Pousaz limits all meetings to 15, 30, or 45 minutes
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Guillaume Pousaz is the founder and CEO of digital payments platform Checkout.com. He outlines his structured meeting calendar framework.
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“If you want like, you know, factual tips, I have three types of meeting. I have the 15 minute meeting, the 30 minutes meeting, and the 45 minutes meeting. You have to choose between these three, and I always keep 15 minutes in each hour to do emails and WhatsApp.”
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