Mike MacCombie’s Post

Raising a pre-seed/seed round? Not having a network of investors, or investors backlogged in September won't stop great deals from getting done if I have anything to say about it. Doing my next experiment for 29.291 hours (ends 9/14, 8 pm ET): -Email deck+blurb+traction+round size to mike@mikemaccombie.com, hard deadline tomorrow. -Title must be *exactly*: "29.291-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 $3.3M invested in companies I shared.

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 :)

Raising a pre-seed/seed round? Not having a network of investors won't stop great deals from getting done this month if I have anything to say about it. Doing my next experiment for 30.311 hours (ends 10/11, 8 pm ET): -Email deck+blurb+traction+round size+your LinkedIn link+company HQ location to mike@mikemaccombie.com, hard deadline tomorrow. -Title must be *exactly*: "30.311-hour experiment" and must include all the above elements for consideration. -I’ll share at least the top 3 companies w/ 50+ VCs next week. -Last time I did this, I got 58 investor intros for the founders I shared. -And in the last 6 months I know of at least $3.5M invested in companies I shared.

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, or investors being on summer vacation in August won't stop great deals from getting done if I have anything to say about it. Doing my next experiment for 29.467 hours (ends 8/9, 6 pm ET): -Email deck+blurb+traction+round size to mike@mikemaccombie.com, hard deadline tomorrow. -Title must be *exactly*: "29.467-hour experiment" -I’ll share at least the top 3 companies w/ 50+ VCs next week. -Last time I did this, I got 27 investor intros for founders I shared. -And in the last 6 months I know of at least $2.8M invested in companies I shared.

Raising a pre-seed/seed round? Not having a network of investors won't stop great deals from getting done this month if I have anything to say about it, even as everyone is thinking about what the ecosystem will look like post-election. Doing my next experiment for 31.121 hours (ends 11/8, 9 pm ET): -Email *all of* deck+blurb+traction+round size+your LinkedIn link+company HQ location to mike@mikemaccombie.com, hard deadline tomorrow. -Title must be *exactly*: "31.121-hour experiment" and must include all the above elements for consideration. -I’ll share at least the top 3 companies w/ 50+ VCs next week. -Last time I did this, I got 34 investor intros for the founders I shared. -And in the last 6 months I know of at least $3M invested in companies I shared.

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.

I like this concept of limited-time "contests" for firms to pitch investors.

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 :)

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