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    Austen Allred‏ @Austen May 2

    Convinced the default meeting length should be 10-15 mins

    7:34 AM - 2 May 2019
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      2. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg May 2
        Replying to @Austen

        It's helpful for meetings to have a sort of social dead man switch in the sense that the meeting is over by default instead of continues by default. (At Viaweb I was famous for asking "are we done?")

        11 replies 13 retweets 177 likes
      3. Joshua Schoenaker‏ @JoshSchoen May 2
        Replying to @paulg @Austen

        Good opportunity for a video call tool which only ever allows calls of 15 mins. With no exceptions. "Sorry, we use $TOOLNAME, have to end soon."

        2 replies 5 retweets 28 likes
      4. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg May 2
        Replying to @JoshSchoen @Austen

        That might actually work. It would have to be really good, because then you could claim you were using it because it was good rather than because you didn't want to give anyone more than 15 minutes. But if a good product also had this rule, it could be even more popular.

        2 replies 1 retweet 37 likes
      5. Phil Freo‏ @philfreo May 2
        Replying to @paulg @JoshSchoen @Austen

        Free accounts of Zoom have a 40 minute limit, which has been a helpful forcing function to wrap up an hour long scheduled meeting faster sometimes.

        1 reply 0 retweets 16 likes
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      2. Shaun Maguire‏ @shaunmmaguire May 2
        Replying to @Austen

        Could not agree more

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      3. Shaun Maguire‏ @shaunmmaguire May 2
        Replying to @shaunmmaguire @Austen

        You’re the boss... you should implement this

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      4. Austen Allred‏ @Austen May 2
        Replying to @shaunmmaguire

        On it lol

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      2. Alex Bouaziz‏ @Bouazizalex May 2
        Replying to @Austen

        It became my default after our @ycombinator interview - works wonders!

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      3. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg May 2
        Replying to @Bouazizalex @Austen @ycombinator

        What a pleasant thought to think that YC interviews themselves might change customs about meetings.

        0 replies 0 retweets 21 likes
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      1. Yehia Khoja | يحيى خوجه‏ @yakhoja May 3
        Replying to @Austen

        My tips for effective meetings 1) If you can avoid it, avoid it. 2) Set clear objectives 3) Invite the smallest # of ppl needed to make a decision 4) Share relevant docs beforehand 5) Do time checks & prevent ppl from going down rabbit holes 6) Send out notes & main outcomes

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      1. Randall Bennett‏ @randallb May 2
        Replying to @Austen

        Fb meetings are probably 20 min... most start 5 min late (kind of a social rule) and I end mine 5-10 early to try to help ppl out. They should be 15-20 or 40.

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      2. Dennis Müller‏ @dennismuellr May 2
        Replying to @Austen

        Counter thought: what if default meeting length was 1-2h and people would actually prepare, discuss and think through everything as opposed to do 15min syncs with everyone only to achieve nothing?

        2 replies 0 retweets 5 likes
      3. Dennis Müller‏ @dennismuellr May 2
        Replying to @dennismuellr @Austen

        This might even encourage not to have meetings that aren’t worth that time. Most things that can be discussed in 15min can be done via email.

        1 reply 1 retweet 4 likes
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      2. Pablo Arosemena‏Verified account @parosemena May 2
        Replying to @Austen

        And standing up. To make sure it keeps to the point.

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      3. Salvador Orellana‏ @SalvadOrellana May 2
        Replying to @parosemena @Austen

        Agree. And max 5 bullet points to discuss, no more.

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