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Mike MacCombie

Mike MacCombie

GP at Generous Ventures; community-focused early-stage investor

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New York, New York
Joined October 2025
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Summary

Community builder and connector: Mike has repeatedly launched and scaled communities (Open Mike Night, Evertrue Ventures, investor deal-sharing/newsletter programs) and has focused his VC platform work on programming, partnerships, and introductions that accelerate portfolio-company growth. youtube+2
Early-stage investor with a community-first, behavioral-science sensibility: As a GP/partner-level investor (Generous Ventures, prior platform/partnership roles at ffVC and other networks) he emphasizes relationships, curated deal flow, and behavioral approaches to founder support and onboarding. about+2
Background in education and nonprofit-adjacent operations: Mike's early career as a special-needs teacher and in launching a charter school informs his focus on scalable, community-first interventions and educational / social-good oriented programming. accesstoanyonepodcast+1
Public communicator and writer: Mike publishes essays and runs newsletters about community, founder best practices, and behavior-driven approaches to work; he is a frequent podcast and interview guest discussing community, fundraising, and platform strategy. medium+2

Work

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Writing

How Top Givers Help Others Without Burning Out

January 1, 2017

Medium series post describing frameworks and practices used by high-output "givers" to help others at scale without burning out.

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Evertrue Ventures launches

November 1, 2016

Announcement / essay describing the launch of Evertrue Ventures, the Brown alumni investment group; discusses alumni networks and support for early-stage founders.

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The four non-technical skills every entrepreneurial graduate should have (but that we don't talk about enough)

September 1, 2016

Medium essay outlining non-technical skills important for entrepreneurial graduates (habits, communication, community, etc.).

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Hobbies

Designing and hosting community events and meetups (Open Mike Night and similar formats). youtube

Writing essays and newsletters on community, behavior science, and startup best practices (Medium). medium