December 4 – 710th 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 710th FREE online 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable on Thursday, December 4, 2025, at 8 a.m. PST / 11 a.m. EST / 5 p.m. CET / 9:30 p.m. India IST. If you are a serious entrepreneur, register to Pitch and sell your business idea. You’ll receive straightforward feedback from Sramana Mitra, advice

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709th 1Mby1M Roundtable Recording

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Roundtable Recap: November 20 – Manipur Discovers 1Mby1M

During this week’s roundtable, we had our first ever entrepreneur pitch from the tiny Indian state of Manipur, tucked away in the fast Eastern corner, by the Myanmar border. In a discussion at the end of the session, we learned that the state has about 90 startups, and a WhatsApp group has about 180 entrepreneurs

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Roundtable Recap: November 13 – AI Investment Thesis with Yanev Suissa, SineWave Ventures

During this week’s roundtable, we had Yanev Suissa, Managing Partner and Founder at SineWave Ventures, discuss changes in Venture Capital and his firm’s investment thesis. Synch Cycle As for our entrepreneur pitches, first we had Ravikumar K. from Atlanta, Georgia, pitch SynchCycle, a FemTech idea. Lumiera Next, we had Maryam Lopes from Ithaca, New York,

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Best of Bootstrapping: Bootstrapped Decisively to Over $5M

RainmakerForce CRO Mack Sundaram had built a successful business optimized for autonomy and profitability when we spoke in 2018, and the company was acquired in 2023. Excellent navigation! Sramana Mitra: Let’s go to the very beginning of your journey. Tell us where you’re from. Where did you grow up? Where were you born and raised?

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Roundtable Recap: June 26 – AI Investment Thesis with David Evans, Sentiero Ventures

During this week’s roundtable, we had David Evans, Managing Partner at Sentiero Ventures, discussing his firm’s AI investment thesis. Espotz As for entrepreneur pitches, up first we had Parshavv Jain from Ontario, Canada, pitch espotz. Inflahormony Next, we had Yamini Bynagari from San Ramon, California, pitch Inflahormony. Void Then we had Venkat Kalyan from Brisbane,

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Do NOT Dilute Equity Too Soon

At 1Mby1M, we believe that Ownership Matters. Mark Zuckerberg retained 26% equity in Facebook. Zuckerberg’s net worth has crossed $100 billion in 2020. How did Zuckerberg retain 26% equity in Facebook?