310th Roundtable Recording On June 23, 2016: With T.M. Ravi, The Hive

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Roundtable Recap: June 23 – The 3-month Acceleration Model for Startups is Bogus

During this week’s roundtable, our guest was T.M. Ravi, Managing Director and Co-founder, The Hive, a venture studio. The discussion touched upon a couple of key issues: the prevalent incubator/accelerator model of 3-month classes, we agreed, is bogus; and the Future of Work: Utopia or Dystopia?

CloudKnots
As for the pitches, first up, Prajit Arakkal from Dubai pitched CloudKnots, which is a concept arbitrage on Task Rabbit and UpWork. I shared my skepticism of why a new platform is necessary. How would it compete with the incumbents?
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310th Roundtable For Entrepreneurs Starting NOW, Live Tweeting By @1Mby1M

Today’s 310th FREE online 1M/1M roundtable for entrepreneurs is starting NOW, on Thursday, June 23, at 8:00 a.m. PDT/11:00 a.m. EDT/8:30 p.m. India IST. Click here to join.

June 23 – 310th 1M/1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 310th FREE online 1M/1M roundtable mentoring session on Thursday, June 23, 2016, at 8 a.m. PDT/11 a.m. EDT/8:30 p.m. India IST.

If you are a serious entrepreneur, register to “pitch” and sell your business idea to Sramana Mitra. You’ll gain straightforward feedback, advice on next steps, and she’ll answer any of your questions. Others can register to “attend” to watch, learn, and interact through the online chat.

You can learn more here and register to pitch or attend here. Please share with any entrepreneurs in your circle who may be interested. All are welcome!

309th Roundtable Recording On June 16, 2016: With Fred Guelen, Planon

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Roundtable Recap: June 16 – Bootstrapping Using Services to $100M

During this week’s roundtable, our guest was Fred Guelen, CFO and President of North America for Planon Group. Fred and his brother have built Planon to over $100M in revenue from the Netherlands. It was a very encouraging discussion for our global entrepreneurs.

Survaider
As for the pitches, first up, Madhulika Mukherjee from Bangalore, India, pitched Survaider, a customer feedback management system. Interesting idea, she has customers starting to pilot, and needs to rapidly acquire 20-50 customers who would help her fine tune the product.

SchooLive
Next, Tunde Aminu from Lagos, Nigeria, pitched SchooLive, a mobile digital solution for schools in Nigeria. Tunde also has a paying customer, and is charging on a per student basis.

My Team Sphere
Then, Medo Eldin from Sacramento, California, pitched My Team Sphere, a sports team collaboration and communication platform. The product has users but needs to get going with the monetization strategy.

You can listen to the recording of this roundtable here:

As always, I would very much like to hear about your business, so let me invite you to come and pitch at one of our free 1M/1M public roundtables. We will be holding future roundtables at 8 a.m. PDT on:

Thursday, June 23, Register Here.

Thursday, June 30, Register Here.

If you want a deeper relationship with me, you are very welcome to join the 1M/1M premium program. If you have any questions about the program, please, first study the website, especially What to expect from the 1M/1M premium program and the FAQs. If you have additional questions, please email me, and I would be very happy to respond. Please note that I work exclusively with 1M/1M entrepreneurs.

309th Roundtable For Entrepreneurs Starting NOW, Live Tweeting By @1Mby1M

Today’s 309th FREE online 1M/1M roundtable for entrepreneurs is starting NOW, on Thursday, June 16, at 8:00 a.m. PDT/11:00 a.m. EDT/8:30 p.m. India IST. Click here to join.

June 16 – 309th 1M/1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 309th FREE online 1M/1M roundtable mentoring session on Thursday, June 16, 2016, at 8 a.m. PDT/11 a.m. EDT/8:30 p.m. India IST.

If you are a serious entrepreneur, register to “pitch” and sell your business idea to Sramana Mitra. You’ll gain straightforward feedback, advice on next steps, and she’ll answer any of your questions. Others can register to “attend” to watch, learn, and interact through the online chat.

You can learn more here and register to pitch or attend here. Please share with any entrepreneurs in your circle who may be interested. All are welcome!