Derrick Reimer

Founder at SavvyCal

Derrick Reimer is the founder of SavvyCal, a scheduling tool that aims to simplify the process of finding meeting times.1 2 He launched SavvyCal in March 2020 and is based in Minneapolis, Minnesota.1

Professional Background

Before founding SavvyCal, Derrick had significant experience in the tech industry:

Co-founder of Drip: From September 2012 to March 2018, Derrick co-founded Drip, an email marketing automation company. Drip was acquired by Leadpages in 2016.1
Founder of Codetree: Between July 2014 and June 2016, Derrick founded Codetree, a project management tool for GitHub Issues. Codetree was acquired in June 2016.1
Board Member of 59DAYSOFCODE: From April 2013 to October 2015, Derrick served on the board of 59DAYSOFCODE, assisting with the coordination of the largest annual technology event in California's Central Valley.1

Education

Derrick holds a B.A. in Mathematics from California State University, Fresno, which he earned between 2006 and 2009.1

SavvyCal

As the founder of SavvyCal, Derrick leads a small team with ambitious goals.2 The company's mission is to reduce friction and awkwardness in scheduling meetings. SavvyCal is described as an indie SaaS company with some financial backing from TinySeed and angel investors.2

Technical Expertise

Derrick is known for his technical skills as a full-stack software developer.4 In building SavvyCal, he has made use of technologies like Elixir and the Phoenix framework, which he finds offer a maintainable and explicit approach to building applications.3

Content Creation

Beyond his work on SavvyCal, Derrick is also active in creating content for the tech and entrepreneurial community. He has been involved in podcasting and has shared insights about his experiences as a founder.3 5

Derrick Reimer's LinkedIn username is derrick-reimer-93916020, as mentioned in the query.

Highlights

Yesterday · twitter

I've been hanging out on the 🦋 for a few days. I'm cautiously optimistic about it. So far, it has felt like a calmer place.

I don't actually disagree in principle with the X stance on free speech and the bias toward non-suppression. But the algorithm of late has not been serving me what I want.

My "job to be done" here is to hang out with my industry compatriots, and encourage / be encouraged by other builders doing interesting things in the trenches. I'm generally not here to engage in political debates or trolling "the other side", but this is what I feel like the X algo wants to happen ad nauseam (at least for the moment).

Hopefully 🦋 will embrace a similar stance on permitting a diversity ideas + democratized fact checking (ala Community Notes), with the added twist of more algorithmic feed choice to stay on preferred topic! And hopefully X will keep improving their feeds.

Nov 15 · twitter

Latest 🤯 moment with AI: I asked it to convert a settings icon from using a <mask> (to cut the center hole) to only using paths, and it just...did it. https://t.co/HnwmytWcaL