702nd 1Mby1M Roundtable Recording

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Roundtable Recap: September 11 – The 1Mby1M AI Mentor Does Some Things Better than Me

During this week’s roundtable, we had four excellent discussions on entrepreneur pitches.

EV Ecosystem

First up we had Yves Nzuzi-Khuabi from Lake Macquarie, Australia, pitch EV Ecosystem, a 2-sided marketplace for electric vehicle accessories and services.

Surge

Then we had Ishu Darshan from Gurugram, India, pitch Surge, a team collaboration product.

Marketta

Then Sean Morris from Kerry, Ireland, pitched Marketta, a customer survey product.

Detoxit

Last we had Utkarsh Pandey from Lucknow, India, pitch Detoxit, an app for detoxing from phone and social media addiction.

You can listen to the recording of this roundtable here:

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How Entrepreneurs Learn Through Real Case Studies

I want to share with you some things we have learned in running the 1Mby1M program since 2008. Over 700 free mentoring roundtables with over 300k entrepreneurs. Thousands of case studies of successful entrepreneurs – the who’s who of tech startups – through interview based methodology development.

Our hypothesis about case-study based learning and mentoring is working very well. 

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Best of Bootstrapping: Bootstrapped Algo Using Services from Detroit

I am always thrilled to see great entrepreneurship in various parts of the world that are slightly off-center. Well, Algo Founder Amjad Hussain’s journey as shared in 2018 is a great one from Detroit.

Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of your journey. Where are you from? Where were you born, raised, and in what kind of background?

Amjad Hussain: I was born in a very small village of Pakistan.

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702nd 1Mby1M Roundtable for Entrepreneurs Starting in 30 Minutes

Today’s 702nd FREE online 1Mby1M Roundtable for Entrepreneurs is starting in 30 minutes, on Thursday, September 11, at 8 a.m. PDT / 11 a.m. EDT / 5 p.m. CEST / 8:30 p.m. India IST. CLICK HERE to join. PASSWORD: startup  All are welcome!

Bootstrapping an EdTech Venture to $6M, Ready to Scale with AI: Daniel Santos, CEO of Prepory (Part 6)

Sramana Mitra: What else is interesting in the strategy or in any moves that you’ve made leading up to now, in 2025? What else is worth discussing in your journey?

Best of Bootstrapping: Bootstrapped a Travel Business to $5M

Under30Experiences Co-founder Matt Wilson has built a fantastic business using content marketing to sell travel experiences to young adults. Very cool! Here is our conversation from 2018.

Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of your journey. Where are you from? Where did you grow up and in what kind of background?

Matt Wilson: I grew up in upstate New York. I grew up in a little tiny town called Stormville, New York. It’s about 60 minutes outside of New York City. It’s not really that close to the city, but it wasn’t extremely rural. I just started being an enterprising young man whether it was by mowing lawns or picking golf balls out of the local ponds. Selling the golf balls on eBay was my first online business. That really ignited the passion for entrepreneurship. Baseball cards would probably be the other thing that I was really passionate about when I was younger.

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Bootstrapping an EdTech Venture to $6M, Ready to Scale with AI: Daniel Santos, CEO of Prepory (Part 5)

Sramana Mitra: So, you were acquiring families through SEO mainly.

Daniel Santos: Yes, primarily SEO.

Sramana Mitra: So, that was not limited to South Florida anymore?