Unsure if it's just me, but it's amazing how much his questions remind me of thesis/dissertation defenses as well as grant writing in chemistry.<p>What problem are you solving? If you're successful who will benefit the most? What experiments will need to done? Is your lab capable of doing them? How much will it cost and how long until you get preliminary results?<p>My guess this applies to other hard sciences as well.
Meanwhile, I hold Office Hours weekly at the Alembic in San Francisco, something I've been doing on and off since 2008[0] (and based off of a friend's office hours, same time same place, which he starting holding in 2007).<p>If you'd like free, abrasive, honest advice, suggestions, etc, feel free to show up:<p><a href="http://plancast.com/wooster" rel="nofollow">http://plancast.com/wooster</a><p>Bonus: it's free. Interesting people sometimes show up (other than myself, of course).<p>[0] Started at Coupa Café in Palo Alto.