Most startups don’t announce their separation with a core team-member.
Most startups also aren’t working to enable radical authenticity online. Nor do they know Micah Corning-Myers.
I'm writing this note to share that Micah will no longer be working at Plexus. But really, I’m writing this note to honor Micah and his mark on Plexus.
Maybe the simplest evidence of Micah’s mark is that Plexus’ mission can be reworded in terms of him. Our stated mission is to enable broad participation online—to help each of us open our internal worlds to each other. It turns out, that’s equivalent to this: “make people more like Micah.”
Within Micah is an impossibly great reservoir of love. Not just for family or friends (he has supreme amounts of this). Not just for folks with whom he disagrees (remarkable amounts of this too). But also: for strangers. This was what struck me when we met: Micah opens himself to people he doesn't know.
Over 15 months, Micah’s openness caught on. Not only did it influence me, our early community, and our mission, but also Plexus’s medium for connection.
“Davey–it’s technically complex, I know—but imagine hearing a chorus of real people’s voices, speaking about the thing that’s currently on your mind. It’d transport you.”
He was right. Voice inspires unprecedented openness between strangers. I.e., Micah-ness.
Though we both feel it’s time for full-time work together to end, make no mistake:
If Plexus breaks participation inequality online, it will be in large part due to the voice of this norm-defying, empathy-exuding midwestern man.
Grateful for my friend,
Davey