BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID;X-RICAL-TZSOURCE=TZINFO:-//Calagator//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-CALNAME:Calagator METHOD:PUBLISH VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID;X-RICAL-TZSOURCE=TZINFO:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20181104T020000 RDATE:20181104T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20181031T040639Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20181105T180000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20181105T160000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20181031T040639Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20181031T040639Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250474503 DESCRIPTION:What if once a month\, one of us agreed to block a couple of hours for a series of 10 minute meetings with folks who have been trying to get on your calendar? \;\n \;\nI know\, crazy right? No wait. There’s more. What if this block of meetings occurred at a coffee shop o r maybe even a bar? \;\n \;\nStill with me? Because here’s where i t gets wacky. \;\n \;\nWhat if we all showed up at that same place those meetings were happening? Because we were invited. Not because it was random or something. And we invited other community members to hang out there too\, like a happy hour. Then we ask the folks having meetings to do their homework to make the meeting efficient\, to show up early f or their meeting time\, and to stay late so they get to meet more people — and get connected more quickly. It might even be that in the middle o f one of our 10 min meetings\, we could just point at someone in the cro wd and be like “That’s the person you need to talk to\, right there.” 3\;\n \;\nIn my head\, I’ve been calling the “Bottleneck.” Because th at’s what I am. And that’s what I’m trying to solve for. And I thought i t might be a solution that could work for you. And our community. And I’ m down to beta test it as the meeting-haver if a few of you are willing to join me as the happy hour-ers.\n\nTags: startup\, startups\, entrepre neur\, entrepreneurs\, entrepreneurship\, community\, networking\, portl and\, network\n\nImported from: http://calagator.org/events/1250474503 URL:https://siliconflorist.com/2018/10/30/frustrated-by-neverending-calen dar-bingo-maybe-this-will-help-break-the-bottleneck-and-build-community/ SUMMARY:Bottleneck: Getting connected more efficiently LOCATION:Tilt Eastside: 22 Northeast 2nd Avenue\, Portland OR 97232 US SEQUENCE:1 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR