Why Bottom Up TAM Drives Startup Success

TAM = Total Available Market. Most entrepreneurs do a terrible job of modeling a defensible TAM. Yet, TAM drives Fundability. It’s not exactly something you can afford to mess up. The most common TAM error is choosing Top-down TAM over Bottom up TAM. Top-down, 30,000 ft TAM means nothing. Please go through the Market Sizing

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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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1Mby1M Introduces Sramana Mitra’s Digital Mind – An AI Mentor for Startups

Dear Entrepreneurs, We have some exciting news … We’re ready to offer you a privileged (preview) access to the new AI Mentor product from 1Mby1M: Sramana’s Digital Mind. You can “talk” to Sramana’s Digital Mind and ask questions about your strategy, your options, your idea, and anything else that is top of mind and needs

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Are You Looking for a Startup Idea?

Are you looking for a startup Idea? Let me give you some notes on my Ideation Methodology.