Roundtable Recap: November 20 – Manipur Discovers 1Mby1M

During this week’s roundtable, we had our first ever entrepreneur pitch from the tiny Indian state of Manipur, tucked away in the fast Eastern corner, by the Myanmar border. In a discussion at the end of the session, we learned that the state has about 90 startups, and a WhatsApp group has about 180 entrepreneurs

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Top Non-Equity Accelerators in Mumbai

This article summarizes the top non-equity accelerators in Mumbai, comparing them to 1Mby1M across key dimensions. By Guest Author Kaushank Nalin Khandwala | Reviewed by Sramana Mitra Should founders give up equity for mentorship? Do zero-equity programs in Mumbai deliver real founder value? It’s a decision founders shouldn’t have to make in their earliest, most fragile stages. And yet,

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Turning Services into Startup Traction

Bootstrapping a startup to early revenues by providing services is a tried and true methodology that we practice and espouse in 1Mby1M. Why is this set of skills so important? Raising funding for startups in Silicon Valley is a low-probability game. Fewer than 1% who try actually succeed.

708th 1Mby1M Roundtable Recording

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Top Virtual Accelerators in Mumbai

This article summarizes the top virtual accelerators in Mumbai, comparing them to 1Mby1M across key dimensions. By Guest Author Kaushank Nalin Khandwala | Reviewed by Sramana Mitra The Rise of Virtual-First Founders: Why Virtual Matters, Especially in Mumbai Remote work is here to stay. So why haven’t most accelerators adapted?

Women Entrepreneurs Win by Bootstrapping First

Is there bias against women entrepreneurs in the tech industry? Maybe, maybe not. I don’t believe it would hinder you if you stick to the Bootstrap First, Raise Money Later strategy. The media promotes funding as the holy grail. The VCs want you to believe that Entrepreneurship = Funding. No. It isn’t. Entrepreneurship = Customers

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Best of Bootstrapping: Couple Bootstrapped to $10 Million

Love and startups go hand in hand for AdCellerant Co-founders Brock Berry and Shelby Carlson, who are helping media companies generate seven-figure revenue streams. Here is our conversation from 2017. Sramana Mitra: Whoever wants to start, let’s start at the very beginning of your personal journey. Where are you from? Where were you born, raised,

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Georgia’s Startup Accelerator Ecosystem: Where Georgia Excels & Where 1Mby1M Fills Critical Gaps

The Accelerator Conundrum is a multipart series that challenges the prevailing wisdom of the tech startup ecosystem that entrepreneurs should Blitzscale out of the gate. Written by Sramana Mitra, the Founder and CEO of One Million by One Million (1Mby1M), the world’s first global virtual accelerator, it emphatically argues that a better strategy is to Bootstrap First, Raise Money Later, focus on

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