
Entrepreneurs are invited to the 622nd FREE online 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable on Thursday, October 19, 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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Entrepreneurs are invited to the 622nd FREE online 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable on Thursday, October 19, 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!
In case you missed it, you can listen to the recording of this roundtable here:

During this week’s roundtable, we discussed why there is such a high rejection rate in the startup industry when it comes to venture financing. One of the entrepreneurs, for example, is doing a hybrid business that includes hardware and SaaS. This business is likely to scale less fast than the VC target. Others have TAM issues.
I discussed all this and more in today’s session.
You can listen to the recording of this roundtable here:
Today’s 621st FREE online 1Mby1M Roundtable for Entrepreneurs is starting NOW, on Thursday, October 12, 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!

If you haven’t already, please study our free Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page.
Let’s do a thought experiment.
List all the things you want to do with your life if you had additional resources.
How many of these require additional money?
How much additional money do you need to acquire to afford these things?
How many of these require additional time?