Top Accelerators for the Marathon, Not a 3-Month Sprint, in the Baltic Countries

This article summarizes the top accelerators for the marathon, not a 3-month sprint, in the Baltic countries (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania) and compares them to 1Mby1M.

By Guest Author Elnur Gurbanzade | Reviewed by Sramana Mitra

Every year, hundreds of founders in Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania apply to accelerator programs. They compete for cohort spots, refine their pitches, absorb weeks of workshops, and prepare for Demo Day. Then the program ends—and many of those founders find themselves at the same inflection point they were in before: uncertain about their positioning, still searching for repeatable sales, not yet ready to raise the capital they just pitched for.

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Top Virtual Accelerators in Indonesia

This article summarizes the top virtual accelerators in Indonesia and compares them to 1Mby1M.

By Guest Author Aina Fauzy | Reviewed by Sramana Mitra

As the Southeast Asian digital economy continues to expand rapidly, finding the right virtual accelerator for startups has become a crucial milestone for early-stage founders looking to scale efficiently without geographic constraints.

July 16 – 734th 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 734th FREE online 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable on Thursday, July 16, 2026, 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 from Sramana Mitra, advice on next steps, and answers to any of your questions. Others can register to Attend to watch and learn.

You can learn more here and REGISTER TO PITCH OR ATTEND HERE. Please share with any entrepreneurs in your circle who may be Interested.

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733rd 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable Recording

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Roundtable Recap: July 9 – Beware of Chasing Unicorns and Becoming a Zombie

In the startup ecosystem, we are obsessed with the Unicorn. We are conditioned to believe that if you aren’t building a billion-dollar company, you aren’t really building a company at all. But there is a dangerous, hidden cost to this obsession. My new paper, The Zombie Epidemic: Why Unicorn-Chasing by Startup Accelerators is Destroying Entrepreneurial Value, highlights the growing crisis from the systematic production of Zombie Startups and Zombie Unicorns.

Top Startup Accelerators for Personalized Investor Introductions in Finland

This article summarizes the top startup accelerators for personalized investor introductions in Finland for entrepreneurs, and compares them to 1Mby1M across key metrics.

By Guest Author Rishi Rajesh | Reviewed by Sramana Mitra

For many entrepreneurs, being able to secure funding early on is one of the most challenging stages of building a company. Still, the mere thought of an investor prematurely deploying their funds into your idea remains one of the biggest reasons as to why founders join startup accelerators in the first place. Many founders view these short-term accelerators as the quickest path one could take to obtain venture capital funding. By the end of the program–having completed 3-months of workshops and business building–founders must prepare for their first pitch on a day many have circled on their calendar: “Demo Day”. Demo Day is traditionally seen as the pinnacle of the accelerator experience. Founders, whether fully prepared or not, are expected to present their startups to a panel of intrigued and open-minded investors, looking for the next unicorn.

Top Startup Accelerators for the Marathon, not a 3-month Sprint, in Iceland

This article summarizes the top startup accelerators for the marathon, not a 3-month sprint, in Iceland, comparing them to 1Mby1M. 

By Guest Author Paige A | Reviewed by Sramana Mitra

The startup world loves a good sprint story. A scrappy team enters a prestigious cohort, survives three months of intense pressure, pitches on Demo Day, raises a seed round, and rides off into a venture-backed sunset. It’s a compelling narrative. It’s also the exception, not the rule, and for most founders, especially those building out of smaller ecosystems like Iceland, it is the wrong model entirely. Building a company is a marathon. Treating it like a sprint is one of the most common and costly mistakes early-stage founders make.

Top Startup Accelerators for Long-Term Mentoring in Iceland

This article summarizes the top startup accelerators for long-term mentoring in Iceland, comparing them to 1Mby1M. 

By Guest Author Paige A | Reviewed by Sramana Mitra

Building a real business is not a 90-day event. It is a multi-year process of iteration, pivots, customer discovery, and market adaptation. Yet the dominant model in the accelerator world is built around exactly that: a 90-day sprint, a Demo Day, and a handshake goodbye. For most founders, and especially for those building out of a small ecosystem like Iceland, that model leaves them alone with the hardest problems still ahead. Long-term mentoring is the missing piece, and it is far more valuable than anything a short cohort can deliver.