Colors: La Nuit X

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 – La Nuit X

La Nuit X | Sramana Mitra, 2021 | Watercolor, Pastel, Ink | 8  x 8, On Paper

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March 28 – 635th 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 635th FREE online 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable on Thursday, March 28, 2024, at 8 a.m. PDT/11 a.m. EDT/4 p.m. CET/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!

634th 1Mby1M Roundtable Recording

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

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Roundtable Recap: March 7 – Do Not Reinvent the Wheel

During this week’s roundtable, we had four different discussions on startup strategy. In multiple cases, I see new entrepreneurs trying to ‘wing’ a startup process. Well, startup methodology exists. Please learn how to apply existing methodology. Do not reinvent the wheel.

TeammateMe

First Daniel Armani from Fremont, California, pitched TeammateMe. This is a classic chicken and egg situation. I don’t believe the strategy that was pitched will work.

Laztwordz

Next, Arun SP from Bengaluru, India, pitched Laztwordz. The idea needs a validation strategy and a GTM with velocity. I recommended two of my newly released Udemy courses:

Validation for Tech Startups by Sramana Mitra

B2B Sales Strategy for Tech Startups by Sramana Mitra

Unihub

Then, Rajmund Stolarczyk from Stettin, Poland, pitched Unihub. Here too, those two courses on Validation and B2B Sales Strategy would offer invaluable structure.

Beunik

From Envigado, Colombia, Andres Dominguez pitched Beunik. I recommended a switch in mindset from B-to-C to B-to-B.

You can listen to the recording of this roundtable here:

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634th 1Mby1M Roundtable for Entrepreneurs Starting NOW: Live Tweeting by @1Mby1M

Today’s 634th FREE online 1Mby1M Roundtable for Entrepreneurs is starting NOW, on Thursday, March 7, at 8 a.m. PST/11 a.m. EST/5 p.m. CET/9: 30 p.m. India IST. CLICK HERE to join. PASSWORD: startup  All are welcome!       

634th Roundtable for Entrepreneurs Starting in 30 Minutes: Live Tweeting by @1Mby1M

Today’s 634th FREE online 1Mby1M Roundtable for Entrepreneurs is starting in 30 minutes, on Thursday, March 7, at 8 a.m. PST/11 a.m. EST/5 p.m. CET/9:30 p.m. India IST. CLICK HERE to join. PASSWORD: startup  All are welcome!

Best of Bootstrapping: Bootstrapped to Exit, Bootstrapped Again, then Raised VC Funds

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

Stephanie Leffler, Founder of OneSpace, had bootstrapped her first company to $20 million in revenue from St. Louis when we spoke in 2016. Her second company, also from St. Louis, was venture-funded and had crossed $10 million in revenue. Ascential acquired OneSpace in 2021. Awesome entrepreneur, inspiring woman! You can also listen to our conversation as a podcast here.

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

Stephanie Leffler: I am from Northern Virginia in Fairfax. I was actually born and raised there. Ultimately, I went to school at Washington and Lee University. I found my way to St. Louis as part of my entrepreneurial journey. I’ve lived here ever since.

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Best of Bootstrapping: Bootstrapped Using Affiliate Marketing

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

Affiliate Marketing is at the heart of many wonderful bootstrapping stories. It’s inexpensive to get going and profitable quickly, and if managed well, can scale substantially. Zeeto Founder CEO Stephan Goss had bootstrapped a traffic arbitrage business to $42 million in 2015 revenue when we spoke in 2016. If you are working on an affiliate marketing / lead generation type of business, this is a useful conversation. You can listen to our entire interview [2:10 – 33:50] from our 1Mby1M YouTube channel:

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?

Stephan Goss: I was born in Switzerland, pretty close to Zurich. I came to the US in 2007.

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