July 2 – 732nd 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 732nd FREE online 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable on Thursday, July 2, 2026, at 8 a.m. PDT / 11 a.m. EDT / 5 p.m. CEST / 8:30 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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731st 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable Recording

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Roundtable Recap: June 25 – Choose a Startup Accelerator that Offers a Pedagogy and a Curriculum

When you join a startup accelerator, you are often looking for guidance, connections, and a path to scale. However, the current landscape of cohort-based, equity-charging incubators and accelerators has a glaring, structural defect. Many operate as mini-venture funds rather than educational institutions, prioritizing institutional fundraising over your long-term success. As a founder, you shouldn’t be

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725th 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable Recording

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723rd 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable Recording

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Roundtable Recap: April 16 – Real Customers, Real Revenues MATTER

During this week’s roundtable, I was thrilled to discuss a business from Nigeria and a business that straddles India, the Middle East, and the US – each with revenue. Not huge revenue. Not exponential growth. But, real revenue. Real customers. And THAT is encouraging. With THAT, we can build a business.

721st 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable Recording

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Roundtable Recap: April 2 – Tech Layoffs Escalating, Entrepreneurship is the Only Solution

Immediately following this week’s roundtable, I received an email from Alan Cohen, analyst at RationalFX, with some disturbing but not surprising data on tech layoffs. Data shows that so far this year, a total of 78,557 tech layoffs have been recorded globally, with the United States accounting for the vast majority, 59,510 job cuts across

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