For so many founders the real work begins after everybody goes home, late at night and after all of the day’s meetings have run their course. Meanwhile team members who’ve gone home are likely looking back at their day with a mix of frustration and satisfaction: frustration because they spent so much of their time in meetings, satisfaction because meetings still count as work and progress.
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