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Mike MacCombie 💬 Profile picture
@MikeMacCombie
Oct 31, 2019 • 3 tweets • 3 min read • Read on X
Sometimes we hesitate to ask some real questions or give feedback because we want to be proper in public and not risk judgment.

So- we’re hosting a new event series at @ffvc called Real Talk- bringing together two groups of people that might benefit from some realness #openlp 1/
We’re starting with an easier one- LP’s and VC’s. Hosting a closed door dinner 11/13 for these folks to get real with each other for the sake of learning. If you have been an LP in a fund, and would like to join to share and learn, shoot me a DM. Know one? Share with them.
@Beezer232 @MKRocks @cdouvos @gpingree
@LDEakman @ericjwoo - know of any NYC based folks that might find it of interest?

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Jan 26, 2023
9 stats about community/event creation so you can increase the odds of success:
1) ~12% of people will respond to random event invitations via calendar or email. Can be higher if people have context, but that's the baseline.

Want 12 people to show up for a dinner? Invite 100
2) 10% of people participate in basic communities (WhatsApp groups, etc)

So if you want to start an ask/give group, get a group to 100 people before you starting putting out requests.
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Jan 25, 2023
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:
40 calls in, the best practices that make it actually work as expected:

-Heavy enforcement of norms: no sharing other people's deals or bumping sharers out of their own allocations. 0 violations in 40 calls

-Best practices: Swift voting for intros, and fast connections made
-All deals shared into a private Airtable before the call, and I curate the best deals for presentation on the call

-Attendees self-rate their deals- we give awards for best effort/most unique deal/most compelling investment

-Every new attendee intros themselves to community
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Jan 24, 2023
🚨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👇:
-All members will be vetted by me before joining.
-Members will share their travel dates with me privately, and the city they are coming from and going to.
-I will publish a calendar without attribution showing availability in different cities.
-Members will be match made...
-With each other based on neighborhood preferences, lifestyles, and other factors.
-No money will be exchanged except in exceptional circumstances where there is excess demand in a city or one-sided swaping.
-Highest of expectations about behavior and cleanliness for guests.
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Jan 23, 2023
On making tough decisions...

The "LEGO house/apple" framework:
Did a ton of reflection this weekend about big decisions and overthinking.

Have more to share later this week, but one of the first frameworks that helped me navigate the toughest decisions in my life years ago came from a best friend of mine.

The metaphor was about...
How two sides of a decision were akin to a house made of legos or an apple.

One of the choices in a decision is usually anchored by reasoning:
"This job could set me up for the next thing"
"They are a great match for me on paper"

You add reason after reason to the ledger...
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Jan 21, 2023
On life narratives:

I've been fascinated for years with idea of life narratives - the stories we tell ourselves about how the world Is and how we navigate life given that way of being.

Not everyone's conscious of what theirs is; interesting to explore.

My narrative is...
That life is like being in a backyard on a warm summer evening as the sun sets.

We come across serendipitous moments all the time, like lightning bugs/fireflies in the backyard.

Sometimes they might light up in front of us, and we get to take in the moment joyfully, but...
Everywhere we aren't looking, there are hundreds, thousands more, moments that could light up for us if we know when to look and take it in.

As I look back in my life at the experiences I've gone through, I can see so, so many moments where it came up:
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Jan 21, 2023
Some of my favorite atypical questions to ask people:

(Because I'm done with superficial conversation at this point in my life)
"What's been most on your mind lately?"

(Open-ended, and often people ask "you mean at work?" I reply "intentionally ambiguous, whatever is on your mind is on your mind")

Let's you dive into something they are thinking about
"What narrative do you think guides how you see the world?"

A lot of people will become deer in the headlights when they see this one, but for those who respond, it opens up a lot of introspection.
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