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The Myth About Seed Funding

Posted on Sunday, Aug 14th

By guest author Irina Patterson We, at 1M/1M, have invested significant resources to dispel the myth about seed funding. We engaged with and interviewed some very successful entrepreneurs who bootstrapped multimillion dollar businesses without outside funding. Here are just a few examples: Zoho [CEO Sridhar Vembu], RightNow [CEO Greg Gianforte], eClinicalWorks [CEO Girish Navani] ClubPlanet

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MBA vs. 1M/1M, Let’s Do The Math

Posted on Saturday, Aug 13th

By guest author Irina Patterson I recently read a book by Philip Delves Broughton called Ahead of the Curve – Two Years at Harvard Business School. The book is about Philip’s firsthand experience at HBS during 2004-2006. The book is so sarcastic that, reportedly, it made Harvard very unhappy. I enjoyed the book, but it

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How Do You Scale Mentoring?

Posted on Friday, Aug 12th

By guest author Irina Patterson To date, on this blog, we have interviewed more than 30 incubator managers and more than 40 angel investors, and all of them are looking for solutions to scalable and effective mentoring resources. Most mentors are active or retired entrepreneurs, senior executives, and incubator managers themselves. Most seek not only emotional satisfaction

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How Much Is An Entrepreneur’s Time Worth?

Posted on Thursday, Aug 11th

By guest author Irina Patterson Ms. Sramana Mitra, the owner of this blog and founder of 1M/1M, interviewed hundreds of successful technology entrepreneurs, many of whom are her good friends. All of them built successful multi-million dollar technology companies by trial and error. Many made mistakes that easily cost them a few million dollars in lengthy

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Does Your Region Experience Brain Drain Of Technology Entrepreneurs?

Posted on Thursday, Aug 11th

By guest author Irina Patterson For the past three decades, serious technology entrepreneurs have come to Silicon Valley to seek help with their early-stage businesses. Ms. Sramana Mitra, the owner of this blog, founded the One Million by One Million program (1M/1M) so that they wouldn’t  need to come to Silicon Valley. 1M/1M is a global

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Blogosphere on Bootstrapping: Brad Feld

Posted on Sunday, Jan 24th

Brad Feld sent me an old one, but a good one: Bootstrapping Top 10 List. Brad is a VC, but believes in bootstrapping. Odd?