696th 1Mby1M Roundtable Recording

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Roundtable Recap: July 31 – AI Investment Thesis with Marina and Nick Davidovs, DVC

During this week’s roundtable, we had Marina and Nick Davidovs, Cofounders and Managing Partners at DVC, a firm that backs only repeat founders doing AI startups. We had a terrific conversation on cutting edge issues within the AI ecosystem.

NETSPOC

As for our entrepreneur pitches, up first we had Jacob Manamel from Bengaluru, India, pitch NETSPOC, a company that is already in revenue and profitable.

SOREYA

Next, we had Ellie Bramer from Cambridge, UK, pitch SOREYA, a concept stage AI venture.

Yana.travel

Then we had Sanket DK, also from Bengaluru, India, pitch Yana.travel, a company that is just starting to generate revenues.

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Building a Venture Scale Two-sided Marketplace for College Prep to 8-Figure Revenue: Empowerly CEO Hanmei Wu (Part 5)

Sramana Mitra: So, talk to me about the various business models. Is it the regular one – the college counseling one where you are hiring mentors or college counselors by the hour, and they’re being paired with the families that are seeking guidance?

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Top Startup Accelerators for Entrepreneurs Bootstrapping with a Paycheck in Central Asia

This articles summarizes the top startup accelerators for entrepreneurs bootstrapping with a paycheck in Central Asia and compares 1Mby1M to Central Asian accelerators across key dimensions.

Guest Author Altynai Myrzabekova | Reviewed by Sramana Mitra

If you’ve ever considered joining an accelerator but hesitated because of time commitments or fear of giving up equity—you’re not alone. The startup world is flooded with accelerators pushing founders to quit their jobs, chase external capital, and move at hyper-speed.

Building a Venture Scale Two-sided Marketplace for College Prep to 8-Figure Revenue: Empowerly CEO Hanmei Wu (Part 4)

Sramana Mitra: It sounds like it’s a two-sided managed marketplace. What’s the business model? How much are you paying the counselors? How does this work out?

695th 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast with Vinit Bhansali, Takshil Venture Partners

Vinit Bhansali, Founder and General Partner at Takshil Venture Partners, discusses how his firm is investing in India.

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Building a Venture Scale Two-sided Marketplace for College Prep to 8-Figure Revenue: Empowerly CEO Hanmei Wu (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: That’s interesting because you had already validated that there was a market for what you were offering. One of the things that I don’t like about demo days at all is that a company just goes into an accelerator with no validation, and within three months has to go in front of investors and raise money; it hasn’t had the time to do the kind of validation you’re talking about.

You, on the other hand, had done several years of validation before going into demo day.

Best of Bootstrapping: Solopreneur Bootstrapped to Over $5M

Ukrainian entrepreneur Vladimir Gendelman started as a solo entrepreneur in Detroit and, when we spoke in 2023, he had bootstrapped a $5M+ niche e-commerce company called Company Folders.

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

Vladimir Gendelman: I was born and raised in the former Soviet Union in Ukraine. We came to America when I was 16.

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