717th 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable Recording

In the 717th 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable, Sramana Mitra addresses one of the most misunderstood concepts in early-stage fundraising: the difference between Top-Down TAM and Bottom-Up TAM, and why that distinction directly determines startup fundability. Watch the full recording below to understand how Bottom-Up TAM transforms your startup fundability story from theory into measurable proof.

Roundtable Recap: February 26 – Tackling TAM and the Path to Fundability

The Core Challenge: Top-Down vs. Bottom-Up TAM During this week’s 1Mby1M roundtable, we saw a recurrence of an issue that plagues nearly 80% of the startups that pitch to us: the confusion between Top-Down TAM and Bottom-Up TAM. Most first-time entrepreneurs struggle to define a Bottom-Up Total Addressable Market, yet this metric is the bedrock

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703rd 1Mby1M Roundtable Recording

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Roundtable Recap: September 25 – Top-Down TAM is Useless

During this week’s roundtable, we had five pitches from entrepreneurs. I keep repeating myself: Top-down TAM doesn’t matter. You must come up with Bottom-Up TAM. If you need help, please upload your slide deck to our AI Mentor and ask for help modeling TAM. Daksha First up, today, we had Manuj Gupta from Noida, India,

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