March 5 – 718th 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 718th FREE online 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable on Thursday, March 5, 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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715th 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: February 5 – Niche is Good

During this week’s roundtable, I worked with three founders of niche startups from India. The Reader AI App First up, Midhun Thomson from Bengaluru, India, pitched TheReader.AI app. The product is seeing a small number of paying customers.  KinderStories Next, we had Ajay Sadhu from Hyderabad, India, pitch KinderStories, a niche app for pre-school teachers. 

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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.

710th 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable Recording

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Roundtable Recap: December 4 – 2026 Will Be a Golden Year for Solo Founders

During this week’s roundtable, we had two founders pitch their ideas. Remember, not all business ideas are viable. And the vast majority of business ideas are not fundable. Farmience First we had Tejas M K from Chennai, India, pitch Farmience I advised him to narrow down his target market and validate unit economics. There’s a

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How Real Unicorn Startups Are Actually Built

There are two completely different ways to build a Unicorn: Bootstrap First, Raise Money Later (the 1Mby1M way), or Speculatively Blitzscale. Your probability of success with the first method is much higher. Let’s look at an example.

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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