Thursday, February 23 – 600th 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 600th FREE online 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable on Thursday, February 23, 2023, 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. All are welcome!

Featured Videos

Best of Bootstrapping: Bootstrapped Category Leading E-commerce Company

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

The Shoplet.com case study, as shared by Founder CEO Tony Ellison in 2014, is interesting because it illustrates how an entrepreneur bootstrapped a category leading e-commerce venture by trading off margins in favor of minimizing logistical challenges.

Sramana: Tony, let’s start with the beginning of your story. Where were you born and raised? What is the backstory of the Shoplet story?

Tony Ellison: I was born and raised in Israel. I came over to the US to study and I stayed here. The Shoplet story began as an accident out of my research. I have 7 years of experience on Wall Street and I realized from my time there that more and more companies were migrating to online e-commerce. I also realized that the Internet offered a level playing field for small and medium sized businesses, allowing them to compete with big businesses. That is where my journey began.

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Cloud Stocks: Atlassian Focuses on Collaboration Tool Capabilities

According to a recent report, the global enterprise collaboration market is estimated to grow from $47.74 billion in 2022 to $54.88 billion in 2023 and at a 14% CAGR to reach a $92.41 billion by 2027. Atlassian (Nasdaq: TEAM) continues to expand its product offerings to expand its market reach.

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Catching Up On Readings: Top 10 Breakthrough Technologies 2023

This feature from MIT Technology Review compiles a list of the top ten breakthrough technologies that will change our world. For this week’s posts, click on the paragraph links.

Colors: Tulip Fields, Aerial II

I’m publishing this series on LinkedIn called Colors to explore a topic that I care deeply about: the Renaissance Mind. I am just as passionate about entrepreneurship, technology, and business, as I am about art and culture. In this series, I will typically publish a piece of art – one of my paintings – and I request you to spend a minute or two deeply meditating on it. I urge you to watch your feelings, thoughts, reactions to the piece, and write what comes to you, what thoughts it triggers, in the dialog area. Let us see what stimulation this interaction yields. For today – Tulip Fields, Aerial II

Tulip Fields, Aerial II | Sramana Mitra, 2021 | Watercolor, Pastel, Brush Pen | 8  x 8, On Paper

February 23 – 600th 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 600th FREE online 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable on Thursday, February 23, 2023, 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. All are welcome!

599th 1Mby1M Roundtable Recording

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

Roundtable Recap: February 16 – Two-Sided Marketplaces Don’t Work if You Boil the Ocean

During this week’s roundtable, we had one pitch and another five conversations with entrepreneurs.

Invest4energy

We first had Phuong Skovgaard from London, UK, pitch Invest4energy, a 2-sided marketplace for funding solar panels. We discussed the need for focus and restraint.

Two-sided marketplaces in all kinds of verticals and niche markets have become a key trend in the e-commerce startup space. We explore the various nuances and case studies of how entrepreneurs are building two-sided marketplaces in the Udemy course, How to Build 2-Sided E-commerce Marketplaces | Sramana Mitra.  

You can listen to the recording of this roundtable here:

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