Biography

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Sramana Mitra is the founder and CEO of One Million by One Million (1Mby1M), the world’s first global virtual accelerator. She launched 1Mby1M in 2010 with a vision to help a million entrepreneurs achieve a million dollars in annual revenue and beyond, generate a trillion dollars in global GDP and create ten million jobs. Since its inception, the community has grown to over half a million members, and her 700+ weekly free mentoring sessions have supported more than 300,000 participants. 

Her philosophy is rooted in bootstrapped entrepreneurship: founders should stand before investors as kings, not as beggars. She champions the path of building meaningful revenue and scale before seeking external funding, having guided thousands through this journey as mentor, strategist and coach.

Sramana first gained acclaim as a Forbes columnist for her coverage of the intersection of technology and entrepreneurship, and she has been a contributing columnist to many publications, including the Harvard Business Review.

In 2015, LinkedIn named Sramana one of their Top 10 Influencers.

Before 1Mby1M, Sramana spent two decades in Silicon Valley as a three-time serial entrepreneur and strategy consultant. She holds an MS in EECS from MIT and a BA in Computer Science & Economics from Smith College.

Personal

Sramana comes from a prominent Calcutta family with roots in entrepreneurship and public service. The family was also a sinister cauldron of chauvinism and corruption. From that complex mix emerged two talented women who actualized their potential. In the sixties, Sramana’s aunt became a nuclear physicist who went to Oxford for her post doc and pursued a career in academia. And in the nineties, Sramana became a MIT Computer Scientist and later, a Silicon Valley entrepreneur. In Feminist Father vs. Chauvinist Father, she has discussed the role her father played in her journey.

Sramana is married to Dominique Trempont, a well-known Silicon Valley executive and Board Member who was Steve Jobs’ right hand at NeXT.

The Arts

Sramana leads a literary group, Caravanserai Literati, and hosts an annual Arts salon at her home in Silicon Valley. She is also an avid painter, and an extensively trained dancer.

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