Entrepreneurs are invited to the 725th FREE online 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable on Thursday, May 7, 2026, 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 from Sramana Mitra, advice
During this week’s roundtable, we had a heated argument with one of the entrepreneurs. I told him that he’s doing too many things and it isn’t possible to build a successful startup with so many agendas right at the beginning. Unfortunately, I see this flawed thinking fairly often in entrepreneurs. MarketKrystal As for the pitches, first
Tech layoffs are rising and AI is often cited as the excuse. As of April 2026, over 78,000 tech employees have been displaced, with companies like Oracle, Amazon, and Block leading the charge. Thousands of terminations happen via automated emails at 6:00 AM, leaving employees vulnerable and uncertain. The 1Mby1M perspective – Don’t be a
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Immediately following this week’s roundtable, I received an email from Alan Cohen, analyst at RationalFX, with some disturbing but not surprising data on tech layoffs. Data shows that so far this year, a total of 78,557 tech layoffs have been recorded globally, with the United States accounting for the vast majority, 59,510 job cuts across
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During this week’s roundtable, we worked on three very different businesses. The third of these was a fat startup in need of pre-seed funding with very little validation. As discussed, it is excruciatingly difficult to fund unvalidated ideas. You can listen to the discussion for more color on the subject if this is something you
Watch the 718th 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable recording where founders learn how to use high-quality prompts with the 1Mby1M AI Mentor to refine startup strategy: Join a Future 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable If you would like feedback on your own startup strategy, you are welcome to pitch your business at one of our free 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtables.