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.

494th 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast With Dan Roselli, CFV Ventures

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

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494th Roundtable Recording on July 16, 2020: With Dan Roselli, CFV Ventures

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Roundtable Recap: July 16 – Spotlight on FinTech Startups

During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest Dan Roselli, Founder and Managing Partner, CFV Ventures, a North Carolina firm focused on FinTech and InsureTech.

What’s The Move?

As for entrepreneur pitches, this week we had Mark Sindyukov from Tampa, Florida, pitching What’s The Move?, a digital solution for marketing nightlife venues. It appears that the firm’s USP is contactless payments.

EcoRewards

Next, Venan Sondo from Accra, Ghana, pitched EcoRewards, a payment solution for the waste processing industry.

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493rd 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast With Joe Silver

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

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493rd Roundtable Recording on July 9, 2020: With Joe Silver, Lighter Capital

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492nd 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast With Raoul Maier, Eudemian Ventures

Raoul Maier is Founder and Managing Partner at Eudemian Ventures, a fund focused on post-seed investment in North America.

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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Christian Czernich of Round2 Capital Partners (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 Christian Czernich was recorded in May 2020.

Christian Czernich is Founder and CEO at Round2 Capital Partners, a firm that is experimenting with an alternative financing model.

492nd Roundtable Recording on July 2, 2020: With Raoul Maier, Eudemian Ventures

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Roundtable Recap: July 2 – Spotlight on Post-Seed Investing

During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest Raoul Maier, Founder and Managing Partner at Eudemian Ventures, a fund focused on post-seed investment in North America.

Lighthouse

As for entrepreneur pitches, this week we had Sinjini Sengupta from Gurgaon, India, pitch Lighthouse. The idea is quite nebulous at this point and needs a lot of work.

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491st 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast With Deborah Quazzo, GSV Ventures

Deborah Quazzo is Managing Partner at GSV Ventures, a fund focused on Online Education ventures. This is a very good discussion on patterns of success and failure in the sector, and what investors are gravitating towards.

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491st Roundtable Recording on June 25, 2020: With Deborah Quazzo, GSV Ventures

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Roundtable Recap: June 25 – Spotlight on Funding for Online Education Startups

During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest Deborah Quazzo, Managing Partner at GSV Ventures, a fund focused on Online Education ventures. This is a very good discussion on patterns of success and failure in the sector, and what investors are gravitating towards.

Teenager Startups

As for entrepreneur pitches, this week we had Sulay Shah from Toronto, Canada, pitching an online education platform for teenage entrepreneurs.

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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Tony Olivito of Comeback 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 Tony Olivito was recorded in May 2020.

Tony Olivito, Partner at Comeback Capital, discusses his firm’s Midwest-focused investment thesis.

489th 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast With Vincent Diallo, Interlace Ventures

Vincent Diallo is Managing Partner at Interlace Ventures, a fund focused on retail tech.

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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Joshua Posamentier of Congruent 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 Joshua Posamentier was recorded in April 2020.

Joshua Posamentier is Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Congruent Ventures, a firm focused on sustainability-oriented technology ventures.