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Derrick Reimer

14 claims that held, each with the quote it rests on and the date it was true.

Seen in the corpus 21 times, 2021-01-05 to 2026-04-28. Claims that did not hold are not listed here: they were written by research agents rather than by Derrick Reimer, so they belong with the other refusals, grouped by how they failed.

runs

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Derrick Reimer founded SavvyCal in early 2020.

I’m the founder of SavvyCal , the thoughtful way to find times to meet with others. We got started in early 2020 and now have a small, scrappy team of four.
as of 2026-08-03derrickreimer.com
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Derrick Reimer runs SavvyCal.

I’m the founder of SavvyCal , the thoughtful way to find times to meet with others. We got started in early 2020 and now have a small, scrappy team of four.
as of 2026-08-03derrickreimer.com
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SavvyCal is a meeting-scheduling SaaS.

I’m the founder of SavvyCal , the thoughtful way to find times to meet with others. We got started in early 2020 and now have a small, scrappy team of four.
as of 2026-08-03derrickreimer.com
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SavvyCal has a team of about four.

I’m the founder of SavvyCal , the thoughtful way to find times to meet with others. We got started in early 2020 and now have a small, scrappy team of four.
as of 2026-08-03derrickreimer.com

current status

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SavvyCal is still operating.

We’re an indie SaaS company with a little bit of financial backing from TinySeed and a few angel investors.
Derrick Reimer, founder of SavvyCal, best scheduling link on the internet.
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SavvyCal is independent.

We’re an indie SaaS company with a little bit of financial backing from TinySeed and a few angel investors.
Derrick Reimer, founder of SavvyCal, best scheduling link on the internet.
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SavvyCal is an indie SaaS.

We’re an indie SaaS company with a little bit of financial backing from TinySeed and a few angel investors.
Derrick Reimer, founder of SavvyCal, best scheduling link on the internet.
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SavvyCal has a small amount of outside money from TinySeed and angels.

We’re an indie SaaS company with a little bit of financial backing from TinySeed and a few angel investors.
Derrick Reimer, founder of SavvyCal, best scheduling link on the internet.

business model

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Derrick Reimer's SaaS subscription has no permanent free plan.

Kick the tires for free and only upgrade when you’re ready to activate. Backed by a 30-day money back guarantee.
Great for individuals & small teams with simple scheduling needs.
Ideal for businesses who need a bit more control over their scheduling flows.
Save 2 months
as of 2026-08-03savvycal.com
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Derrick Reimer's SaaS subscription has a free trial with a 30-day money-back guarantee.

Kick the tires for free and only upgrade when you’re ready to activate. Backed by a 30-day money back guarantee.
Great for individuals & small teams with simple scheduling needs.
Ideal for businesses who need a bit more control over their scheduling flows.
Save 2 months
as of 2026-08-03savvycal.com

distribution channel

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Derrick Reimer uses founder-led direct sales for the new Appointments product.

They should reach out to me for sure. Head to savvy cal.com/appointments.
We’re gradually coming out of stealth mode on this product and starting to fill the sales pipeline a bit.
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Derrick Reimer pitches the new Appointments product on the Startups For the Rest of Us podcast.

They should reach out to me for sure. Head to savvy cal.com/appointments.
We’re gradually coming out of stealth mode on this product and starting to fill the sales pipeline a bit.

ai adaptation

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Derrick Reimer adopted AI coding assistants heavily in his own development work.

Yeah, so I have become a pretty deep user of AI coding assistance tools.
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Derrick Reimer argued that SaaS margins and the subscription model hold up.

I feel like SaaS has always been sort of high margin
I think we’re pretty far away from the SaaS business model dying

Where they were quoted