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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