729th 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable Recording

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

728th 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable Recording

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

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,

Read Full Article »

The Solo Founder Rise

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Sramana Mitra Announces New Strategic Framework as Data Confirms Solo Founders Now Represent 36% of New Startups; 1Mby1M Methodology Validates Individual Founder Model MENLO PARK, CA – Leading entrepreneurship expert Sramana Mitra today released a strategic analysis of the significant rise in solo-founded startups, backed by recent industry data from Carta. According

Read Full Article »

Building a Startup as a Solo Entrepreneur

For the longest time, there has been a stigma around solo entrepreneurs. Y Combinator doesn’t really like solo entrepreneurs. VCs don’t like to fund solo entrepreneurs. So what do you do if you want to do your venture as a solo entrepreneur? I think you should go ahead. If you play your hand smartly, you

Read Full Article »

Can You Be an Entrepreneur Alone?

Are you trying to do a startup as a SOLO entrepreneur? And are people telling you that you can’t? They’re wrong. You CAN. But there are complexities you need to understand. Let’s discuss the nuances. Fred Luddy bootstrapped ServiceNow as a Solo entrepreneur bootstrapping with a paycheck. He went on to raise a lot of

Read Full Article »

Solo Entrepreneur to $10M+ Niche E-commerce Success: DoggieLawn Founder Natalie Youn (Part 4)

Sramana Mitra: How long did it take you to get to a million dollars in revenue? Natalie Youn: It took until year two – around the end. Sramana Mitra: $5 million?

Solo Entrepreneur to $10M+ Niche E-commerce Success: DoggieLawn Founder Natalie Youn (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: The real issue is, can you find a niche that is not overcrowded? Every niche is so crowded. Doing advertising is not easy because keywords cost so much money. Maybe you were getting traffic from pee pads and potty training. Even that traffic, by now, is super expensive. What’s intriguing is that you

Read Full Article »