Startups For the Rest of Us

Episode 506 | Shutting Down and Starting Up with Derrick Reimer

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On today's episode of Startups For The Rest Of Us, Rob catches up with guest Derrick Reimer as they discuss shutting down a slack competitor while building and preparing to launch a new calendar SaaS. They discuss topics like user research, defining and validating an idea, choosing a big market, viral loops, and more.

The topics we cover with Derrick Reimer
  • 2:49 Shutting down a Slack competitor
  • 6:32 Building StaticKit to get something in the market
  • 13:16 Developing the next idea
  • 17:03 Validating the Mighty Cal idea
  • 19:07 Potential dangers of going into a big competitive space
  • 23:38 Choosing the specific customer/s to target for Mighty Cal
  • 25:45 Built-in Viral loops
    • Links from the show
    • @derrickreimer | Twitter
    • The Value vs. Stress of Twitter, Pros and Cons of Remote Work, and Digital Minimalism – A Discussion Show with Derrick Reimer | Episode 482
    • How Derrick Reimer is Validating His Ambitious Third SaaS Application | Episode 399
    • The Art of Product with Guests Derrick Reimer and Ben Orenstein | Episode 354
    • What It’s Like Selling a $128k Side Project (With Guest Derrick Reimer) | Episode 311
    • How to Mentally & Technically Prepare For Your Launch (With Guest Derrick Reimer) | Episode 274
    • StaticKit
    • Drip
    • Mighty Cal
    • Codetree
    • The Mom Test | Book
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