729th 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable Recording

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Roundtable Recap: June 4 – 1Mby1M Curriculum + AI Mentor + Free Udemy Course May Save Founders 5-15% Equity

The traditional accelerator model is broken. By demanding 7% to 10% equity at the pre-revenue or pre-product stage, equity-charging accelerators initiate an aggressive dilution clock that often leaves founders with little control over their own destiny. This Venture Trap manufactures Zombie Startups, companies that are operationally stuck because they scaled before achieving repeatability. In my

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Roundtable Recap: May 28 – Bootstrap First to Repeatability, Blitzscale Second

The Unicorn path is broken. It’s time for a reality check. In 2026, the startup world is facing a harsh truth. 9 out of 10 VC-funded startups either collapse or become Zombies, companies that are alive but offer no real liquidity or control to their founders. Driven by a Go Big or Go Home mentality,

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725th 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable Recording

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Roundtable Recap: May 7 – Startup Accelerators Should Be Equity-Free

During this week’s roundtable, we kicked off the session with a discussion of research we’re publishing based on Carta data that has been published this year. Our key conclusion is that Startup Accelerators Should Be Equity-Free. By charging 7-15% equity for small capital injection, accelerators are setting entrepreneurs up for failure. Please read these two

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How Blitzscaling Can Create Zombie Startups

Nine out of ten startups that sign up for Blitzscaling fail. They become zombie startups. They cannot raise new rounds of financing. They cannot find an Exit either. They just sit there, feeling like failures. Even if they have built $10M in profitable revenue.