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716th 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable Recording

Posted on Thursday, Feb 19th 2026

In case you missed this roundtable, you can listen and watch the recording here:

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Roundtable Recap: February 19 – Validate, Validate, Validate

Posted on Thursday, Feb 19th 2026
Sramana Mitra hosts the 716th mentoring roundtable for entrepreneurs.

During this week’s roundtable, we had four interesting businesses up for discussion. 

UniversityTech.io

First, Parag Agarwal from Mumbai, India, pitched UniversityTech.io, a tech transfer business.

Dumfries-Vision

Then, Dr. Dinesh Verma from Goa, India, pitched Dumfries-Vision, an ophthalmology diagnostic tool.

Atheera

Next, Abhinay Reddy Bandela from Plano, Texas, pitched Atheera, an inventory procurement decision agent.

Swivel

And Kaushik Kaja from Palo Alto, California, pitched Swivel, a synthetic customer data simulation product for large enterprises facing big churn.

You can listen to today’s recording here:

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Roundtable Recap: February 12 – Revenue and Profitability Give You Options

Posted on Monday, Feb 16th 2026
715th 1Mby1M mentoring roundtable webinar with Sramana Mitra discussing revenue and profitability.

During last week’s roundtable, we discussed two businesses.

Modest Human Brands 

First, Aratrik Nandy from Kolkata, India, pitched Modest Human Brands, a suite of SaaS tools for ad agencies and production houses.

Rilox EV

Then, Avesh Memon from Mumbai, India, pitched Rilox EV, a purpose-built EV businesses that is generating significant revenue.

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February 19 – 716th 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Posted on Friday, Feb 13th 2026
Entrepreneur pitching in front of a screen in a conference room which represents entrepreneurs pitching at our mentoring roundtable.

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 716th FREE online 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable on Thursday, February 19, 2026, at 8 a.m. PST / 11 a.m. EST / 5 p.m. CET / 9:30 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 on next steps, and answers to any of your questions. Others can register to Attend to watch and learn.

You can learn more here and REGISTER TO PITCH OR ATTEND HERE. Please share with any entrepreneurs in your circle who may be Interested.

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715th 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable Recording

Posted on Friday, Feb 13th 2026

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

You can register for an upcoming roundtable here.

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February 12 – 715th 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Posted on Friday, Feb 6th 2026
Entrepreneur pitching in front of a screen in a conference room which represents entrepreneurs pitching at our mentoring roundtable.

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 715th FREE online 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable on Thursday, February 12, 2026, at 8 a.m. PST / 11 a.m. EST / 5 p.m. CET / 9:30 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 on next steps, and answers to any of your questions. Others can register to Attend to watch and learn.

You can learn more here and REGISTER TO PITCH OR ATTEND HERE. Please share with any entrepreneurs in your circle who may be Interested.

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714th 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable Recording

Posted on Friday, Feb 6th 2026

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Roundtable Recap: February 5 – Niche is Good

Posted on Friday, Feb 6th 2026
Sramana Mitra shares that niche startups are good during the 714th mentoring roundtable.

During this week’s roundtable, I worked with three founders of niche startups from India.

The Reader AI App

First up, Midhun Thomson from Bengaluru, India, pitched TheReader.AI app. The product is seeing a small number of paying customers. 

KinderStories

Next, we had Ajay Sadhu from Hyderabad, India, pitch KinderStories, a niche app for pre-school teachers. 

Fosse

Then, Siddhand Agarwal from Bengaluru, India, pitched Fosse, a compliance SaaS product for Indian MSMEs.

In general, I really like niche businesses. Apropos, please read: Myth of “Unfundable” LLM Wrappers – Build Profitable AI SaaS | 1Mby1M.

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