I’ll admit it, I’m not a coffee guy. The taste has just never grown on me. So when I mention ‘let’s grab coffee’ it’s simply a descriptor for the act of getting together and chatting rather than a statement of beverage/consumption preference.
There’s a great clip in the movie Good Will Hunting (my favorite movie) where Skylar mentions to Will that maybe they can go out for coffee sometime. Will says, “Sure. Or maybe we could just get together and eat a bunch of caramels….when you think about it, it’s as arbitrary as drinking coffee.” Couldn’t have said it better myself, which is why I’m randomly a hot chocolate guy.
Skip ahead to about the 4:50 mark in the embedded clip below to watch the scene.
In the startup world though coffee is that special drink that makes everyone at the table feel comfortable. It’s the social beer for entrepreneurs. So when I tell you…
