# Let's talk > The best ways to reach Ben Schmidt. LinkedIn first, inbox always open, coffee around Pittsburgh, especially with founders getting up to speed on agentic AI or working through an early-stage question. Source: https://iambenschmidt.com/lets-talk/ The easiest way to reach me is LinkedIn, and my inbox is always open. Past that, I am around Pittsburgh a lot and genuinely like meeting people who are building something. **Start on LinkedIn.** It is where I am most active and the surest way to get a reply. Send a note about what you are working on and we will take it from there: message me there. **Or email.** If you would rather go straight to my inbox, I am ben [at] iambenschmidt.com. A line about what you are working on is plenty. **Coffee is easy.** I am at a lot of the local events, and I am always happy to sit down over coffee. Especially with fellow founders trying to get up to speed on agentic AI, or anyone who wants a straight read on an early-stage startup question. I learn as much from these conversations as anyone does, so the offer is real, not a courtesy. **Want me to write up what you are building?** If you are a founder, I am glad to write a short piece on your startup, a field note, no charge. Send me your site and a line on what you want me to look at, and I will give you a quick yes or no and share the link when it is done. **On advising.** I am not taking on new board seats right now, but I do advise a handful of founders and teams, and I am open to the right conversation. If that is what you are after, say so in your note. ## The Table Every so often I pull a few of these conversations into the same room. That is [The Table](/table): a small, in-person gathering in Pittsburgh for people working seriously with agents. It is invite-ish and deliberately low-key. [See what it is](/table). --- This is the plain-markdown twin of https://iambenschmidt.com/lets-talk/. The whole site offers one: append index.md to any page URL. Index for agents: https://iambenschmidt.com/llms.txt