How Not To Get Rejected By Business Accelerators

Did you know that 99% of the entrepreneurs who apply to Y Combinator or any other hot business accelerator are rejected? I am saying this in case you are thinking of applying. Let’s face it, rejections hurt. But if you want to get into your favorite business accelerator, we can help. Join the 1M/1M Program

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Pre-Incubation For Sustained Deal Flow

By guest author Irina Patterson Last week we talked about private investors – the so-called friends, family, and fools. Known as the 3 Fs, they usually invest a few thousands here and there. But as scrappy as we are, we still recommend the 1M/1M education  first and any capital injection second, even if the investment is only $5,000.

Free vs. Paid Help For Entrepreneurs

By guest author Irina Patterson Let’s talk about the $1,000 annual membership fee for the 1M/1M Program. If you are thinking about joining the 1M/1M, I am sure you are pondering that fee question … so, let’s talk about it. The 1M/1M Program is a business. It’s built on the same principles that we teach entrepreneurs

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How To Get FREE Feedback On Your Business Strategy

By guest author Irina Patterson Working on a business? Have you pitched it at the 1M/1M Free Strategy Roundtable yet? It’s a great way to get some early feedback on your business from a Silicon Valley veteran like Sramana Mitra. This kind of expert feedback is not easy to obtain even if you can afford

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How To Turn Fool’s Gold Into The Real Thing

I recently read a book called Fool’s Gold? The Truth Behind Angel Investing in America by Scott Shaine. Scott is an angel investor himself and is a professor of entrepreneurship at Case Western Reserve University.

How To Access Silicon Valley’s Tribal Knowledge

By guest author Irina Patterson Let’s be pragmatic. Sramana labored over six years to assemble over 500+ case studies of successful entrepreneurs. She collected nuggets of entrepreneurial wisdom. A lot of it came from Silicon Valley where she’s based — Silicon Valley’s tribal knowledge — as she calls it. She synthesized this tribal knowledge into

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How To Become An Agent Of Change In Your Region

By guest author Irina Patterson MAD Incubator is a government supported business incubator in Malaysia. MAD is one of 1M/1M strategic partners in Asia. Andrew Wong, managing director of MAD, reached out to 1M/1M, after he read Sramana’s Entrepreneur Journeys book series. After grasping what 1M/1M could do for his region, Andrew rallied his local

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How to Become a Fundable Entrepreneur

By guest author Irina Patterson As we talked to VCs and angels, we discovered that less than 1% of the entrepreneurs who apply for their funding get funded. Think about it, less than 1%. One of the Silicon Valley’s super angels, Mike Maples, told us that he gets 7,000 deals a year and invests in

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