Steve Blank

MAY 9, 2017

The founders were simply wrong about their assumptions about customer needs. It turns out the term “visionary founder” was usually a synonym for someone who was hallucinating. Founders Need to Run the Company Longer. So, almost like clockwork 20 th century startups fired the innovators/founders when they scaled.

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 19, 2011

The hosts were Girish Joshi of Microsoft India and 1M/1M Ambassadors, Praveen Karoshi, Rajesh Nair and Thejas Gupta. As for the presenters, first up, Abinash Karana from Bangalore, India, presented Bizosys and his product 10screens , a specification capture technology for software development workflows.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 6, 2011

Sramana Mitra is the founder of the One Million by One Million (1M/1M) initiative, an educational, business development and incubation program that aims to help one million entrepreneurs globally to reach $1 million in revenue and beyond. Every incubator you look at takes pride in how exclusive it is. What makes 1M/1M unique?

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 14, 2011

First up, Girish Mathrubootham from Chennai, India, presented Freshdesk , a SaaS solution for multi-channel customer support including knowledge base and social CRM support. The product has won a national award from the president of India for its empowerment of people with disabilities. Interviewstreet.com. Quantum Arc. ET Interactive.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

The founders were simply wrong about their assumptions about customer needs. In addition to super angels, incubators like Y Combinator , TechStars and the 100+ plus others worldwide like them have begun to formalize seed-investing. The emergence of incubators and super angels have dramatically expanded the sources of seed capital.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 23, 2011

Anupam Rajey from Lucknow, India, presented Acelerar Technologies , an outsourced accounting services BPO project from India. I asked him to review the TrueCFO project in my Vision India 2020 book. Anupam has serious segmentation issues. From 2008 to 2010, Mitra was a columnist for Forbes.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 1, 2013

Singapore-based accelerator Joyful Frog Digital Incubator ( JFDI Asia ) has revealed that over 300 digital startup teams have applied for its second accelerator program for this year, competing for just 12 places in this intake. Other nations made up less than 1% of applications each.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Today, at the roundtable, we had a discussion around the topic, especially in the context of specific geographies that were represented at the session: Dublin, Ireland, and Kolkata, India. In India, five of the seven major metros are seeing significant improvement in entrepreneurial energy. Let's look at today's presenters.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

At today's roundtable, we had entrepreneurs presenting from Brazil, Israel and India. In fact, I was pleased to even see an entrepreneur from Kolkata, India, the city in which I was born and raised. She writes the blog Sramana Mitra On Strategy and is author of the Entrepreneur Journeys book series and Vision India 2020.

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 28, 2011

This week, I've had several meetings with venture funds, incubators, corporate accelerators and other significant players in the startup eco-system. The same applies to Malaysia, where our partner, the MAD Incubator, is in search of 10 good deals to put through the 1M/1M program. Incubator photo from Geograph. Discuss.

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ReadWriteStart

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

It is particularly satisfying for me to work with these entrepreneurs because I have long believed that India needs to diversify out of pure labor arbitrage. Other discussions on India's need for product companies have also been equally controversial. I like this business very much, and believe it can be a large, and important company.

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 15, 2018

Esteemed guests from all over India, who have found success in their entrepreneurial journey, were invited to the event to share valuable insights on their disruption journey and the problems they faced on their way to becoming a successful entrepreneur. E-Cell, IIM Kashipur embodies the entrepreneurial spirit of IIM Kashipur.

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

Then Prashant Singh from Bangalore, India, discussed Statisco Economic Analytics , a risk management technology for managing company balance sheets, interfacing with their ERP systems. She writes the blog Sramana Mitra On Strategy and is author of the Entrepreneur Journeys book series and Vision India 2020. Statisco Economic Analytics.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 2, 2011

During today's roundtable, we worked with two entrepreneurs and also had a segment on our yearlong engagement with incubators around the world. The 1M/1M team has invested significant resources to engage with and understand the challenges of the Incubator industry around the globe. You can register for upcoming roundtables here.

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ReadWriteStart

MARCH 10, 2011

First up, Nimesh Khiara from Mumbai, India, discussed StopWaitin , a restaurant reservation system that includes managing waiting lists and is similar in concept to OpenTable. Fortunately, there are numerous such companies in India. For this week's One Million by One Million roundtable, we teamed up with the Indian Angel Network (IAN).

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online.wsj.com

JULY 11, 2012

Andreessen Horowitz is telling entrepreneurs it prefers situations where the founders have controlling stakes, reckoning that theyll be better able to resist outside distraction and focus on making great products. One of its champions includes Jason Goldberg, the co-founder and CEO of online design retailer Fab.com Inc., My Journal.

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 13, 2011

Uma is a member of the 1M/1M premium program , and has already started validating his idea with several online classified players in India. She is a Silicon Valley serial entrepreneur and strategy consultant who writes the blog Sramana Mitra On Strategy , and is the author of the Entrepreneur Journeys book series and Vision India 2020.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

Singapore-based technology startup incubator Joyful Frog Digital Incubator – better known locally as JFDI.Asia – today unveiled a lineup of eight technology startups set to participate in its 100-day accelerator program this year. DocTree , from Singapore and India, have software for medical practice management.

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ReadWriteStart

MARCH 17, 2011

Adarsh Patil from Bangalore, India, presented ResortHunt. Sramana Mitra is the founder of the One Million by One Million (1M/1M) initiative, an educational, business development and incubation program that aims to help one million entrepreneurs globally to reach $1 million in revenue and beyond. Ten people paying $37.50

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ReadWriteStart

MARCH 24, 2011

Sramana Mitra is the founder of the One Million by One Million (1M/1M) initiative, an educational, business development and incubation program that aims to help one million entrepreneurs globally to reach $1 million in revenue and beyond. Recordings of previous roundtables are all available here.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 7, 2011

At this week's One Million by One Million roundtable, we announced a very important partnership with MAD Incubator, Malaysia for entrepreneurship development in the region. This is our first major partnership with an incubator whereby MAD will adopt the 1M/1M methodology to foster Silicon Valley-style technopreneurship in Malaysia.

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ReadWriteStart

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

I recently wrote a blog post that I believe is worth pointing out in the context of the strategy roundtables: VCs, Angels, Incubators, Accelerators - What Are You Doing With Your Rejects? I'd like to hear from venture capitalists, angel investors, incubators, and accelerators on this topic. His firm invests in four. CricketWeekly.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 27, 2011

Taariq Lewis, the founder of Voluble, is a 1M/1M premium entrepreneur. Sramana Mitra is the founder of the One Million by One Million (1M/1M) initiative, an educational, business development and incubation program that aims to help one million entrepreneurs globally to reach $1 million in revenue and beyond.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

Let’s say you’re an entrepreneur in India. You should type something like this into Google: “banks in India business plans”. For example, you might try: “What kind of business plan does United Bank of India require for a loan?”. Finding country-specific resources: Incubators and accelerators. It looked promising.

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Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 23, 2023

He is the co-founder of Boast.ai, where he leveraged the Community-Led Growth model to bootstrap the company. He is also the co-founder of Traction, a community empowering over 100k innovators through connections, content, and capital. He is the co-founder of Boast.ai He is an entrepreneur, podcast host, and community builder.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 5, 2013

by Sr amana Mitra, founder of One Million by One Million . Unlike societies like India where the extended family is deeply integrated into the fabric of society, and where domestic help is affordable and abundant, Western societies tend to consist of more nuclear families. Five years ago, a good friend of mine hanged herself.

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pandodaily.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

I’ve been hearing about the so-called Series A Crunch for at least six months, and in recent weeks, I’ve spoken with more than 20 venture capitalists, angel investors, incubator heads, lawyers, and other necessary cogs in the ecosystem trying to get some details about it. Those numbers are likely conservative.

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 6, 2011

First up, Sumit Jha from New Delhi, India, presented EduMark , a real estate education program for the nascent Indian market that Sumit is already selling successfully, and wondering how to take to the next level of scale. On to today's roundtable, we had five businesses, all of which, I believe, can be built to become sustainable companies.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 30, 2011

India and Israel pitch their businesses. First, Senthil Natchimuthu from Coimbatire, India, discussed directdialogs. Their penetration in India seems relatively low, given that Bollywood is really an Indian phenomenon, its international following notwithstanding. directdialogs.

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 3, 2011

First up, Raj Sheth from Bangalore, India, presented Recruiterbox , a SaaS recruitment management tool for small businesses, with co-founders Raghu Kancherla and Girish Redekar. Last up was Ayesha Hazra from Kolkata, India, discussing Magne Consulting, a retail strategy consulting firm. Magne Consulting.

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 4, 2011

Pune has become a hotbed of product entrepreneurship in India, and I was curious to see what kinds of ventures are cooking there. Besides the fact that he is from London, I could not figure out why; instead of expanding the franchise in India, it makes sense to jump to London. On April 17, I was in Pune for a 1M/1M live event.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 7, 2012

Lauren Bush at Under30CEO , April 21, 2011 : Lauren Bush, co-founder of FEED Projects, discusses how she applied her entrepreneurial skills to the nonprofit, social justice sector. Watch this video with the site’s founder and CEO where he talks about how he launched everything solo and wound up with an entire company built around one idea.

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 26, 2011

Next, Priyanka Bhatnagar from Pune, India, pitched Priyanka Bhatnagar Jewellery & Accessories , an e-commerce jewelry line. Also, folks, remember, the Microsoft India Startup Grant application deadline is May 31. Priyanka Bhatnagar Jewellery & Accessories. And you can sign up for the 1M/1M premium program here. Don't miss it!

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 12, 2011

First up, Vrushali Humnabadkar from Pune, India, presented Penworks, a technical documentation outsourcing service. She is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and strategy consultant, she writes the blog Sramana Mitra On Strategy , and is author of the Entrepreneur Journeys book series and Vision India 2020.

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

Next Badri Badrinarayanan V S, from Chennai, India, pitched DiaSof , a software-based solution for disease management of diabetes patients in India. Apparently, India has 50 million diabetic and another 40 million pre-diabetic patients. Jay does not have that yet. She is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and strategy consultant.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

Roi Patterson from Sherbrooke, Canada, presented my3P.com , a motherhood and apple pie concept for solving the world's problems - from teaching teens how to build lawn mowing businesses to teaching government agencies how to do economic development to teaching businesses how to perform better to being a feeder to incubators. StyleShop247.com.

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 11, 2011

During this week's roundtable, we started off by discussing the pre-incubation procedure we are recommending with audience members from different parts of the world. This week, I've had several meetings with venture funds, incubators, corporate accelerators and other significant players in the startup eco-system. About Sramana Mitra.

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