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.

Vikrant Mathur: Why Joining 1M/1M Was The Best $1,000 I Ever Spent

By guest author Irina Patterson

Vikrant Mathur learned about 1M/1M in early 2010 through a friend. They went to INSEAD together.

In 2010, Vikrant’s company ifood.tv had already operated for four years without much external advice. It became a popular destination for food- and recipe-related video content. Now, Vikrant was ready to scale his company up. >>>

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How You Can Help 1M/1M In 10 Minutes Or Less

By guest author Irina Patterson

“Can I help?” We hear this over and over. People are taken by the 1M/1M mission and naturally want to help.

Our mission is to guide a million entrepreneurs to reach a million dollars in annual revenue and beyond, thereby creating a trillion dollars in global GDP and 10 million jobs, by 2020. >>>

Why Did Dan Stewart Join 1M/1M?

By guest author Irina Patterson

Dan Stewart came upon 1M/1M by pure luck. A friend referred Dan, a Florida entrepreneur, to one of Sramana’s roundtable recordings. He watched it and liked it.

Why did he join 1M/1M? He had grown frustrated with his efforts at a previous startup. >>>

Incubators: Who Are Your Local Heroes?

By guest author Irina Patterson

Tell us who some of the successful entrepreneurs in your region are. We want to share their stories with the world. >>>

Entrepreneur: Have You Talked To Your Prospects Today?

By guest author Irina Patterson

You should. The sooner you talk to them, the faster you’ll succeed.

Don’t think that you need to build your product first. Not talking to your prospects will lead to a product that’s hard to sell. >>>

Why We Support “Non-fundable” Entrepreneurs

By guest author Irina Patterson

Have you seen business ideas with a market size of a few million dollars? Entrepreneurs go to investors, who tell them it’s a bad idea.

Bad indeed for investors to invest in. But even a $1 million dollar business could be a life-changing event for a first-time entrepreneur. His family. Her community. >>>

How To Copy The Strategies Of Top Entrepreneurs

By guest author Irina Patterson

It’s easier to copy the wheel than to reinvent it. Modify a bit. Make it fit your particular situation. Learn from the mistakes of others – your own mistakes are always much more expensive. >>>

Why Leading Incubators Use 1M/1M’s FREE Educational System

By guest author Irina Patterson

Leading incubators trust us at 1M/1M with the groundwork education of their local wannabes. Why? Because the more wannabes become profitable, the better off everyone will be. Them. You. Us. Everyone. >>>

Incubators: How Well Can Your Entrepreneurs Defend Their Ideas?

By guest author Irina Patterson

We see it over and over. Entrepreneurs pitch to Sramana at the 1M/1M Weekly Roundtables. Sramana punches a few holes in their businesses. Entrepreneurs fall apart. Why? >>>

Entrepreneur: How Well Can You Defend Your Business Idea?

By guest author Irina Patterson

We see it over and over. Entrepreneurs pitch to Sramana at the 1M/1M Weekly Roundtables. Sramana punches a few holes in their businesses. Entrepreneurs fall apart. Why? >>>

When Is The Right Time To Join 1M/1M?

By guest author Irina Patterson

We often hear from entrepreneurs, “As soon as I validate my business, I’ll join 1M/1M.” That’s flawed thinking. Let me explain why.

Very often we find people doing the wrong things in the wrong order, and by the time they come to us they are desperate and they panic. >>>

Business Plan Competitions Can Fuel Local Entrepreneurship

By guest author Irina Patterson

Would you like to run a co-branded business plan competition with 1M/1M?

The winner will receive a complimentary one-year subscription to the 1M/1M premium program. >>>

Public Roundtables vs. 1M/1M Premium Program

By guest author Irina Patterson

Many entrepreneurs attend our FREE 1M/1M Public Roundtables. Some of them think. “Why join the 1M/1M Premium Program? I can get Sramana’s advice at a free public roundtable any time!”

They’re not the same thing. Let me show you the difference. >>>

Incubators: Can You Identify 10 Promising Entrepreneurs?

By guest author Irina Patterson

Look around your incubator. Can you identify 10 promising entrepreneurs? Could you use 1M/1M to accelerate them?

They will start with the 1M/1M curriculum. Get help with their positioning. They will be guided through customer validation and customer acquisition, get media exposure, and gain access to Silicon Valley decision makers. Once their business is validated, they will get investor access and much, much more.

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Entrepreneurs: Here Is How You Can Help

By guest author Irina Patterson

We get this often. “I love 1M/1M. How can I help?” Let me address that.

The best way you can help is by joining 1M/1M and succeeding as an entrepreneur yourself. >>>