The Accelerator Conundrum: Navigating Your Path to Startup Success

Alright, let’s cut through the noise and get to the brutal truth of the startup accelerator world. Many entrepreneurs, starry-eyed and naive, leap headfirst into 3-month accelerator programs without truly understanding the long-term implications. It’s time for an incisive commentary, a necessary dissection.

1Mby1M Udemy Courses with Sramana Mitra: Financing

Raising money to build a startup is a huge challenge. To be able to raise any money at all, you must first understand how investors think. We have developed the following courses catering to entrepreneurs in different stages of their entrepreneurial journey.

Cloud Stocks: What Can Cloud Startups Do To Raise Seed Capital in 2021?

In general, Bootstrap First, Raise Money Later is the best strategy. You need to be ready to raise money.

If you decide to raise money, I strongly suggest you read the 1Mby1M Seed Capital series of interviews on our blog ASAP. We’ve profiled investor after investor to understand their investment thesis. You need to get in their heads and get a sense of what they’re looking for, especially if you’ve never raised money before.

Remember, Investors are looking to multiply the money that they put into startups.

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503rd 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast With Semyon Dukach, One Way Ventures

Semyon Dukach is Managing Partner at One Way Ventures, an immigrant founder focused VC fund.

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503rd Roundtable Recording on October 1, 2020: With Semyon Dukach, One Way Ventures

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Roundtable Recap: October 1 – Validate the Business Case Before Writing Code

During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest Semyon Dukach, Managing Partner at One Way Ventures, an immigrant founder focused VC fund.

Oyaa

As for entrepreneur pitches, this week we had Sangeetha Iyer from Franklin Park, New Jersey, pitching Oyaa, a household organizing solution marketplace.

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502nd 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast With Roman Kikta, Mobility Ventures

Roman Kikta is Managing Partner and Founder at Mobility Ventures. Roman discusses his firm’s investment thesis.

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502nd Roundtable Recording on September 24, 2020: With Roman Kikta, Mobility Ventures

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Roundtable Recap: September 24 – Dynamic Startup Discussions

During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest Roman Kikta, Managing Partner and Founder, Mobility Ventures. Roman discussed his firm’s investment thesis.

MysteryMonks

As for entrepreneur pitches, this week we had Aditya Vikram from New Delhi, India, pitching MysteryMonks, a video production service that has nuances of a marketplace, but is a managed service.

Online CheckWriter

Next up, Sabeer Nelli from Tyler, Texas, pitched Online CheckWriter, a competitor to Bill.com that is projecting $5M in ARR for 2020, and expects $15-20M in 2021.

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501st 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast With Robert Weber, Great North Labs

Robert Weber is Managing Partner at Great North Labs located in Minneapolis.

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501st Roundtable Recording on September 17, 2020: With Robert Weber, Great North Labs

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Roundtable Recap: September 17 – Around the World with Startups in Ninety Minutes

During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest Robert Weber, Managing Partner at Great North Labs located in Minneapolis.

Medifees

As for entrepreneur pitches, this week we had Hugo Gallegos from Portland, Oregon, pitching Medifees, a solution for assessing medical expenses.

Halalworkchop

Next up, Muyideen Ayinla from Nigeria pitched Halalworkchop, a digital services company catering to small businesses.

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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Sonali Vijayavargiya of Augment Ventures (Part 1)

Responding to a popular request, we are now sharing transcripts of our investor podcast interviews in this new series. The following interview with Sonali Vijayavargiya was recorded in July 2020.

Sonali Vijayavargiya, Founder and Managing Partner at Augment Ventures, discusses her firm’s investment approach, including early exits.

1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Julianne Zimmerman of Reinventure Capital (Part 1)

Responding to a popular request, we are now sharing transcripts of our investor podcast interviews in this new series. The following interview with Julianne Zimmerman was recorded in July 2020.

Julianne Zimmerman is Managing Director at Reinventure Capital, a firm focused on minority founders.

1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Dan Roselli of CFV Ventures (Part 1)

Responding to a popular request, we are now sharing transcripts of our investor podcast interviews in this new series. The following interview with Dan Roselli was recorded in July 2020.

Dan Roselli is Founder and Managing Partner at CFV Ventures, a North Carolina firm focused on FinTech and InsureTech.

1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Joe Silver (Part 1)

Responding to a popular request, we are now sharing transcripts of our investor podcast interviews in this new series. The following interview with Joe Silver was recorded in July 2020.

Joe Silver discusses his firm’s debt-financing model for startups.

1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Pamela York of Atasi Ventures (Part 1)

Responding to a popular request, we are now sharing transcripts of our investor podcast interviews in this new series. The following interview with Pamela York was recorded in June 2020.

Pamela York is Founder and CEO, Atasi Ventures, with a special focus on women entrepreneurs in healthcare.