Derrick Reimer

I launched SavvyCal to #2 Product of the Month in January and have since crossed $20k MRR β€” AMA!

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Hey there, Derrick Reimer here! πŸ‘‹ I've been building SaaS products for the last decade. In late 2012, I co-founded Drip, a marketing automation product, alongside Rob Walling. We were acquired by Leadpages in 2016. During that time, I also built and sold Codetree, a project management tool for GitHub. My story hasn't been all rosy, though! After leaving Drip, I attempted to take on Slack and decided to move on after failing to find traction one year into working on it. I'm now building SavvyCal, a scheduling product competing with tools like Calendly. We are growing consistently with a small team of 3. I also host a weekly podcast, The Art of Product, where I share the ups and downs of building a software company. I love sharing my experience to help others avoid the same mistakes I've made β€” AMA!
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Guillermo Cava
Hey Derrick, Long time "Art of Product" listener here, have really loved hearing your journey and learned a ton. A few questions I've had: 1. I really loved your advanced custom field types feature and design for savvycalc, How are you storing your custom fields in the database? Full json or full relational? 2. What are some of the heaviest queries you’ve had to optimize on the database? 3. What resources/books have you utilized to get up to speed using elixir?
David J. Kim
Congrats on the launch! Really useful tool. How long did you prepare for the PH launch?
Shubham Rawal
Woah..one hell of a ride Derrick.