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VimCal: Recruiters and EA's NEED to check this out. Complex scheduling that Calendly (and others can't handle)

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In this episode we dig into Vimcal, a scheduling platform that removes the complexity of managing calendars. Did you know that it takes approximately 77 clicks to schedule a meeting and create "holds" until you book a meeting? We speak with John Li, co-founder and CEO of Vimcal to talk scheduling, guardrails, and protecting your time.


Check it out at: https://www.vimcal.com/


Takeaways

  • VimCal is a calendar tool designed for busy people and their teams, offering features like time zone conversion and heavy scheduling capabilities.
  • The Group Vote feature in VimCal allows users to schedule meetings with multiple participants, making it easier to find a time that works for everyone.
  • Integrating with platforms like Gmail and Outlook can be challenging due to limited documentation and outdated APIs.
  • The future of calendar scheduling tools may involve AI and automation, but there is still a need for human control and accuracy, especially in high-stakes meetings.
  • VimCal aims to provide a seamless experience for users by showing both work and personal calendars in one place and allowing users to protect their personal events while booking on their work calendar. VimCal is expanding its focus on team features and enterprise customers.
  • The drag and copy feature allows users to explicitly send availabilities and implicitly design their week.
  • VimCal caters to executive assistants (EAs) by offering features that support the complex scheduling needs of multiple executives.


    • Chapters

    00:00 Who is John Li and VimCal?

    05:00 The Birth of VimCal

    12:56 Solving the Problem of Group Scheduling

    22:35 Efficiency for Teams

    27:01 Go-to-Market Strategy

    30:21 Building Out Sales Team for Enterprise Customers

    34:19 Removing Scheduling Tasks from EAs

    37:49 Security and Privacy Concerns

    45:47 Differentiating VimCal from Competitors

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