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Office hours are weekly meetings you will have with OCV partners to track weekly progress and growth. The goal of these meetings is to address your most pressing concerns/blockers and help you accelerate growth. It’s critical you are operating on a weekly cadence at this stage.
Office hours with OCV partners should be highly leveraged. Think of your meeting time as a force multiplier: 25 minutes of face time, amplified by preparation, yields maximum value. This is your chance to get answers you can't get anywhere else. Make every minute count by being highly prepared and highly specific.
When meeting with Sid, share your draft agenda with the OCV team at least a day before the meeting. We will review and help prep to ensure you get the most out of your time. If there are common questions that have already been addressed in the handbook or a blog post, the OCV team will share reference links ahead of the call. Please read the provided material before the meeting and adjust your questions to address any follow-up questions or company-specific nuances you’d like to cover.
OCV Founders regularly attend group meetings with other founders, and confidential information may be shared. This information is not to be shared.
Individual office hours are 1:1 meetings you have with OCV partners. They are typically 25 minutes and time-constrained to help you focus on the most important topics. OCV will schedule a recurring, biweekly individual office hour and ad hoc 1:1s with Sid Sijbrandij. You can request additional ad hoc office hours as needed. This is your meeting, and you are responsible for ensuring it is productive. Prepare your agenda in advance and take notes during the meeting.
Group Office Hours are meetings you have with OCV partners and other OCV company founders. Group Office Hours are focused on growth and goal setting, and developing good hygiene around communicating goals and measuring results.
The meeting will include 3-4 companies at a time to encourage peer learning. Group pairings are loosely based on the company’s stage of development and/or industry focus. Additional topics can be discussed during Individual Office Hours. OCV schedules Group Office Hours. Company CTOs and CEOs are invited to join; please refrain from adding additional team members to the group bi-weekly call.
Post-Seed Stage companies are invited to join monthly Group Office Hours with OCV’s General Partners and other Post-Seed stage companies. Monthly Group Office Hours are scheduled through the General Partner’s office. Any change requests regarding time, meeting format, or agendas should be made through the General Partner’s team. Post-seed stage companies are still welcome to book office hours on an ad-hoc basis, as needed.
Every meeting must have an agenda attached to the meeting invitation. No agenda = no meeting. Agendas should be prepared before the meeting begins. You will use your individual office hours doc for most meetings.