671st 1Mby1M Roundtable Recording

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

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Roundtable Recap: February 6 – TAM Should be Bottom-Up, Not Top-Down

During this week’s roundtable, we had five really interesting presentations.

Ottermap

Up first Amit Verma from Delhi, India, pitched Ottermap, an area estimation tool for landscaping and other types of service providers in North America using satellite data. The company is already in revenue.

Adventuronomy

Then Lalit Kumar from Silicon Valley, California, pitched Adventuronomy, an outdoor activity portal concept.

Pukaar.ai

Next, Karan Birpali from Delhi, India, pitched Pukaar.ai, an AI-enabled child cry monitoring and analysis product to enable timely intervention.

Audition

Then Anudeep Yegireddi from Bengaluru, India, pitched Audition, an AI-enabled recruitment evaluation software.

Book My Teacher

From Bihar, India, Deepika Sinha pitched Book My Teacher, a tutoring marketplace concept.

Almost all pitches need to rework their TAM models.

You can listen to the recording of this roundtable here:

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February 6 – 671st 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 671st FREE online 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable on Thursday, February 6, 2025, at 8 a.m. PST / 11 a.m. EST / 5 p.m. CET / 9:30 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.

2025 Resolution: Bootstrap a Startup with a Paycheck to Mitigate Risk

Let us say you start your entrepreneurial journey in 2025.

The question of funding looms large.

If you want to raise funding, most likely you would need to quit your job and go full-time.

Investors generally don’t fund companies that are led by part-time founders.

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2025 Resolution: Find an Experienced Mentor to Make Your Startup Fundable

As a startup mentor, I always think about how I can make the most impact.

These days, everyone claims to be a startup mentor. Whether they have ever done a startup or raised money, they are ready to give advice on how to raise money.

Most of the advice you get this way is blind leading the blind.

What constitutes good startup mentoring?

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2025 Resolution: Secure Meaningful Investor Introductions for Your Startup

Will you be seeking investor introductions for your startup in 2025?

Top VC funds operate in the 98% rejection rate zone.

Let’s avoid the pitfalls of wasting time and money without achieving results.

If you are looking for investor introductions, you have to be READY.

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2025 Resolution: Make VCs Pursue YOU to Fund Your Startup

Please post this on your wall in 2025:

“Startups: Do NOT Go to VCs as Beggars. Go as Kings.”

This is the 1Mby1M mantra and it works.

Over 99% of founders chase funding before they are fundable.

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