Roundtable Recap: March 5 – Startup Strategy Prompts for the 1Mby1M AI Mentor

During last week’s roundtable, we discussed how to use high quality prompts in 57 languages to frame your startup strategy discussions in our AI Mentor. The 1Mby1M AI Mentor is a 24/7 digital advisory tool designed to provide founders with instant, high-level strategic guidance based on the 1Mby1M methodology. Think of it as having access

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AI and Tech Startup Course Coupons for March

Founders who know how to turn AI into real products, customers, and startup revenue are moving ahead quickly. If you’re building a startup in Generative AI, Machine Learning, FinTech, HealthTech, Cybersecurity, or automation, learning from proven founder playbooks can help you avoid costly mistakes and accelerate your progress. Instead of relying on trial and error,

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AI and Tech Startup Course Coupons for February

Founders who know how to turn AI into real products, customers, and revenue are pulling ahead. If you want to move faster and avoid costly mistakes with your startup across Generative AI, Machine Learning, FinTech, HealthTech, Cybersecurity, or automation, the smartest move is learning from proven founder playbooks, not trial and error. To help you

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Free Course to Use the 1Mby1M AI Mentor Effectively and Coupons

AI can be a powerful strategic partner for entrepreneurs, but only if you know how to engage it correctly. To help founders get maximum value from the 1Mby1M AI Mentor, we’ve launched a new free Udemy course, AI Mentoring Prompts to Develop Startup Strategy, created expressly to teach entrepreneurs how to work effectively with the

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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.

Success in Entrepreneurship Is Personal

The 1Mby1M Mantra has always been: Excess is not a Requirement for Success in Entrepreneurship. YOU get to define what success means for you. It’s personal. It’s your prerogative. Do not live other people’s lives.

What Makes a Startup Fundable

Over 99% of entrepreneurs who seek Venture Capital funding get rejected. Many because they are not fundable. I run One Million by One Million (1Mby1M), a global virtual accelerator for startups. 2025 is our fifteenth year supporting entrepreneurs. Thousands upon thousands of entrepreneurs have approached us for help with their funding at a stage where

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Women Entrepreneurs Win by Bootstrapping First

Is there bias against women entrepreneurs in the tech industry? Maybe, maybe not. I don’t believe it would hinder you if you stick to the Bootstrap First, Raise Money Later strategy. The media promotes funding as the holy grail. The VCs want you to believe that Entrepreneurship = Funding. No. It isn’t. Entrepreneurship = Customers

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