#106 Dotcal: The Calendar Wars

The Pitch

Josh Muccio

Technology, Business, Investing, Entrepreneurship

4.6 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 8 March 2023

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

There are tons of companies popping up in the scheduling space now that Calendly is valued at 6 billion dollars. Everyone wants to build the next billion dollar calendar app, including David Matthews, founder of Dotcal. He thinks he’s created a scheduling platform that will take over the space. But will the investors place their bets in Dotcal or is the scheduling race already overbooked? Today’s investors are Jillian Manus, Charles Hudson, Elizabeth Yin, Phil Nadel, and Neal Sáles-Griffin. If you would like to invest in Dotcal, go to pitch.show/dotcal Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	The fifth pitch.
0:03.1	There is nothing more universal than a calendar.
0:07.2	Everyone's got one.
0:08.4	And let's be real.
0:09.7	They kind of run our lives.
0:12.1	Not just all those meetings, but all those emails back and forth trying to find a time
0:17.5	that works for everyone.
0:20.0	There's already been a massive business built off of making scheduling easier.
0:25.2	Calendly.
0:26.2	They're valued at over $6 billion.
0:29.8	This founder, Dave, thinks there's room for another, with his new calendar solution .cal.
0:36.5	But there are other startup founders who think the same.
0:39.7	The calendar wars are just heating up, and the investors want in.
0:45.0	But is scheduling software already overbooked?
0:48.9	I'm Josh Mugeo, welcome to the pitch, where real-onchpreneurs pitch real investors for real
0:55.4	mic.
0:57.4	I'm Neil Salas-Griffin, managing director here at TechSar Chicago, and I'm happy to welcome
1:01.4	me out of my city.
1:02.4	I'm Elizabeth Yen, and I'm a general partner at Hustle Fund.
1:05.6	I'm Phil Neadell, I'm the managing director for Front Venture Partners.
1:09.6	I'm Jillian Manes, managing partner of Structure Capital.
1:12.9	I'm Charles Hudson, managing partner precursor ventures.
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