Calendly's Early Growth

Annie shares the interesting story of how Calendly's CEO, Tope, leveraged his sales experience and hired an outside development firm to build the first version of Calendly. The first ten users were customer success agents from a company in the education space, leading to organic growth as parents started using Calendly for parent-teacher conferences. The combination of a better product and a free tier contributed to Calendly's initial growth.

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Behind the scenes of Calendly’s rapid growth | Annie Pearl (CPO)
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Calendly's Early Growth

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From this podcast

Lenny's Podcast

Behind the scenes of Calendly’s rapid growth | Annie Pearl (CPO)

Related Questions

What role did initial customers play in the success of the business discussed in the episode Block ft. Jack Dorsey - A controversial hack week project becomes the #1 financial services app and the clip Data-Driven Business Growth?

How to grow before achieving product-market fit and how to get first users in the episode Lessons - Scaling a Marketplace Through Founder-Led Growth | David Ciccarelli - CEO & Founder of Voices.com and the clip Personal Pleas Matter?