Thursday, August 31 – 616th 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 616th FREE online 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable on Thursday, August 31, 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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Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the beginning of your journey. Where are you from? Where were you born and raised? What kind of background did you have?

Josh Millet: I was born in Toronto, Canada. I have dual citizenship of US and Canada. I came to the States for school 20 years ago and have been here ever since.

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Bret Rasmussen: I was born in Utah, but my parents quickly moved to Indiana. We actually lived a few years in Italy until I was about eight or nine years old. Then we moved to Taiwan and then back to Indiana. I graduated high school in Texas and then I went to college out west here in Utah. 

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August 31 – 616th 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 616th FREE online 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable on Thursday, August 31, 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!

615th 1Mby1M Roundtable Recording

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

Roundtable Recap: August 24 – Your Positioning Must Deliver

During this week’s roundtable, we worked with two startups. They have an issue in common: inconsistency between their Positioning and their ability to deliver on their stated value proposition.

Gigsboard

First up, we had Sujith Kattathara Bhaskaran from Kochi, India, pitching GigsBoard, a next generation Upwork.

Trade Consultancy

Then Maggie pitched a trade consultancy. Her skill set and proposed value proposition do not seem to be aligned. They need to be.

You can listen to the recording of this roundtable here:

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