Roundtable Recap: May 21 – Spotlight on Startups in the American Midwest

During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest Tony Olivito, Partner at Comeback Capital, who discussed his firm’s Midwest focused investment thesis.

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As for entrepreneur pitches, Keith Heaney from Lincroft, New Jersey, pitched DraftMate, a matchmaking service for sports fans. Quite an original idea.

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Next Brad Himel from New York, New York, pitched Love One. Love All. It’s a new active wear brand that is mission driven to prevent teen suicides.

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Then Latifa Nassoro from Subang Jaya, Malaysia, pitched The Best Menu, an effort to help restaurants menus to combat the supply chain and demand chain breakdowns post Covid.

You can listen to the recording of this roundtable here:

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Roundtable Recap: May 14 – The Issue of Technical Co-founders

During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest Parthib Srivathsan, Co-founder and Head of Platform at Companyon Ventures.

Vittas International

As for entrepreneur pitches, Sulav Singh from Champaign, Illinois, pitched Vittas International, a FinTech lending venture focused on Nigeria to begin with.

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Bootstrapping Course: Next Steps

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Join Sramana for an in-depth discussion of the One Million by One Million (1Mby1M) global virtual accelerator.

If you have enjoyed this bootstrapping course, we encourage you to continue your entrepreneurship education by joining 1Mby1M Basic, which gives you access to the entire 1Mby1M online curriculum for $99 per month.

The 1Mby1M Curriculum has over 1000 case studies of real-life success stories. 

If you’re trying to assess why you’re getting rejections, use the 1Mby1M Self-Assessment.

We support your fund-raising efforts through personal introductions to investors.

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Bootstrapping Course: Bootstrap Using a Paycheck

Bootstrapping while working solves the problem of running out of money. Watch this video to see how you could be building a business while employed.

Our Udemy course, Bootstrapping A Startup With A Paycheck with Sramana Mitra, takes a deeper dive into the subject with 15+ case studies of entrepreneurs who have built sizable businesses while navigating the messy, cash-strapped startup phases using their own paychecks, or their spouses’ income.

If you are enjoying this course, check out 1Mby1M Basic, our curriculum-only option.

The 1Mby1M Curriculum has over 1000 case studies of real-life success stories. 

If you’re trying to assess why you’re getting rejections, use the 1Mby1M Self-Assessment.

We support your fund-raising efforts through personal introductions to investors.

Bootstrapping Course: Bootstrap Using Services

One method of bootstrapping is to use services. Learn how you can utilize customers and businesses to help fund the development of your ideas.

How do you go from concept to traction? How do you bridge the seed capital gap? What do you do if you are full of dreams, but stuck in the gap between concept and seed? Our Udemy course, Bootstrapping A Startup With Services with Sramana Mitra, answers these questions with 20+ case studies of entrepreneurs who successfully bootstrapped using services.

If you are enjoying this course, check out 1Mby1M Basic, our curriculum-only option.

The 1Mby1M Curriculum has over 1000 case studies of real-life success stories. 

If you’re trying to assess why you’re getting rejections, use the 1Mby1M Self-Assessment.

We support your fund-raising efforts through personal introductions to investors.

Bootstrapping Course: Benefits of Bootstrapping

Bootstrap First, Raise Money Later

There are many benefits to bootstrapping first and raising money later. This is something you should build into your thinking as you build your business. Don’t go to venture capital firms as beggars; go as kings.

There is a myth in the startup eco-system that solopreneurs do not succeed. In our Udemy course, How To Succeed As A Solo Entrepreneur with Sramana Mitra, this myth is proven untrue by the inspiring accomplishments of several solo founders.

If you are enjoying this course, check out 1Mby1M Basic, our curriculum-only option.

The 1Mby1M Curriculum has over 1000 case studies of real-life success stories. 

If you’re trying to assess why you’re getting rejections, use the 1Mby1M Self-Assessment.

We support your fund-raising efforts through personal introductions to investors.

Bootstrapping Course: Understanding Unicorns

Unicorns are companies with a billion dollar plus market cap. Learn about the many myths around unicorns and understand how bootstrapping can prepare you to go to venture capital firms.

Did you know Fred Luddy founded ServiceNow as a solopreneur? ServiceNow, today, is $100+ billion market cap company. Our Udemy course, How to Build Unicorn Tech Startups with Sramana Mitra, contains origin stories of 25+ Unicorns.

If you are enjoying this course, check out 1Mby1M Basic, our curriculum-only option.

The 1Mby1M Curriculum has over 1000 case studies of real-life success stories. 

If you’re trying to assess why you’re getting rejections, use the 1Mby1M Self-Assessment.

We support your fund-raising efforts through personal introductions to investors.

Bootstrapping Course: Tackle Myths That Get in the Way

Two myths are tackled in our Udemy courses:

• Solo entrepreneurs do not succeed. Please study How To Succeed As A Solo Entrepreneur with Sramana Mitra.
• Women do not build Unicorns. Please study Keys To Success For Women Entrepreneurs with Sramana Mitra.

Don’t “Dream” – Establish Traction

If you have dreams of getting to millions of users, you need to think pragmatically about how you will meet this goal. Learn a series of questions Sramana uses to evaluate ideas.

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