# Office hours

Concept · [Programs and community](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/community)

Also called: office hour, coaching hours, drop-in hours, advising session

A set time when [founders](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/founder) can bring questions to an expert, a [mentor](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/mentor) or program staff, usually in short one-on-one or small group [sessions](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/session).

**For example:** A program gives each [founder](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/founder) a set number of office hours with a [software engineer](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/software-engineer). A founder uses one [session](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/session) to ask why the [login](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/authentication) on the [prototype](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/prototype) fails.

## Connects to (6)

- [Mentor](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/mentor): An experienced person who gives a founder guidance.
- [Accelerator](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/accelerator): A program with a fixed length that helps a group of early companies grow faster through coaching, introductions and sometimes funding.
- [AMA](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/ama): Short for 'ask me anything'.
- [Cohort](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/cohort): A group of founders or companies that go through a program together, on the same schedule.
- [Y Combinator](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/y-combinator): A startup accelerator.
- [Techlahoma Expert AMA](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/techlahoma-expert-ama): Techlahoma's online question-and-answer series.

Map view: https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/office-hours