch-21/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.thepostmvpguy.com/dispatch/dispatch-21/</guid><description>Version 1 is supposed to suck.</description><category>onboarding</category><category>retention</category><category>roadmap</category></item><item><title>No. 20: You&apos;re not charging enough to learn</title><link>https://www.thepostmvpguy.com/dispatch/dispatch-20/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.thepostmvpguy.com/dispatch/dispatch-20/</guid><description>Free users cost you clarity.</description><category>onboarding</category><category>retention</category><category>features</category></item><item><title>No. 19: Early metrics are lies with charts</title><link>https://www.thepostmvpguy.com/dispatch/dispatch-19/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.thepostmvpguy.com/dispatch/dispatch-19/</guid><description>Don&apos;t trust the dashboard until you&apos;re post-pain.</description><category>retention</category><category>roadmap</category><category>features</category></item><item><title>No. 18: Users don&apos;t churn, they escape</title><link>https://www.thepostmvpguy.com/dispatch/dispatch-18/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.thepostmvpguy.com/dispatch/dispatch-18/</guid><description>Bad UX feels like a trap.</description><category>onboarding</category><category>retention</category><category>roadmap</category></item><item><title>No. 17: Your waitlist is not a product</title><link>https://www.thepostmvpguy.com/dispatch/dispatch-17/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.thepostmvpguy.com/dispatch/dispatch-17/</guid><description>A thousand emails and zero validation.</description><category>roadmap</category><category>features</category><category>metrics</category></item><item><title>No. 16: Most UX feedback is a panic response</title><link>https://www.thepostmvpguy.com/dispatch/dispatch-16/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.thepostmvpguy.com/dispatch/dispatch-16/</guid><description>A user stumbles.</description><category>onboarding</category><category>retention</category><category>roadmap</category></item><item><title>No. 15: Retention is a UX problem, not a growth hack</title><link>https://www.thepostmvpguy.com/dispatch/dispatch-15/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.thepostmvpguy.com/dispatch/dispatch-15/</guid><description>Stop trying to email your way out of a confusing product.</description><category>onboarding</category><category>retention</category><category>roadmap</category></item><item><title>No. 14: Your free plan is a parasite</title><link>https://www.thepostmvpguy.com/dispatch/dispatch-14/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.thepostmvpguy.com/dispatch/dispatch-14/</guid><description>You launched with a generous free tier.</description><category>retention</category><category>roadmap</category><category>features</category></item><item><title>No. 13: Your early adopter isn&apos;t your target customer</title><link>https://www.thepostmvpguy.com/dispatch/dispatch-13/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.thepostmvpguy.com/dispatch/dispatch-13/</guid><description>You found a user who actually wants your half-broken MVP.</description><category>onboarding</category><category>retention</category><category>roadmap</category></item><item><title>No. 12: Your Roadmap Should Be a Graveyard</title><link>https://www.thepostmvpguy.com/dispatch/dispatch-12/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.thepostmvpguy.com/dispatch/dispatch-12/</guid><description>Your roadmap isn&apos;t a 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users nothing.</description><category>roadmap</category><category>features</category><category>feedback</category></item><item><title>No. 6: Your Dashboard Is a Ghost Town</title><link>https://www.thepostmvpguy.com/dispatch/dispatch-06/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.thepostmvpguy.com/dispatch/dispatch-06/</guid><description>You built a dashboard for power users before you had any users.</description><category>retention</category><category>roadmap</category><category>features</category></item><item><title>No. 5: Your feature roadmap is a crime scene</title><link>https://www.thepostmvpguy.com/dispatch/dispatch-05/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.thepostmvpguy.com/dispatch/dispatch-05/</guid><description>Most founders treat their roadmap like a wishlist.</description><category>retention</category><category>roadmap</category><category>features</category></item><item><title>No. 4: Your retention problem isn&apos;t 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