I used to hold “Open Office Hours” when I was at Spark.  It was a great way to make space to meet any and every entrepreneur that wanted to connect.  A few months later, it seems like Open Office Hours are all the rage in Boston. It’s a great thing that investors are making themselves more accessible to entrepreneurs and it’s great that the Venture Cafe and NEVCA is helping to coordinate this (not sure why I wasn’t invited, guess I didn’t make the cut 😉

But I remember early on when I was doing this, I got the feedback from Rafael Corrales that the term “Office Hours” was pretty condescending.  Often, talking to an investor is intimidating enough as it is, and it doesn’t really help to describe it in terms of the teacher-student relationship. 

Not everyone agrees I’m sure, but I see his point.  Especially since I learn a ton from these meetings, I prefer thinking of it as a “startup chat” vs. “office hours”.

So I’m announcing a my next set of “Startup Chats” on Friday August 6th from 9AM-Noon Details below:

• Each chat is 30 minutes long
• Location is: http://www.andalacafe.com/
• We can chat about anything, but since time is short, let’s try to make it as productive and possible.
• For scheduling, I’m trying: http://tungle.me/robgo
• Please only schedule one 30 minute session between 9AM and NOON on August 6. Other signups will be ignored.  If anyone knows how to create a Tungle link for just one block of time, let me know!  I know this isn’t the best format.

Thanks!