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Mike MacCombie 💬

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3 years

Yeah sex is great, but have you ever had a day with zero meetings and actually had time to get work done

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2 years

VC funds need to learn to iterate as fast as the startups they invest in

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🚨I’m hiring 🚨 I’m bringing on someone part-time to work with me on investing/ecosystem/community building. It a mix between Associate/Chief of Staff/Special Projects Everything about the role is in the link below; 10 reasons why you should apply…👇🏻

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🚨💸🚨 Who do I know that is raising a ~$10M fund and looking for anchor checks (~$5M)? Who should I know that is on the rise? Those who know me know I only ask when there is a reason :)

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3 years

Yeah sex is great, but have you ever said no to something that would spread your time even thinner and preserved your sanity just a bit

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3 years

Just made 124 intros in 5 hours. Time for a drink

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3 years

If you are an Angel or Pre-seed VC who: -Likes bringing awesome people into great deals 🤝 -Loves seeing other folk’s favorites 👀 -Wants to build more community with wonderful Preseed folks 👼👼… Our 16th Pre-seed deal flow call is next Wednesday at 4 pm ET. DM me.

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3 years

Found out a founder-investor intro led to a $500K check in 4 days. Nice way to end the day.

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2 years

Think Calendly sharing is a power dynamic? Watch someone like your Tweet when they owe you a text message reply to your three follow ups

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3 years

Just made 86 investor connections for deal flow sharing in 29 minutes. Time to go for a run.

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3 years

Toxic masculinity is being afraid to response to another man’s iMessage with a ❤️ response instead of a 👍🏻

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1 year

New to/visiting SF? Here's a mini guide for you. 11 people and places for VCs & founders who want to socialize in the city:

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2 years

Some of my favorite atypical questions to ask people: (Because I'm done with superficial conversation at this point in my life)

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2 years

Just filled a 20 person brunch for NYC VCs in a matter of hours. If you’re a VC in NYC and want to get in the loop on social events in the city, I run a WhatsApp group that’s at 195 folks so far. Dm me to get added :)

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Mike MacCombie 💬

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3 years

Finished up my time at ffVC- a great 4+ years, full of learning and fun with my colleagues. Time for the next step… New launches coming soon :) Best way to keep in the loop is to text me (if you know my #), or click the link in my bio 📲

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2 years

🚨Going to SXSW?🚨 If you are, and I know you… I’ve got ~40 good people investors/founders in a WhatsApp group, we’re sharing event lists/housing/gatherings to go to 📲Text me if you want to join :)

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2 years

NYC VC Brunch, all folks from our new WhatsApp group. One of many events to come!

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1 year

I'm seeing a lot of deals at 2 levels: (A) $500K-$1M raises at $10M post, pre-product. (B) $3M at $15M post, first round, pre-revenue. Both are going to be tough:

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3 years

Just made 185 investor intros for sharing deal flow in 90 minutes. Now time for the evening events 🍻

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10 months

Raising a pre-seed/seed? Another 48-hr experiment (ends 10/11, 12 pm ET): Email deck/blurb/traction/round size to mike @mikemaccombie .com I’ll share top 3 companies w/ 50+ VCs 10/11. Last time I did this, I got 15 intros for 3 founders.

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3 years

I think I just found a 🦄 of a house. NYC Tech Summer House is about to be 🔥

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2 years

Our 217 person NYC VC WhatsApp just blew up talking about sports in the city…💥 So we launched 4 new groups for ⚽️soccer, 🎾tennis, ⛳️golf, and 👋🏼handball. If you are an NYC VC or founder/operator, and want to join our groups for opportunities like this, DM me :)

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If you are a black founder/have a team with a black founder, and looking to raise money at <10M post, I have a someone looking to meet you. A friend of mine is a black founder of a Series A startup, and he is looking to write $25K checks into pre-seed/early seed startups that

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4 years

Another intro between a startup and investor that led to an investment within a day. If I send a company, it’s the good stuff.

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2 years

Why many emerging (and some established) VCs are struggling to raise their funds... Unfiltered thoughts/non-obvious reasons:

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@MikeMacCombie

2 years

🚨🔎🚨 If you are trying to find the right VC firms to connect with (I'm talking to you, LPs, VCs, and founders), this is for you:

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Mike MacCombie 💬

@MikeMacCombie

6 years

I hate networking. "But you like meeting people at events, they are the same thing!" Not in my mind.

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Mike MacCombie 💬

@MikeMacCombie

2 years

142 intros made between 42 investors for 50 pre-seed deals yesterday All from 1 deal call w/ folks @UnusualVentures @alley_corp @MaCVentureCap @Techstars @AforeVC @RedSeaVentures , FOs, scouts @sequoia @Accel + others Many think deal sharing = adverse selection Why ours works:

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3 years

153 investor dealflow sharing connections finished in 70 minutes. If you are a pre-seed investor/👼 looking for a community of great folks- we share our favorites every other week. DM me 👀 (or text me if you have my number, always fastest)

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Mike MacCombie 💬

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1 year

197 connection requests from our pre-seed deal flow call yesterday: -66 deals, 36 sectors, 10 presented -Lowest valuation: $3M post -Highest: $20M post -68% w/ diverse founding teams If you're a pre-seed/seed VC, FO, or Angel, and want to join this community, shoot me a DM :)

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Raising a pre-seed/seed round? Not having a network of investors, or investors being on summer vacation won't stop great deals from getting done if I have anything to say about it. Doing my next experiment for 29.3 hours (ends 7/19, 4 pm ET): -Email deck+blurb+traction+round

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2 years

Why your event/community is >95% male (and 7 ways to make sure that doesn't happen): I've run multiple tech communities and events that were/are 50-70% female (no brovents or manels). It doesn't happen randomly, but it's not hard to do...👇

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It should be easier for good LPs and good GPs to connect. And I've quietly launched something to help with that. I have a WhatsApp group called the LP Collective- for LPs of all types (CVCs, FoFs, funds with a fund allocation strategy, HNWIs, and FOs). It's an easy channel to

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3 years

It’s crazy how many companies and VC firms are doing terribly on ghosting of applicants- I’m hearing plenty of stories currently. You asked them to apply. Tell them where they stand in the process

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1 year

Too many pitch decks get in their own way because of unclear messaging and noise. Two basic questions would take care of 95% of the problem decks:

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2 years

🚨🗽🚨 Haven’t seen a really engaging social context/community for NYC VCs to chat/collab about: -Events -Dinners -Gatherings -Coworking So I’m starting a curated one on WhatsApp. If you’re an active investor in NYC and want to join, DM me. Know me? 📲

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Mike MacCombie 💬

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3 years

Pre-seed VC’s and Angels: Want to share and see great deals? DM me.

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2 years

🚨🦃🤤🍾🚨 11/17: Bringing back NYC Tech Friendsgiving this year, a potluck gathering of all my favorite people in the ecosystem If you are interested in joining, comment below! Attendance not guaranteed, but I like to include some good new folks :)

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3 years

If you are a fast-growing startup with great leadership/intention in your culture, and are looking to hire more fantastic talent, drop a comment. Building out something fun to provide leverage to your hiring process 🤫 @galeforceVC @paigefinnn @domwong_ @Vishy_vish @yo @ezelby

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🚨Going to Miami Tech Week?🚨 If you are, and I know you… I’ve got ~20 good people investors/founders in a WhatsApp group, we’re sharing event lists/housing/gatherings to go to. (The SXSW one went wonderfully) 📲Text me if you want to join :) @chrisadamo_ @yo @MariaDerchi

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Raising a pre-seed/seed round? Not having a network of investors won't stop great deals from getting done if I have anything to say about it. Doing my next experiment for 25 hours (ends 3/27, 12 pm ET): -Email deck+blurb+traction+round size to mike @mikemaccombie .com,

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🚨 If you are an NYC founder/operator, this is for you 🚨 NYC Founders/operators deserve meaningful community/connection Accelerators/VCs help. Frankly sometimes we just need a place to socialize and not feel so on our own. I launched a community over the summer- it is... 1/

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Raising a pre-seed/seed round? Not having a network of investors won't stop great deals from getting done if I have anything to say about it. Doing my next experiment for 72.5 hours (ends 2/18, 3 pm ET): Email deck+blurb+traction+round size to mike @mikemaccombie .com, ideally

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Holidays won't stop great deals Raising a pre-seed/seed? A 47-hr experiment (ends 12/13, 12 pm ET): Email deck+blurb+traction+round size (all) to mike @mikemaccombie .com Title "47-hour experiment" I’ll share top 3+ companies w/ 50+ VCs 12/13 Last challenge = 44 intros

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Mike MacCombie 💬

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2 years

Pre-seed investor dinner in the books. 🙌🏼 @davidu for the drop-in If you are a VC in NYC/pre-seed investor generally, we have communities for each group where we have events and other happenings share- DM me :)

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1 year

A founder asked me today about how to generate urgency in this fundraising market. I shared three thoughts: 1) High school dynamics -> middle school mentality 2) Conviction > Urgency 3) Genuineness > Momentum Here's what I mean by those:

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🚨Event Launch: Fund Pitch & Share for Family Offices🚨 I run a community for family offices, and one asked me about the idea of doing a quarter event where they could share fund opportunities with each other, and also have funds pitch them for investment/ get feedback:

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2 months

VC isn't about playing the game a specific way - it's about playing your game insanely well. For every "rule" in VC I've seen a successful exception: "Investment checks should be a consistent size" -Founders Fund invested 10% of a fund into SpaceX "Don't share deals you passed

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5 years

@nayakkayak @lifeofzing A as in Allbirds B as in Bitcoin / Bridge note to nowhere C as in Contrarian D as in Diligence is before we move further E as in Everyone has seen that “hot” deal F as in Founder friendly G as in Greats H as in Hot Take I as in It’s not right for us currently but keep in touch

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3 years

If you have terrible Glassdoor reviews, probably a better idea to listen to the data and start fixing the company, rather than just trying to figure out who the reviewer was via internal politics 🤷🏻‍♂️

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Mike MacCombie 💬

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2 years

Hosting a dinner for pre-seed investors on Monday at 6 pm in NYC with @Trace_Cohen , keeping at least 2 seats open for folks I haven’t seen much/met yet. Who should I invite? (And who do I know that wants to join?) @jefielding @will_bricker @thisiszann @jamierusso @jvmaltby

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2 years

What valuation should you raise your round at? 4 variables you need to force-rank for your raise: -Valuation -Round size -Speed -Quality of cap table The answer depends on what your company needs most. A tale of 4 startups...👇

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Mike MacCombie 💬

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1 year

Great deals still get done, even in August A 72 hr experiment (ends 8/7 2 pm ET): Raising a pre-seed/seed? Email deck/blurb/traction/round size to mike @mikemaccombie .com I’ll share top 3 companies w/ 50+ VCs 8/9 Last time I did this, I got 15 intros for 3 founders :)

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Mike MacCombie 💬

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3 years

🗽👩🏻‍💻🏠☀️ I’m kicking off an NYC tech house on 6/14 for a group of 💉✅ VC’s/founders to spend 1-4 weeks together (finalizing timeline, but will overlap well with @beondeck NYC) 3 folks in (👩🏾‍💻👨🏾‍💻👨🏻‍💻) since convo’s started today, and open to more good folks - 👋🏼 @togethercasa ?

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1 year

A big part of who I make friends with/date is whether we grow together. There are 3 types of growth-supportive people: 1) Floors 2) Ceilings 3) Springs

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Mike MacCombie 💬

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3 years

Putting together an NYC tech flag/field day on 10/16with @colejmora @jvmaltby @kuaicash : -10 teams 👏🏻🧙‍♂️ -10 competitive activities 🤾🏻‍♂️⛹🏻‍♀️ -Points and prizes to be given to winners 🏆 If you work in tech/VC and want to join or organize a team, comment below

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3 years

Who are emerging fund managers based in NYC? What names come to mind @HeatherHartnett @NishaDesai @catmhernandez @SophiePurdom @shweta_xyz @VirginieRaphael @AngeliAgrawal @jvmaltby ?

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Mike MacCombie 💬

@MikeMacCombie

3 years

If you put people through a hiring process for 2 months, probably good not to wait two weeks after the final interviews to tell candidates that you decided not to hire for the role after all.

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Mike MacCombie 💬

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3 years

There is a potential gathering developing this weekend on an 80’ yacht with good tech people. If you are in South Florida for the weekend and would be interested in joining, leave a comment. No guarantees yet, but gathering interest. @chrisadamo_ @MariaDerchi @FrancisSuarez

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Mike MacCombie 💬

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4 years

@ffvc is hiring an Associate to join our team! Details on the role and team, recommendations on how to apply, and what to expect from the process below 🧵 1/10

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Mike MacCombie 💬

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4 years

I've done a weekly email roundup of high value reads/resources for tech folks for the last 2 years. I wanted to start sharing out what I come across for those who want some easy-to-filter content. In this week's batch are startup and investing finds, plus a bonus or two... 1/

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2 years

A lot more of my investor friends are sending out the “deals I’ve met with recently” emails, with diligence notes and allocations. Pre-seed is a wonderfully generous stage to be at :)

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Mike MacCombie 💬

@MikeMacCombie

3 years

Doing an intimate-ish NYC Tech Friendsgiving next Thursday 🦃 Capping at 40 people I know, but keeping a few spots open for new founders/investors/operators who would like to meet some new folks in NYC Who should I include?

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Mike MacCombie 💬

@MikeMacCombie

3 years

Just made 169 investor connections for sharing deal flow in 56 minutes. Time to pack for a week in SF/LA 🌁

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Mike MacCombie 💬

@MikeMacCombie

4 years

If someone is looking to get a fantastically variety of people aware of a VC job opening, where should one share it? (Newsletters, Slack Groups) @BLCKVC @HarlemCapital @joinrepublic @alexisohanian @DelJohnsonVC @BWTalkTech @paigefinnn @meaganloyst @frederikg191 @MacConwell

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Mike MacCombie 💬

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4 years

The quality of ODF companies that pitched today were fantastic- congrats to the whole @beondeck team for putting together that demo day.

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Mike MacCombie 💬

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5 years

@nayakkayak @lifeofzing T as in Tweetstorm U as in I passed on Uber V as in Visionary Leaders that will change the world W as in WeWork is a tech company X as in Xoogler Y as in Combinator or course Z as in Gen Z loves TikTok

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Just got a call from a founder whose company I shared with 50+ investors last week She already got $1M committed from one of the introductions that came out of it. The challenge works :)

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Mike MacCombie 💬

@MikeMacCombie

2 years

All I want to ask founders and people I meet these days is what trauma in your life drives you the most, and how have you dealt with it

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2 months

Raising a pre-seed/seed round? Not having a network of investors won't stop great deals from getting done if I have anything to say about it. Doing my next experiment for 29 hours (ends 5/18, 8 pm ET): -Email *all of* deck+blurb+traction+round size to

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Mike MacCombie 💬

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3 years

After I gave a talk to 33 investors to be, I gave them my # instead of email b/c that’s how all the investors/founders I work with contact me. I thought I might regret it deeply. They have been extremely respectful and kind, not abusing it at all. Good crew @modelvc @HBCUvc

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Mike MacCombie 💬

@MikeMacCombie

3 years

When two people want to meet me at the same time, I now just invite them all to a triangle meeting. More serendipity, less scheduling messages.

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Mike MacCombie 💬

@MikeMacCombie

2 years

🚨New community launch: housing travel swap🚨 So many of my friends are traveling regularly, looking for short-term stay apartments/subletters. Instead of seeing Instagram story posts all the time, I'm starting a housing swap community. The structure to make it work👇:

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Mike MacCombie 💬

@MikeMacCombie

3 years

How did I never know this 🤯

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Mike MacCombie 💬

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1 year

I've been hearing a lot of not great stories about behaviors of VCs in the last few weeks... Some things I'd recommend NOT doing if you are a GP at a fund:

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Mike MacCombie 💬

@MikeMacCombie

3 years

I need a fake Twitter so I can write things I feel feel

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Mike MacCombie 💬

@MikeMacCombie

2 years

Sometimes you meet someone, and you just know you need to find a way to work/collaborate/be around them Do not ignore that feeling. It is almost always worth it. Has happened 5-6 times in the last 2 weeks

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5 years

@nayakkayak @lifeofzing J as in Just give me your revenue K as in Killer founding team L as in Landgrab M as in MRR N as in Neuralink O as in Otter P as in Pre-Seed round of 10 on 800. Q as in Quick Sequoia is in send them a term sheet R as in Ready Player One S as in Superhuman for X

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2 years

The correlation on investor update quality/cadence and success on follow-on raises is looking quite strong right now

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Mike MacCombie 💬

@MikeMacCombie

3 years

If I hosted an NYC NYE party in Manhattan, who’d want to join? Gauging interest 🤫 @colejmora @jvmaltby @hankai1998 @kuaicash @andrew__rea @chiefintern @domwong_ @yo @_Liso_ @DjSterlingC @AdrianaArce_ @SophiePurdom @ronakbsheth @WizLikeWizard @MahatiSridhar @galeforceVC

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Mike MacCombie 💬

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2 years

🎂Celebrating my birthday today, and I have an ask of the community: I don’t have much art on my walls, and want to change that 🖼 🔨 I’m crowd-sourcing creativity: What new/under the radar artists should I look up for their work to check out?

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Mike MacCombie 💬

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2 years

🚨If you run or have invested in a CPG brand🚨 We’re talking w/ food/beverage collaborators for NYC Tech Field Day on 8/13 (130 VC/founder/operators) @LiquidDeath is our water partner HT @peterpham If you want to get involved w/ samples/discounts, DM me

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1 year

Hosted a post-holiday winter party and a new to NYC VC dinner for 25 this week. If you are in the NYC VC ecosystem and want to get more connected to the community Shoot me a DM - we’re at almost 400 members now

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Mike MacCombie 💬

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3 years

@VCBrags You are just a check.

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2 years

If you want to keep in the loop for when we launch, you can sign up here:

Deconstructed VC | Mike MacCombie🎙 | Substack

Bite-sized breakdowns of VCs that are doing something unique. Click to read Deconstructed VC, by Mike MacCombie🎙, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.

deconstructedvc.substack.com

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Mike MacCombie 💬

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2 years

Anyone who says August is slow for fundraising/investing is not seeing enough deals, or they are complacent. (If someone chooses to take vacation, then by all means I support that) But I’m seeing more good deals this week than I have all month, and nothing is slowing down

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Mike MacCombie 💬

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1 year

Um, @twitter , what the heck. I’m not allowed to follow any more people? I have more followers than following, and this is weird. Please fix.

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Mike MacCombie 💬

@MikeMacCombie

2 years

Seeing the tweets about not raising after Thanksgiving, etc, from founders and investors Yeah, don’t schedule meetings for 12/25-12/31, but seriously VC folks, don’t get that lazy You can work during holiday party season. If not, chat with your LPs and cut that 2% by 1/12

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Mike MacCombie 💬

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4 years

My roundup of the best articles/resources/frameworks I shared in the last edition of my email to founders in my community This edition includes: Frameworks for idea generation and decision making, subscriptions and GTM, rules that massively backfired, and more... 👇 1/

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Mike MacCombie 💬

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2 years

Pipeline is full, but some of my favorite deals have been done during holidays I’ll take it a step further w/ a 48 hr experiment: If you’re raising pre-seed/seed, email deck, blurb, round size to mike @mikemaccombie .com I’ll share the top 3 with 50+ VCs 12/7 Ends 12/4 5 pm ET

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2 years

Lots of founders seem to be raising right now. Capital may be hard to find right now. We may make one more investment before year-end, but our pipeline is already full so not taking new intros. This is likely the case with other VCs too. ✨Hang in there till the New Year!✨

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2 years

LA Pre-Seed Investor dinner in the books ✅ More to come in the LA ecosystem…👀 @swhnorton @neildevani @saveena_ @imzhenniliu @mariadesantis95 @DanuelBrown @JocelynLehman @cplee123 @LipmanLiron @adlebovitz

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@MikeMacCombie

3 years

Who are your favorite small check investors in cloud computing, PropTech, or Preseed generally? Have a deal to share with good folks

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Mike MacCombie 💬

@MikeMacCombie

3 years

Biggest ways VC’s mess up their hiring processes: 👻Ghosting 🤷🏻‍♂️Poor candidate diversity (VC’s fault, it’s not a pipeline issue) 🌫 Non-transparency 🔍Letting biases and heuristics guide decisions 🤖Not finding ways for candidates to be able to shine How to avoid these...🧵 1/6

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Mike MacCombie 💬

@MikeMacCombie

2 years

I'd love to see every fund explore a carve out for junior investor "passion bets": Give every junior investor authority to make a single (small) investment or carve out (= to ~1 core check) for small discovery checks Here's why... 1/11 (og credit: Joshua Siegel at @AcronymVc )

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@MikeMacCombie

2 years

Born in Ohio, 11 years in NYC NYC “nice” is something different I’m at my favorite breakfast spot, the front of house guy remembers the last time he saw me in months ago, and who I was with Makes a recommendation on how to best get the stuff I want Memorable, direct, helpful

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Mike MacCombie 💬

@MikeMacCombie

2 years

Heading to LA the 1/23-1/27: 👋🏼 What investors and builders should I meet? (West side) Separately: 🍱 Hosting a dinner on 1/25 for pre-seed investors (VCs/FOs/active angels). Want to join the investor dinner? DM me

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Mike MacCombie 💬

@MikeMacCombie

4 years

@ceonyc @jasminecrowe +1. Also, I’d have to ask what the partners are doing to build a culture where this is even a thought that could be subconsciously considered. This might be a partnership problem too.

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@MikeMacCombie

3 years

👀💰Met someone looking to invest in a select handful of micro funds focused on B2B Pre-seed. I have some names but want to make sure I’m not missing anyone. Who should I make sure to mention? @stuartdsmith @awwstn @jordanxwan @sullyL9 @MacConwell @modelvc @paigefinnn @anamitra

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Mike MacCombie 💬

@MikeMacCombie

1 year

🚨Community Launch: NYC Event Collabs🚨 Every time I host an event, I wish I had an easy way to figure out space and sponsors. So, I'm launching a community for It. Where space owners and event sponsors can hear about opportunities... How it will work: 1/

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Mike MacCombie 💬

@MikeMacCombie

11 months

This was a mind blowing gift to receive 🤯 My own personalized Magic The Gathering card from @WizLikeWizard and the @spacecadet team. You are a master of your domain and amazing at what you do 🙏🏻

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