Hi, I'm Mikhailor just Misha

Mikhail Gutnikov, founder of the community

My superpower? I see superpowers in other people.

That's how I build this community and organise events. Honestly, I'm often lazy. But then smart people around me come up with great ideas and ask if I could organise something, and it's hard to resist. Why not?

I believe the world is a positive-sum game. I bring smart people together, help them connect and share ideas, and make the pie bigger for everyone. I just see what people are good at, and want the world to see it too.

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How we run the community

  1. People are the main valueIt's less about skills and more about mindset. I look for people who genuinely care about what's happening in the community: that's where engagement comes from.
  2. Balance moderation and freedomA thousand strict rules and everyone is afraid to post. No rules and the chat drowns in niche talk nobody relates to. The job is to find the middle, where everyone feels comfortable and free to speak.
  3. Embrace creativityPeople come with great ideas all the time: hiking, pilates, painting, Formula 1, a non-random coffee. I just frame it a bit and point that energy in the right direction, and a new project is born.
  4. Don't overload people at eventsOne piece of content, like a talk, and everything else is free time and networking. No piles of rules about what people "should" do. It's not a kindergarten.
  5. Be niceYou are the role model: whatever feels normal in your circle becomes the rule for every new member. Kindness lives in all of us, and when people feel it around them, it wakes up in them too.

Community is not about the size of the chat. It's about the people and the vibe you create together.