Roundtable Recap: November 6 – Be Careful About Rock-Bottom Pricing Strategy

During this week’s roundtable, we had three entrepreneur pitches. Innotek Furniture Fittings Up first we had Udayan Dave from Ahmedabad, India, pitch Innotek Furniture Fittings – a brick and mortar furniture components business with aspirations to broaden into multi-channel. The company is already in revenue. ContentLens.ai Next, we had Rohan Sahu from Bangalore, India, pitch

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706th 1Mby1M Roundtable for Entrepreneurs Starting Now

Today’s 706th FREE online 1Mby1M Roundtable for Entrepreneurs is starting in 30 minutes, on Thursday, October 30, at 8 a.m. PDT / 11 a.m. EDT / 5 p.m. CEST / 8:30 p.m. India IST. CLICK HERE to join. PASSWORD: startup  All are welcome!

705th 1Mby1M Roundtable for Entrepreneurs Starting in 20 Minutes

Today’s 705th FREE online 1Mby1M Roundtable for Entrepreneurs is starting in 30 minutes, on Thursday, October 23, at 8 a.m. PDT / 11 a.m. EDT / 5 p.m. CEST / 8:30 p.m. India IST. CLICK HERE to join. PASSWORD: startup  All are welcome!

Building a Startup Is a Marathon Not a Sprint

Building a startup takes patience and persistence. At 1Mby1M, we’ve learned through thousands of entrepreneurs that success comes from hard work, not shortcuts. Entrepreneurship is a marathon, not a sprint.

Best of Bootstrapping: Bootstrapped an E-commerce Venture to $50M

When we spoke in 2018, SmartBuyGlasses Co-CEO David Menning had bootstrapped a global e-commerce venture from Hong Kong to $50M. Splendid execution! Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of your journey. Where are you from? Where were you born, raised, and in what kind of background? David Menning: I grew up in Sydney. I’ve

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October 16 – 704th 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 704th FREE online 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable on Thursday, October 16, 2025, 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, advice on next steps,

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703rd 1Mby1M Roundtable Recording

In case you missed it, you can listen to the recording of this roundtable here:

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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