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June 4 – 729th 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Posted on Friday, May 29th

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 729th FREE online 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable on Thursday, June 4, 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

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May 28 – 728th 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Posted on Friday, May 22nd

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 728th FREE online 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable on Thursday, May 28, 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

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727th 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable Recording

Posted on Friday, May 22nd

In case you missed it, you can listen to the recording here:

Roundtable Recap: May 21 – Solo Entrepreneurs Are Vital for the AI Era and They Are Ballooning

Posted on Friday, May 22nd

The era of corporate job security is officially dead. With tech layoffs averaging 850 job losses per day in 2026, the excuse of AI-driven restructuring has left millions vulnerable. But a massive macroeconomic shift is happening right under our noses. The rise of the autonomous builder. According to new Carta data from Peter Walker, solo-founded

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723rd 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable Recording

Posted on Friday, Apr 17th

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Roundtable Recap: April 16 – Real Customers, Real Revenues MATTER

Posted on Friday, Apr 17th

During this week’s roundtable, I was thrilled to discuss a business from Nigeria and a business that straddles India, the Middle East, and the US – each with revenue. Not huge revenue. Not exponential growth. But, real revenue. Real customers. And THAT is encouraging. With THAT, we can build a business.

Best of Bootstrapping: Niche Player Bootstrapped to $13 Million

Posted on Tuesday, Oct 7th

I’m very bullish about market opportunities that are large enough to build sizable businesses but not large enough such that VCs end up funding numerous competing companies. This case study – my interview from 2018 with David Lloyd, Co-founder and CEO of The Intern Group – shows you how a niche player with a $150

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