1M/1M Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs In East Asia, Australia, New Zealand On Wednesday, April 6, 7:30 p.m. Pacific Time

MAD Incubator in Malaysia is co-hosting this roundtable and entrepreneurs from East Asia, Australia and New Zealand who are interested in discussing their startup ventures are encouraged to attend this FREE online strategy roundtable on Wednesday, April 6, 2011, starting at 7:30 p.m. PDT/10:30 p.m. EDT, which is Thursday, April 7, 10:30 a.m. Malaysia Time/8:00 a.m. IST. You can find more details and register here.

1M/1M: How We Will Interface With AngelList

In our recently concluded interview series with AngelList cofounder Naval Ravikant, we discussed how AngelList and 1M/1M will be interfacing. Below, I am synthesizing the discussion.

AngelList gets more than 7,000 deals a year at this point, and this is sure to increase over time. According to Naval, more than 95% of these deals are not ready for funding. At 1M/1M, we focus on very early stage entrepreneurs, and whether you want to apply to AngelList or to an incubator like Y Combinator, TechStars, or DreamIt, we focus on getting you to the point where your chances of success are significantly higher.

So, let’s review what AngelList is looking for.

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1M/1M Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs In East Asia, Australia, And New Zealand On Wednesday, April 6, 7:30 p.m. Pacific Time

MAD Incubator in Malaysia is co-hosting this roundtable and entrepreneurs from East Asia, Australia and New Zealand who are interested in discussing their startup ventures are encouraged to pitch during or attend this FREE online strategy roundtable on Wednesday, April 6, 2011, starting at 7:30 p.m. PDT/10:30 p.m. EDT, which is Thursday, April 7, 10:30 a.m. Malaysia Time/8:00 a.m. IST. You can find more details and register here. All are welcome!

March 31 Roundtable Poll Winner

Janardhan Swahar’s Swayam Foods was chosen the best business of those presented at yesterday’s roundtable through a poll on our 1M/1M Facebook page. Congratulations! In case you missed it, you can read Sramana Mitra’s roundtable recap here or listen to the recording found here.

Roundtable Recap: March 31 – Microsoft’s $100,000 India Startup Challenge Grant

At this week’s One Million by One Million roundtable, we announced our collaboration with Microsoft around a $100,000 grant that they are offering to four Indian entrepreneurs as follows: A $40,000 grant each to two entrepreneurs, one in mobility and one in cloud computing; and a $10,000 grant to two entrepreneurs, also one in each of those two categories.

1M/1M will be working with Microsoft in helping entrepreneurs prepare for these grants. I will be traveling in India in April, and doing live roundtables in three cities: Chennai (April 9), Mumbai (April 16), and Pune (April 17). Girish Joshi from Microsoft will be attending the roundtables, and scouting companies for the grants with me. I will be reporting back on the companies we see on this column from the road.
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March 31 1Mby1M Roundtable Recording

In case you missed it, you can read the recap here.

1M/1M: The Entrepreneurship Curriculum

I was talking to Apoorv Sharma of the Indian Angel Network this morning and he asked me some questions about the 1M/1M curriculum, which, as I answered them, seemed like questions that may be on other people’s minds as well. So here is an explanation of the 1M/1M curriculum:

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Rendezvous With Sramana Mitra In Chennai On April 9

TiE Chennai’s Startup SIG is presenting Startup Super Day with Sramana Mitra for entrepreneurs in Chennai, India, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. IST, on Saturday, April 9, 2011. This appearance is a part of the 1M/1M initiative, started by Sramana Mitra in 2010 with the goal of helping one million entrepreneurs each reach $1 million in revenue and beyond.

Entrepreneurs are invited to attend Sramana Mitra’s keynote address discussing the 1M/1M Methodology: Bootstrapping, Positioning and Lean Startups, followed by the opportunity to ask questions. Then entrepreneurs can participate in an in-person strategy roundtable to receive some real time coaching and answers to questions about their startup ventures.  The venue is IIT Madras Research Park, Chennai. You can find more details and registration instuctions here.
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