August 31 – 616th 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 616th FREE online 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable on Thursday, August 31, 2023, at 8 a.m. PDT/11 a.m. EDT/5 p.m. CEST/8:30 p.m. India IST.

If you are a serious entrepreneur, register to “pitch” and sell your business idea. You’ll receive straightforward feedback, advice on next steps, and answers to any of your questions. Others can register to “attend” to watch, learn, and interact through the online chat.

You can learn more here and REGISTER TO PITCH OR ATTEND HERE. Register and you will receive the recording by email, even if you are unable to attend. Please share with any entrepreneurs in your circle who may be interested. All are welcome!

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615th 1Mby1M Roundtable Recording

In case you missed it, you can listen to the recording here:

Roundtable Recap: August 24 – Your Positioning Must Deliver

During this week’s roundtable, we worked with two startups. They have an issue in common: inconsistency between their Positioning and their ability to deliver on their stated value proposition.

Gigsboard

First up, we had Sujith Kattathara Bhaskaran from Kochi, India, pitching GigsBoard, a next generation Upwork.

Trade Consultancy

Then Maggie pitched a trade consultancy. Her skill set and proposed value proposition do not seem to be aligned. They need to be.

You can listen to the recording of this roundtable here:

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Best of Bootstrapping: Bootstrapped a Niche E-commerce Venture

If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page. 

This conversation with Modded Euros Co-founder Sean Dawes from 2019 is a comprehensive discussion on how to bootstrap a niche e-commerce venture with a lean team and effective use of inventory financing. You can listen to the podcast interview here and watch the interview here:

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?

Sean Dawes: I was born and raised in Philadelphia. I haven’t gone too far away from my hometown as my company is based out of West Chester, Pennsylvania, which is 20 or 30 minutes outside of Philadelphia.

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Cloud Stocks: Shopify Turns to AI and Crypto

Ontario-based Shopify (NYSE: SHOP) recently announced its quarterly results that surpassed market expectations. Shopify remains focused on emerging technologies of AI and cryptocurrency to keep driving growth.

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615th Roundtable for Entrepreneurs Starting in 20 Minutes: Live Tweeting by @1Mby1M

Today’s 615th FREE online 1Mby1M Roundtable for Entrepreneurs is starting in 20 minutes, on Thursday, August 24, 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!

Best of Bootstrapping: Bootstrapped with Services, Raised Money, Acquired by Salesforce

If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page. 

John Stewart and his co-founder have built MapAnything from Charlotte, North Carolina and Atlanta, Georgia. When we spoke in 2018, he had raised over $40 million in funding, proving that you can build sizable VC-funded SaaS businesses from anywhere. MapAnything was sold to Salesforce in May 2019.

Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of your journey. Where are you from? Where did you grow up? Give us some early story.

John Stewart: I’m from upstate New York. I’m from a middle class background. My mother was a stay-at-home mom. My father was in the construction business. He was an architect. I went to school in New England for Mechanical Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in western Massachusetts and graduated in 1997.

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