41: Peer Richelsen, Co-CEO at Cal - Opensource, Selling Previous Startup, Future of Calendar

Published: Oct. 19, 2021, 10:52 a.m.

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
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\n(5:24) Why Calendly needed to be open-sourced
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\n(7:07) Selling Lean Hire to On Deck
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\n(9:51) Origin story of Lean Hire
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\n(11:50) Favourite On Deck Programs
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\n(13:34) Validating product
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\n(16:09) Key Learnings from previous startups
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\n(20:25) Benefits of Opensource product
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\n(22:40) Development by Cal vs by opensource community
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\n(24:07) When Cal transitioned from side project to real company
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\n(25:45) Finding product-market fit
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\n(27:45) Target Market
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\n(28:41) Top Challenge
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\n(29:43) Future of Cal
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\n(32:01) Advice for first-time founders