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Feedback on OCC meet yesterday
I attended the OCC meet for the second time yesterday, after a gap of 6 months. I think this was a much better meeting than the last one I attended (at Ascendas) since the venue was quieter and there were some founding members attending.
The most valuable things for me, personally, were the introductions at the start, and having my question about scaling answered in some detail by Suresh (thanks!).
IMO, there were a few things that could be improved for future meets:
- The discussion on "Implementation vs Ideas" seemed disorganized, and didn't really go anywhere. A moderator who "gives the floor" to someone to make their point, which can then be answered by someone else in turn, would have made for a more productive discussion. Without a moderator, there were a lot of people talking over each other, and there was no development of the idea as the discussion progressed.
- I found the intern website presentation interesting. Perhaps we could always have 30 minutes to an hour dedicated to discussing the product one of the attendees is working on? I understand this will require some advance planning, but these kinds of informal case studies would be valuable.
- The networking part of the meet could have been earlier. Since it was at the end, after close to 2 hours of discussion, I couldn't stay around as long as I would have liked.
Just my thoughts. It would be interesting to hear other people's opinions.
The most valuable things for me, personally, were the introductions at the start, and having my question about scaling answered in some detail by Suresh (thanks!).
IMO, there were a few things that could be improved for future meets:
- The discussion on "Implementation vs Ideas" seemed disorganized, and didn't really go anywhere. A moderator who "gives the floor" to someone to make their point, which can then be answered by someone else in turn, would have made for a more productive discussion. Without a moderator, there were a lot of people talking over each other, and there was no development of the idea as the discussion progressed.
- I found the intern website presentation interesting. Perhaps we could always have 30 minutes to an hour dedicated to discussing the product one of the attendees is working on? I understand this will require some advance planning, but these kinds of informal case studies would be valuable.
- The networking part of the meet could have been earlier. Since it was at the end, after close to 2 hours of discussion, I couldn't stay around as long as I would have liked.
Just my thoughts. It would be interesting to hear other people's opinions.
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Permalink Reply by Rahul Prabhakar on -
1. Agree with you on the moderation bit. I also felt that the discussion would have developed better if we had based it more on the idea/execution part of our own startup experiences, so that we would all be able to relate to the points better.
2.Thank you all for giving me an opportunity to present on twenty19. The discussion caught on really well and a big thanks for all your points as it gave us really valuable feedback and insights to go back and work on. I second Abhijeet's suggestion on alloting some time every meet for discussing a product that one of the members is working on. The discussion would be on a more tangible subject and would mutually benefit both the presenting member as well as the group.
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