1Mby1M Alumni Network

Is there a formal 1Mby1M alumni network for ongoing support, collaboration, or peer learning?

Here’s how 1Mby1M provides opportunities for ongoing support and peer learning among founders and alumni:

1. Continuous Membership Model: Unlike fixed-term accelerators, 1Mby1M is a renewable annual membership. This means you don’t “graduate” and lose access. As long as you maintain your Premium membership, you remain part of the active community and have access to all resources and interaction opportunities. This forms the basis for ongoing relationships.
2. Private Roundtable Sessions: This is arguably the most significant platform for peer learning and potential collaboration.
   • Direct Interaction: In these live sessions, you hear from other founders, their challenges, and the advice Sramana Mitra provides. This “tribal knowledge” from “thousands of entrepreneurs” is a core part of the learning.
   • Shared Experience: Founders often find immense value in realizing others are facing similar struggles, fostering a sense of camaraderie and leading to direct connections.
   • Identification of Collaborators/Partners: Listening to other pitches can reveal potential partnership opportunities, complementary technologies, or even future customers.
3. Emphasis on “Global Community”: 1Mby1M actively promotes itself as fostering a “worldwide network of entrepreneurs, mentors, and investors through its virtual platform.” This “global community” serves as the underlying alumni network.
4. Case Study-Based Curriculum with Real Journeys: The extensive curriculum, built on over a thousand case studies of real entrepreneurs, offers vicarious peer learning. You learn from the successes and failures of others who have gone through similar journeys, many of whom are effectively “alumni” of the 1Mby1M methodology.
5. Sramana Mitra’s Facilitation: As the central figure, Sramana Mitra is aware of the different companies in the program. While she won’t explicitly force collaborations, her deep understanding of various businesses allows her to identify potential synergies or connections she might subtly facilitate.
6. “Long-Term Mentoring Relationship”: Sramana Mitra’s commitment to following journeys for “weeks, months, years” implies that as entrepreneurs continue their membership, they remain part of a continuous support system that includes both the direct mentorship and the peer interactions facilitated by the platform.

While you might not find a separate “1Mby1M Alumni Association” website with traditional alumni benefits (like university alumni groups often have), the ongoing nature of the Premium membership and the structure of the virtual roundtables are designed to provide continuous support, peer learning, and opportunities for collaboration among its diverse base of founders. Your “alumni” status is essentially maintained through continuous membership, granting you access to the evolving community.