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41: Peer Richelsen, Co-CEO at Cal - Opensource, Selling Previous Startup, Future of Calendar
Peer is Co-founder and Co-CEO at Cal where he is building an open-source scheduling infrastructure. We talk about buying Cal domain name, selling his previous startup to On Deck, benefits of opensource and the future of calendar.
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(0:32) Buying a 3-letter domain name Cal.com
(5:24) Why Calendly needed to be open-sourced
(7:07) Selling Lean Hire to On Deck
(9:51) Origin story of Lean Hire
(11:50) Favourite On Deck Programs
(13:34) Validating product
(16:09) Key Learnings from previous startups
(20:25) Benefits of Opensource product
(22:40) Development by Cal vs by opensource community
(24:07) When Cal transitioned from side project to real company
(25:45) Finding product-market fit
(27:45) Target Market
(28:41) Top Challenge
(29:43) Future of Cal
(32:01) Advice for first-time founders
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Peer is Co-founder and Co-CEO at Cal where he is building an open-source scheduling infrastructure. We talk about buying Cal domain name, selling his previous startup to On Deck, benefits of opensource and the future of calendar.
SPONSORS
BridgeUp: DM Prashant on Twitter to raise $100,000+ in non-dilutive capital
Listnr: https://listnr.tech/?via=prashant
Dukaan: https://mydukaan.io/
Recast: https://recast.studio/
CONNECT
Follow Prashant Bagga
Peer: Website / Twitter / LinkedIn
OUTLINE
(0:32) Buying a 3-letter domain name Cal.com
(5:24) Why Calendly needed to be open-sourced
(7:07) Selling Lean Hire to On Deck
(9:51) Origin story of Lean Hire
(11:50) Favourite On Deck Programs
(13:34) Validating product
(16:09) Key Learnings from previous startups
(20:25) Benefits of Opensource product
(22:40) Development by Cal vs by opensource community
(24:07) When Cal transitioned from side project to real company
(25:45) Finding product-market fit
(27:45) Target Market
(28:41) Top Challenge
(29:43) Future of Cal
(32:01) Advice for first-time founders