No-shows usually go to the bottom of my list and I’ll only engage with them via email after they’ve burned me once. I don’t lecture them because I understand life happens but further engagements are on my terms.

No-shows don’t affect me now because I have all meetings come to my workplace or to my small business office if I’m working from there. Once they’ve arrived if necessary we’ll then go to our intended location TOGETHER (ie. lunch, coffee).

When I’m traveling I rarely have meetings outside of the hotel I’m staying in.

I got burnt twice by a founder of a local hot startup a few years ago and made this change after dealing with him. It’s made things much easier.