Derrick Reimer from SavvyCal - Can You Regain Your Confidence After Failing?
Summary
How do you regain your confidence after launching a failed product? How can you transition from wearing all the hats in a business to delegating tasks? Why is it so important to save your most productive time for your most valuable work?Derrick Reimer is the founder of SavvyCal, a tool for scheduling meetings that both you and the people you are scheduling with will love. He's also the co-founder of Drip, a marketing automation tool, and he is the host of the Art of Product podcast.
I have long enjoyed using an app to schedule my meetings. For example, I scheduled meetings with my coaching clients. Rather than going back and forth with endless emails, trying to find a mutually convenient time. I just send people a link so they can book a slot on my calendar. I had been using a different tool, but recently I discovered SavvyCal and it's so much more enjoyable to use. So I looked into who created it and I ended up on Derrick's Twitter account. I learned that Derrick had co-founded Drip, which was one of the first apps I used years ago when I was first building my online business. And I have very fond memories of Drip, even though I no longer use it because Drip went into a different direction.
Anyway, I was interested to hear Derrick’s story—and it turns out there were quite a few ups and downs.
Derrick and I discuss:
I have long enjoyed using an app to schedule my meetings. For example, I scheduled meetings with my coaching clients. Rather than going back and forth with endless emails, trying to find a mutually convenient time. I just send people a link so they can book a slot on my calendar. I had been using a different tool, but recently I discovered SavvyCal and it's so much more enjoyable to use. So I looked into who created it and I ended up on Derrick's Twitter account. I learned that Derrick had co-founded Drip, which was one of the first apps I used years ago when I was first building my online business. And I have very fond memories of Drip, even though I no longer use it because Drip went into a different direction.
Anyway, I was interested to hear Derrick’s story—and it turns out there were quite a few ups and downs.
Derrick and I discuss:
- Regaining your confidence after launching a failed product
- Transitioning from wearing all the hats in a business to delegating certain tasks
- Saving your most productive time for your most valuable work
Find Derrick and Savvycal:
- SavvyCal.com
- Derrick on Twitter
- Derrick’s podcast, The Art of Product
Note: the link to SavvyCal is an affiliate link. It’s an awesome product and by signing up through this link, you get a free month and you support the podcast. Thank you.
Also mentioned:
- Derrick’s popular blog post, “I’m Walking Away From the Product I Spent a Year Building”
- Drip, the marketing automation business Derrick co-founded
- The Mom Test by Rob Fitzpatrick
- Tiny Seed, an accelerator for SaaS bootstrappers
- xFusion, which offers support staff for SaaS
