Entrepreneur and creator Codie Sanchez has an ‘intense’ approach to meetings. These are her 3 rules.

Entrepreneur and creator Codie Sanchez knows she has a “kind of intense” approach to meetings.

“Meetings should only be for people who need to be in them, because nobody wants more meetings than you need,” she said. “So I’m always asking: Does everybody at this meeting need to be in here?”

The ex-Wall Streeter made a name for herself by buying “boring” businesses like laundromats. She founded the Austin, Texas-based company, Contrarian Thinking, which helps owners buy and build businesses. Sanchez also has a big social media presence, including 3.3 million Instagram followers, and hosts the No. 14 business podcast on Spotify.

Here are Sanchez’s…