Roundtable Recap: November 12 – Great Discussion on How to Build Platform Startups

During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest Ashmeet Sidana, Chief Engineer at Engineering Capital. Ashmeet is the founder of a small venture firm that we have a great deal of respect for, and a personal friend. It’s a wonderful conversation.

DeepBrainz AI

As for entrepreneur pitches, up first we had Arunkumar Venkataramanan from Bangalore, India, pitch DeepBrainz AI, an enterprise AI platform idea. The discussion offers valuable insights for those entrepreneurs trying to build platform companies.

You can listen to the recording of this roundtable here:

>>>

Featured Videos

Rollercoaster on a Bike: Zagster CEO Tim Ericson (Part 1)

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

Tim has navigated major ups and downs during his years with Zagster.

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?

Roundtable Recap: November 5 – Spotlight on Indian Startups, as America Counts Votes

During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest Keith Bank, Founder CEO at KB Partners, a venture firm focused on sports technology.

SafeNet

As for entrepreneur pitches, up first we had Joginder Singh from Haryana, India, pitched SafeNet – an Internet Service Provider (ISP) for the Indian market. The company is already in revenue.

>>>

Video FAQs

Roundtable Recap: October 29 – Ambitious Startup From Ethiopia

During this week’s roundtable, I was reminded why I started 1Mby1M in the first place: to help entrepreneurs globally.

EPhone

Today, Nohe Fekade from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, pitched EPhone, a revenue-generating app from Ethiopia with aspirations of becoming the African WeChat.

You can listen to the recording of this roundtable here:

>>>

Are You Facing Layoffs and Want to Start a Business of Your Own?

In the post-Covid world, some tech employers are downsizing. 

Are you facing layoffs?

The best time for developing your own business is while you are still employed, not when you are out of a job. 

>>>

Startup Resources for Entrepreneurs

We help entrepreneurs build tech businesses. They are based all over the world. None of them need to necessarily move to Silicon Valley. They save capital by building from their location where resources are more affordable.

Those who want to raise money in Silicon Valley can get help to do so. Please check our Investor Introductions page.

Want to discuss your situation? Come to the Free Public Roundtables. We have them weekly. 

>>>

Roundtable Recap: October 22 – Exploring Post Covid Startup Ideas

During this week’s roundtable, we had a discussion on my article, 8 Startup Ideas for the Post COVID World.

Travel project

Abe Lederman from Los Alamos, New Mexico, is considering two of them, and we discussed both in some detail:

Facilitating Travel Experiences

Distributing the Workforce

Abe is both an alum of the 1Mby1M Premium program, and a current member exploring a new venture with us.

>>>

Roundtable Recap: October 15 – Brainstorming Post Covid Startup Ideas

During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest Elizabeth Yin, General Partner at Hustle Fund, a pre-seed investment firm.

Relefant

As for our entrepreneur pitch, this week we had Marko Lauhiala from Helsinki, Finland, pitching Relefant.

In addition, we had a great brainstorming session around one of my ideas from 8 Startup Ideas for the Post-Covid World around travel:

Facilitating Travel Experiences

There are two major trends that the world will need to take in stride in the Covid era: air travel will become expensive and people will be working remotely. The startup idea addressing these trends as explained here would be a $5-$10 Billion market cap company, a Unicorn.

You can listen to the recording of this roundtable here:

>>>