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.

489th Roundtable Recording on June 11, 2020: With Vincent Diallo, Interlace Ventures

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Roundtable Recap: June 11 – Spotlight on Retail Tech

During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest Vincent Diallo, Managing Partner at Interlace Ventures, a fund focused on Retail Tech.

Yotta Secure
As for entrepreneur pitches, first up was Sunil Ravipati from Santa Clara, California, pitch Yotta Secure, a Healthcare IT venture.

Hodi Hodi
Next Demba Sow from Alsace, France, pitched Hodi Hodi, a language learning venture focused on African languages.

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488th 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast With Pamela York, Atasi Ventures

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

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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Nick Adams of Differential 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 Nick Adams was recorded in April 2020.

Nick Adams is Managing Partner and Co-Founder at Differential Ventures, an enterprise-focused firm. We discuss counter-cyclical ventures in this COVID-19 world.

488th Roundtable Recording on June 4, 2020: With Pamela York, Atasi Ventures

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Roundtable Recap: June 4 – No Monetization Path, No Startup

During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest Pamela York, Founding General Partner, CAPITA3 and Founder & CEO, Atasi Ventures, with a special focus on women entrepreneurs in healthcare.

Augmented Sense Technologies

As for entrepreneur pitches, Anthony Dobaj from San Jose, California, pitched Augmented Sense Technologies, a hardware product.

Prizatech

Next Shalender Singh from Milpitas, California, pitched Prizatech, an AI product for document generation.

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487th 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast With Christian Czernich, Round2 Capital Partners

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

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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Parthib Srivathsan of Companyon 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 Parthib Srivathsan was recorded in May 2020.

Parthib Srivathsan, Co-Founder and Head of Platform at Companyon Ventures, discusses his firm’s investment thesis.

487th Roundtable Recording on May 28, 2020: With Christian Czernich, Round2 Capital Partners

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Roundtable Recap: May 28 – Alternative Financing for Startups

During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest Christian Czernich, Founder and CEO at Round2 Capital Partners, a firm that is experimenting with an alternative financing model.

Prometeo

As for entrepreneur pitches, Jonathan Mentz from Cape Town, South Africa, pitched Prometeo, a risk analysis and monitoring solution.

Hustlebeez

Next Bing Huang from Sunnyvale, California, pitched Hustlebeez, a personal finance app for debt management.

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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Garrett Goldberg of Bee 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 Garrett Goldberg was recorded in April 2020.

Garrett Goldberg, Partner at Bee Partners, discusses his firm’s enterprise focused investment thesis, including some unique insights on SaaS-powered vertical marketplaces.

486th 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast With Tony Olivito, Comeback Capital

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

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486th Roundtable Recording on May 21, 2020: With Tony Olivito, Comeback Capital

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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.

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

Love One. Love All.
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.

The Best Menu
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.

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485th 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast With Parthib Srivathsan, Companyon Ventures

Parthib Srivathsan, Co-founder and Head of Platform at Companyon Ventures, discusses his firm’s investment thesis.

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