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#210 – How to Take On Huge Incumbents as a Solo Founder with Derrick Reimer of SavvyCal

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Synopsis

Derrick Reimer of SavvyCal walks through his strategy of launching challengers to large incumbents by drafting on their tailwinds, including a failed Slack competitor and his current $250K-ish ARR scheduling tool SavvyCal that competes with Calendly by offering better recipient-side UX.

Ideas in this episode

  • Competitor-adjacent SaaS opportunity

    Indie Hackers interviews Derrick Reimer of SavvyCal, who describes launching a scheduling tool competing with Calendly on better recipient-side UX, following a failed Slack competitor. He covers drafting on incumbents' tailwinds with a solo-founder approach.