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Luke Clancy

Luke Clancy

Hi, I’m Luke - I’m an explorer, people connector, and entrepreneurial hustler. I’m a sucker for people’s stories + serendipitous adventures. Give me a mountain peak or a rabbit hole and I’m happy.

I like to help high-energy, high-integrity, and positive sum people win — especially when working on impactful problems. My north star is becoming an honest broker like Ron Conway.

I'm currently working on something new + making intro’s to great people. On the side, I share useful ideas in my newsletter + essays. I live in SF, but I’m Chicago-bred.

I'd like my reputation to be “talk to that guy and you'll leave energized, thinking about something new. Good things will happen (via resources, connections, etc), and it'll generally cost you nothing.”

I love meeting curious, thoughtful, and high-agency people. Don’t hesitate to reach out!

X • LinkedIn • lukepclancy6@gmail.com

(see more on my “about me” page)

Currently…

  • Sharing my curiosities in Notes To Self + essays.
  • Connecting great people together + chasing adventures (Ron Conway vibes).
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  • Letting young startup killers crash on my couch to go all in on their dreams.
  • Hosting retreats + big adventures.
  • Turning my house into a coffee shop + concert venu
  • Salsa dancing at the Cigar Bar.
  • Making personal websites of philosophers. (Dostoyevski, Krishnamurti)

Previously…

  • Closed deals at Origami.
  • Did sales and growth for Solace and Haven.
  • Worked with Julian Shapiro and led growth for DeepChecks.
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  • Helped Erik Torenberg grow Turpentine.
  • Spent a summer as a camp counselor at Camp Chippewa.
  • Curated internet gold & did content work for Matter.
  • Founded Illini Blockchain — a powerhouse student org at UIUC.
  • Studied Industrial Engineering at UIUC.
  • Hosted house parties where curious people get drunk on ideas.
  • Taught a leadership course for my business frat, AKPsi.
  • Hosted events and retreats for entrepreneurial students to hangout and grow.
  • Sent 1000s of cold emails for Third Wall.
  • Interned in Deloitte’s blockchain advisory practice.
  • Closed $10k of deals for Cyber Patterns through cold Twitter DMs.
  • Learned from a few industry experts on old my podcast, Blockchain Big Brain.
  • Wrote about meaningful careers & life with my brother Paul at Your Mindset Matters.
  • Did growth for Burst, a VC-backed blockchain startup
  • Built tech infra to help scale my Mom’s estate planning business to over $500k in ARR.

✍🏼 Essays

I write about ideas I can’t unsee. Find all of my essays on the writings page.

Here’s 6 good ones to start:

  • Big Sentences from 2025.
  • Relish in the Little Things (2025)
  • My Dream - Becoming an Honest Broker (2025)
  • Every mental health insight I’ve learned, as concisely as possible (2024)
  • 2 Unconventional Recruiting Tactics (2024)
  • The Jam Session Manifesto (2023)

📚 Bookshelf

YES

Befriending strangers
Blocking social feeds
Curating the internet
Partner dancing 🕺🏼💃🏼
Forward Party 🇺🇸
Alpha School 🏫
Krishnamurti 💭
Olivia Dean 🎵
Scrambles ⛰️
Alicia Keys 🎵
Buddhism 💭
Congruence
Dealmaking
Stoicism 💭
Catch 🏈⚾
Spanish 🗣️
Hostels 🗺️
Lebron 🏀
Taoism 💭
Nolan 🎥
Hyrox 🏋🏼
Jesus 💭
Dérive

NO

First-past-the-post voting 🇺🇸
Reactive healthcare
Factory schools 🏫
Bad incentives
Car-first cities
Bureaucracy
Tribalism
Clickbait
Gossip

Thanks for the visit!

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“Talk to Luke and you’ll meet people who…”Some thoughts on preparing for the next decadeDip your toes into biologyFuture Me’sHow to find adventures“How do you feel about that?”Want to trade 10 minutes to get 1,000 hours?Drift towards realThe screen-era of work is endingThe road to feel5 no-brainer sales playsDark EnergyAll my dawgs eatSpecific tendencies of great AEsSpecific tendencies of great SDRs4 checkboxes to find “the one”Quotes on SurrenderQuotes on CharmQuotes on LoveBig Sentences from 2025Big Sentences from 2024Big Sentences from 2023Big Sentences from 2022The call to stimulation.Lean in.A network is a garden.How to make the most of college10 Problems Worth Spending A Career SolvingRelish In The Little ThingsMy Dream - Becoming An Honest BrokerEvery mental health insight I’ve learned, as concisely as possibleThe Jam Session Manifesto2 Unconventional Recruiting TacticsTiny Universe MindsetOn Stress: faucets & drainsMake someone’s day every dayNotes from a trip to Silicon ValleyInsights from Cory Levy
80/20 of GrowthCold Outreach Checklistwork journeymy newsletter - Notes To SelfAKPsi Leadership Course