Why Stealth Mode Kills More Startups Than It Saves

I want to share with you an observation from running the 1Mby1M program since 2008. Almost 700 free mentoring roundtables with over 300k entrepreneurs. Thousands of case studies of successful entrepreneurs – the who’s who of tech startups – through interview based methodology development. Thousands and thousands of premium member coaching sessions. Some entrepreneurs are

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Building a Startup Is a Marathon Not a Sprint

Building a startup takes patience and persistence. At 1Mby1M, we’ve learned through thousands of entrepreneurs that success comes from hard work, not shortcuts. Entrepreneurship is a marathon, not a sprint.

Best of Bootstrapping: Bootstrapped to $30 Million from Florida

SproutLoud CEO Jared Shusterman shared his wonderful bootstrapping story with me in 2017. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of your journey. Where are you from? Where were you born, raised, and in what kind of background? Jared Shusterman: I was born in Miami, Florida. I’m one of the few South Florida natives. I

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October 23rd – 705th 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 705th FREE online 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable on Thursday, October 23, 2025, at 8 a.m. PDT / 11 a.m. EDT / 5 p.m. CEST / 8:30 p.m. India IST. If you are a serious entrepreneur, register to Pitch and sell your business idea. You’ll receive straightforward feedback, advice on next steps,

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704th 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast with Sandeep Sardana, BluePointe Ventures

Sandeep Sardana, Founder and General Partner at BluePointe Ventures, discusses his firm’s vertical AI investment thesis.

704th 1Mby1M Roundtable Recording

In case you missed it you can listen to the recording of this roundtable here:

Roundtable Recap: October 16 – AI Investment Thesis with Sandeep Sardana, BluePointe Ventures

During this week’s roundtable, we had Sandeep Sardana, Founder and General Partner at BluePointe Ventures, discuss his firm’s vertical AI investment thesis. Beards & Shears As for the pitches, first up today, we had Shubham Mishra from Pune, India, pitch Beards & Shears, a men’s grooming brand. Korture Next we had Shishir Modur and SK

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Best of Bootstrapping: Bootstrapped an E-commerce Venture to $50M

When we spoke in 2018, SmartBuyGlasses Co-CEO David Menning had bootstrapped a global e-commerce venture from Hong Kong to $50M. Splendid execution! Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of your journey. Where are you from? Where were you born, raised, and in what kind of background? David Menning: I grew up in Sydney. I’ve

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