I understand his sentiment, but I think there's something to be said for leaving a meeting open-ended beyond simple courtesy. When I was consulting, I found it

I understand his sentiment, but I think there's something to be said for leaving a meeting open-ended beyond simple courtesy. When I was consulting, I found it was best for me to just let my clients talk as long as they wanted to, and rarely if ever interrupt. I learned a lot of really interesting things about peoples' professional and personal lives by taking this approach. While I appreciate that one can't do this all the time, I don't think that exploratory quality should be discounted, and I don't see how it would work if there's never any slack time in the schedule. I'd think it's even more important for a VC who wants to see through the pitch and get to the real story.