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Coffee (and beer) meetings power Vancouver too, and presumably any reasonable startup hub. More important than knowing they're important is keeping them from c
by apike 14y ago
Coffee (and beer) meetings power Vancouver too, and presumably any reasonable startup hub.
More important than knowing they're important is keeping them from consuming your week. Although they only take an hour, they're more expensive than that because they totally disrupt your Maker's Schedule.
My solution to this is to only schedule coffee meetings on Thursdays. If there are too many in a week to cram into a Thursday, they need to bump to the next week or further. Being connected is important, but building your product is much more important.
- jasonshen 14y agoGreat point. I try to either do them Friday afternoons, when things are wrapping up for the week anyway, or early in the morning, before I get started with anything else. And yeah, I do see beers as another option. Though the conversation is usually a bit more muddled - not a problem if you guys are friends, but sometimes less good if you are trying to learn something important or discuss something complex in nature.
- apike 14y agoIndeed, choosing between beer or coffee depends on the type of meeting. If it's exploring doing business or a negotiation I generally propose coffee, whereas if it's sharing war stories or a friend then beer is great.
- lsc 14y agothat is just the advice I needed. thank you. Everyone has been pestering me to setup a more managed hosting solution; it's a good idea, with enough bulk I could do it both profitably and cheaply. But it'd take just as much effort, if not more, than my current unmanaged ventures, so it's not happening without help (and a big customer to get started) But yeah, I feel like just the meetings have been badly impacting my productivity on my unmanaged hosting business. It's a completely different mindset. I mean, it's kindof fun? but right now is a realy hot time; opportunity costs are very high.
- jasonkester 14y agoRemind me to schedule a 4:30 coffee meeting with you next time I'm in town. I want to see if you'll be able to put together a complete sentence after 21 shots of espresso in a single day. I start vibrating after my 3rd.
- jasonshen 14y agoYou don't have to drink coffee in every meeting if you're doing back-to-backs. Water, decaf, tea or just nursing the cup of coffee is fine. =)
- apike 14y agoSounds great, ping me when you're in Vancouver next (allen at steamclocksw.com). And yes, decaf, half-caf and tea are essential tools for this approach. :)