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How to Run a Great Coffee Meeting

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Written by a VC firm for founders, this is the method for the 15-minute coffee the answer tells you to book. Keep it to 30 minutes, personalize the cold ask by reading the person's actual background instead of firing off an AI template, and open with one strong question then stay silent and listen. For an introvert this is the whole game: a one-on-one where your job is to ask and listen is far easier than working a room, and it is exactly how you turn a conference contact into an actual relationship.

  • Ask for just 30 minutes: a small, specific ask gets a yes and keeps the meeting from sprawling.
  • Personalize the outreach off the person's real background; a templated cold message reads as noise and gets ignored.
  • Lead with one genuine question and then listen, which suits introverts and builds more trust than any pitch.
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The question it answers

  1. How do I network effectively at events and conferences when I hate small talk and I'm an introvert?

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