Roundtable Recap: August 28 – It Has Been Deeply Fulfilling

During this week’s roundtable, we celebrated our milestone 700th session with business as usual. It has been a deeply fulfilling journey working with entrepreneurs in a no-nonsense manner for 20 years. Data Poem First up we had Bharath Gaddam from New York, New York, pitch Data Poem. Bharat is a 1Mby1M Premium member about to

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Roundtable Recap: August 21 – Contrarian POV, LLM Wrappers are Okay to Build Businesses Around

During this week’s roundtable, we discussed two businesses. PeanutWise We first had Sree Vishnu from Chennai, India, pitch PeanutWise, a D2C e-commerce business. Guestrix Then we had Suchita Kuandin from Chicago, Illinois, pitch Guestrix, an LLM wrapper product for property owners who need to manage guests for their AirBnb or other Vacation Rental side businesses.

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What We Have Learned from Mentoring Startups Since 2008

These days, everyone seems to be a startup mentor. Whether they have ever done a startup or not, whether they have ever raised money or not, they are ready to advise entrepreneurs. I want to share with you some things we have learned in running the 1Mby1M program since 2008. Over 680 free mentoring roundtables.

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699th 1Mby1M Roundtable for Entrepreneurs Starting in 30 Minutes

Today’s 699th FREE online 1Mby1M Roundtable for Entrepreneurs is starting in 10 minutes, on Thursday, August 21, at 8 a.m. PDT / 11 a.m. EDT / 5 p.m. CEST / 8:30 p.m. India IST. CLICK HERE to join. PASSWORD: startup  All are welcome!

698th 1Mby1M Roundtable for Entrepreneurs Starting in 10 Minutes

Today’s 698th FREE online 1Mby1M Roundtable for Entrepreneurs is starting in 10 minutes, on Thursday, August 14, at 8 a.m. PDT / 11 a.m. EDT / 5 p.m. CEST / 8:30 p.m. India IST. CLICK HERE to join. PASSWORD: startup  All are welcome!

August 14 – 698th 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 698th FREE online 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable on Thursday, August 14, 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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Roundtable Recap: August 7 – 1Mby1M AI Star Data Poem’s Investor Pitch

During this week’s roundtable, first we had Jean-Philippe ‘JP’ Persico, Cofounder and Managing Partner at shuckerVC, discuss his firm’s investment thesis. Data Poem As for our entrepreneur pitches, up first we had Bharath Gaddam from New York pitch Data Poem. Bharath is a premium member of the 1Mby1M program and has bootstrapped an AI venture

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697th 1Mby1M Roundtable for Entrepreneurs Starting in 30 Minutes

Today’s 697th FREE online 1Mby1M Roundtable for Entrepreneurs is starting in 30 minutes, on Thursday, August 7, at 8 a.m. PDT / 11 a.m. EDT / 5 p.m. CEST / 8:30 p.m. India IST. CLICK HERE to join. PASSWORD: startup  All are welcome!