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Posted on October 1, 2008 - by Jeffrey

Where to have a meeting

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I had a meeting at Starbucks the other day (one of many that have been had there) and I started to think if the places I am meeting at have an effect on the outcome of the meeting itself. Now there have been many things written on this, studies done and tape sets made, but if you are reading this then you are here to get my opinion anyway…so here it is:

If you think it will break the meeting it will. If you go with it, then it probably won’t.

A few things this depends on…

  • How comfortable you are in public situations?
  • Can you control the meeting with outside distractions?
  • Is there enough room for everyone you are with? (big issue in NYC public places)
  • Will there be any note taking or paper signing?
  • How long will the meeting be?

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Posted on September 15, 2008 - by Jeffrey

It’s Nice to Go Out and Talk Tech

This last Saturday I headed into the wonderful city of New York with one of my business partners Stoppay. We attended a party for Laughing Squid which is an internet hosting company that seems to be gaining some speed in the Web 2.0 niche.

At the event I experienced a feeling that I had almost forgot about from prior years. It is the ability to have a free flowing conversation about technology and not have to explain anything.  We had a great time talking about in-depth concepts ranging from video and streaming to web 2.0 monetization strategies with a gentleman named Justin.

As the night went on we drank ourselves a little further down the rabbit hole and managed to end up at McDonalds somehow. Ugh… Till the next crazy tech meet up!


Posted on July 23, 2008 - by Jeffrey

The Anatomy of a Good Business Meeting

At this point in my life I have acquired a lot of meetings and been in front of some pretty serious people. IOn The Leash have learned that there is an art to having a good and productive meeting with a potential client/partner and it is a skill similar to being a good actor. I touched on the importance of meetings briefly in a previous article, but I felt that the anatomy of a good meeting deserved a greater explanation.

An initial meeting usually goes one of three ways in my experience.

  1. Synergies with potential benefits to all parties, definite second meeting
  2. Possible synergies but wrong department, maybe get a follow up with the right people
  3. Waste of Time

As I went to more and more meetings I realized that a lot of them tended to be a waste of time. People going through the motions to fill their day, stroking each others ego so to speak. This is where the screening process comes into play.

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