Free Course to Use the 1Mby1M AI Mentor Effectively and Coupons

AI can be a powerful strategic partner for entrepreneurs, but only if you know how to engage it correctly. To help founders get maximum value from the 1Mby1M AI Mentor, we’ve launched a new free Udemy course, AI Mentoring Prompts to Develop Startup Strategy, created expressly to teach entrepreneurs how to work effectively with the

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February 5 – 714th 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 714th FREE online 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable on Thursday, February 5, 2026, at 8 a.m. PST / 11 a.m. EST / 5 p.m. CET / 9:30 p.m. India IST. If you are a serious entrepreneur, register to Pitch and sell your business idea. You’ll receive straightforward feedback from Sramana Mitra, advice

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How Blitzscaling Can Create Zombie Startups

Nine out of ten startups that sign up for Blitzscaling fail. They become zombie startups. They cannot raise new rounds of financing. They cannot find an Exit either. They just sit there, feeling like failures. Even if they have built $10M in profitable revenue.

Mastering Repeatable B2B Sales for Startup Growth

One of the most popular and effective modules in the 1Mby1M Curriculum is Sales 2.0 that addresses repeatable B2B Sales Strategy. With its help, many entrepreneurs have gone from 5 customers to 50, 100, 500 customers. You can access it in three ways: Remember, if you are seeking venture capital, you need Velocity.

Avoid These 10 Common Entrepreneur Mistakes

There are many entrepreneur mistakes that are perfectly avoidable. You don’t need to make those mistakes yourself to learn from them. I want to give you pointers on how to avoid them. Look at my Udemy course: Case Studies of Entrepreneur Mistakes with Sramana Mitra. Throughout this course we talk about common mistakes that entrepreneurs

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How Freelancers Become Successful Solo Entrepreneurs

Are you a freelancer on Upwork or Fiverr? In the age of AI, you can build a million dollar business by thinking like an entrepreneur. Solo entrepreneurs are becoming the rage now. You have a leg up over them. You are already on your own, outside of the corporate system. You have mastered the art

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Success in Entrepreneurship Is Personal

The 1Mby1M Mantra has always been: Excess is not a Requirement for Success in Entrepreneurship. YOU get to define what success means for you. It’s personal. It’s your prerogative. Do not live other people’s lives.

Validate Your Startup Idea Before Writing Any Code

Techie founders generally operate in their comfort zones: they like to write code. They often start developing software before they validate with customers. As such, they often build solutions looking for problems. Do NOT write code before you immerse yourself in customers and develop a deep understanding of what pain you are solving.