In 2013, Tope Awotona emptied about $200,000 of his savings to build Calendly; eight years later investors valued the company at $3 billion, and it now says more than 50 million people use the platform
When entrepreneur Tope Awotona founded Calendly in 2013, he put his financial security on the line to solve a problem he had repeatedly encountered while working in sales: the frustrating back-and-forth involved in scheduling meetings. In an interview with How I Built This, Awotona said building the initial product was expected to cost a little…
