5 Reasons For Having Weekly Two-Hour Lunches With Your Co-Founders

by stangeek on 4/14/2011, 7:52 AM with 6 comments
  • by btcoal on 4/14/2011, 1:28 PM

    I would never work with co-founders who only like to live on cardboard pizza and redbull ;)

    Same. I don't buy into the startup "lifestyle" of most B2C web companies. I'm pretty sure, in the US, it's a relic of the dotcom era that needs to die.

  • by djloche on 4/14/2011, 8:07 AM

    My startup did this in the early stage partly because everyone was moonlighting and having a weekly meeting helped keep us focused on the project and hash out any development issues.

  • by Mz on 4/14/2011, 8:17 AM

    Food (and a reasonable amount of beverage) is good for creativity.

    Eating together is also a bonding experience. So eating together can help foster trust. (Though I think this depends in part on the experience being a successful experience -- hating where the other person likes to eat might tell you there are potentially bigger problems in your future.)