April 14 – 302nd 1M/1M Mentoring Roundtable For Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 302nd FREE online 1M/1M roundtable mentoring session on Thursday, April 14, 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!

Roundtable Recap: April 7 – Focus on Paying Customers, Not Free Users

During this week’s roundtable, we had two formal presentations and about 40 minutes of highly engaged, active Q&A.

qilo
First up, Vikram Kohli from Noida, India, pitched qilo, a talent management solution focused on SMBs in India. We discussed various nuances of the business, and I emphasized the need to get customers to start paying after a reasonable evaluation period.

Tailorkraft
Then Ankit Verma from Kolkata, India, pitched Tailorkraft, a custom tailoring service that looks like quite an interesting value proposition, but operationally complex. We discussed multiple aspects of the complexity, including business model issues, and where Ankit needs to be careful and mitigate risks.
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301st Roundtable For Entrepreneurs Starting NOW, Live Tweeting By @1Mby1M

Today’s 301st FREE online 1M/1M roundtable for entrepreneurs is starting NOW, on Thursday, April 7, at 8:00 a.m. PDT/11:00 a.m. EDT/8:30 p.m. India IST. Click here to join.

301st Roundtable For Entrepreneurs Starting In 30 Minutes: Live Tweeting By @1Mby1M

Today’s 301st FREE online 1M/1M roundtable for entrepreneurs is starting in 30 minutes, on Thursday, April 7, at 8:00 a.m. PDT/11:00 a.m. EDT/8:30 p.m. India IST. Click here to join. All are welcome!

Thurs. April 7 – 301st 1M/1M Mentoring Roundtable For Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 301st FREE online 1M/1M roundtable mentoring session on Thursday, April 7, 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!

Thursday, April 7 – 301st 1M/1M Mentoring Roundtable For Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 301st FREE online 1M/1M roundtable mentoring session on Thursday, April 7, 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!

300th 1M/1M Roundtable Recording On March 31, 2016

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

300th Roundtable Recap: March 31 – Looking Back on a Decade of Entrepreneurship Development Work

During this week’s roundtable, we celebrated a major milestone: our 300^th Free Mentoring Roundtable.

I started off by providing an overview of what we’ve learned in the last ten years of active entrepreneurship development work around the world. Our core philosophy has remained unchanged through the course of this journey, our conviction around the core has only become greater. Some essential takeaway points:

• Define success for yourself. Remember, Entrepreneurship = Customers + Revenues + Profits; Financing & Exit are Optional.
• Pay close attention to the criteria for VC financing. VCs are interested in businesses with hyper fast growth rates and super large TAMs.

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