Jock Fairweather 🦄’s Post

A VC office party taught me this lesson about winning 👇 At the party, I met a founder who'd just taken money from the newest partner at the firm. Always being curious about the how and the why of a deal, I asked them: 👉 "What were the things that made them stand out?" I was expecting to hear the usual stuff: - helped find syndicate investors - introduced them to customers - helped them hire But no. It was just this 👇 "She actually came down to our office and showed us she was serious." You might not be a whiz at financial models. Or have a network like Reid Hoffman. Or have founded a unicorn. But you sure as heck can just show up, just like that partner did.

A VC office party taught me this lesson about winning 👇 At the party, I met a founder who'd just taken money from the newest partner at the firm. Always being curious about the how and the why of a deal, I asked them: 👉 "What were the things that made them stand out?" I was expecting to hear the usual stuff: - helped find syndicate investors - introduced them to customers - helped them hire But no. It was just this 👇 "She actually came down to our office and showed us she was serious." You might not be a whiz at financial models. Or have a network like Reid Hoffman. Or have founded a unicorn. But you sure as heck can just show up, just like that partner did.

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, hard deadline tomorrow. -Title must be exactly: "25-hour experiment" -I’ll share at least the top 3 companies w/ 50+ VCs this week. -Last time I did this, I got 15 investor intros for founders I shared, and had at least one investment get done. Results will vary, but it works :)

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 27 hours (ends 4/19, 5 pm ET): -Email deck+blurb+traction+round size to mike@mikemaccombie.com, hard deadline tomorrow. -Title must be exactly: "27-hour experiment" -I’ll share at least the top 3 companies w/ 50+ VCs next week. -Last time I did this, I got 12 investor intros for founders I shared. And in the last 6 months I know of at least $1.25M invested in companies I shared. Results will vary, but it works :)

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 mike@mikemaccombie.com, hard deadline tomorrow. -Title must be exactly: "29-hour experiment" -I’ll share at least the top 3 companies w/ 50+ VCs next week. -Last time I did this, I got 12 investor intros for founders I shared. Results will vary, but it works :)

Our team just convened a group of 70+ full time #venturecapital investors + a panel of long time VCs and LPs. 3 Takeaways: 🤗 If you're a junior investor looking to change firms in this market ... you're not alone. A lot of folks are loose in the saddle. Be proactive, including in how you represent your brand to the market. 🔁 We've seen this story before during the 08/09 VC dip... fortunately, this time it's not nearly as bad. 3️⃣ kinds of VCs ... which one do you want to be? 1) Spend most of their time with VCs 2) Spend most of their time with LPs 3) Spend most of their time with founders. (Guess which ones perform the best?) Thanks to our amazing panelists 👇🏻 Philip Kim (Capital One Ventures) Danielle Lay (NEA) Nihal Mehta (Eniac Ventures) Charlie O'Donnell (Brooklyn Bridge Ventures) To our incredible host (Cooley LLP) and sponsors (Fidelity Shoobx and Intercom) ... and to Conner Roach of Clik for the snaps that you see below! 📆 Want to learn about our multi-day VC event that's right around the corner? There's a pointer to it in the comments!

We are growing ARR 52% m/m! 📈 A big reason why is this formula: 1. hitch a ride to the "current thing" (Sam getting fired) 2. create valuable related content (how to keep control) 3. offer a generous promotion (a year free) Examples of other companies doing the same?

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 size to mike@mikemaccombie.com, hard deadline tomorrow. -Title must be *exactly*: "29.3-hour experiment" -I’ll share at least the top 3 companies w/ 50+ VCs next week. -Last time I did this, I got 36 investor intros for founders I shared. -And in the last 6 months I know of at least $2.5M invested in companies I shared.

Few people can explain complex topics with this level of clarity. This is a video on keeping control and building valuable companies. I think it's also an incredible example of effective communication. One of many for Dan Siroker #communicationmatters

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 28.25 hours (ends 6/22, 5 pm ET): -Email deck+blurb+traction+round size to mike@mikemaccombie.com, hard deadline tomorrow. -Title must be *exactly*: "28.25-hour experiment" -I’ll share at least the top 3 companies w/ 50+ VCs next week. -Last time I did this, I got 15 investor intros for founders I shared. -And in the last 6 months I know of at least $1.5M invested in companies I shared. Results will vary, but it works :)