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.

January 15 – 714th 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 714th FREE online 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable on Thursday, January 15, 2026, 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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713th 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable Recording

In case you missed it, you can listen to the recording here: You can register for an upcoming roundtable here.

Roundtable Recap: January 8 – Pre-Seed Funding Rejection Rate is 99.8%

During this week’s roundtable, we had several pre-seed entrepreneurs trying to wrap their heads around the outrageous fundability conditions of their stage. Nokio We first had Rohan Jacob, from Dallas, Texas, pitch Nokio. The business is not venture fundable, but seedstrapping to an exit may be a possibility. Flocci Technologies Next, we had Afsar Hussain

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January 8 – 713th 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 713th FREE online 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable on Thursday, January 8, 2026, 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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December 18 – 712th 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 712th FREE online 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable on Thursday, December 18, 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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711th 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast with Investor Gus Tai

Gus Tai is a veteran Venture Capitalist and a close friend. We discuss why the Venture Capital industry needs to shrink in size.

Mastering Repeatable B2B Sales for Startup Growth

One of the most popular and effective modules in the 1Mby1M Curriculum is Sales 2.0 that addresses repeatable B2B Sales Strategy. With its help, many entrepreneurs have gone from 5 customers to 50, 100, 500 customers. You can access it in three ways: Remember, if you are seeking venture capital, you need Velocity.