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The Startup Velocity Question: What Hinders Acceleration in VC Funded Companies?

I have been running 1Mby1M since 2010. I find myself saying to entrepreneurs ad nauseam that VCs want to invest in startups that can go from zero to $100 million in revenue in 5 to 7 years.

Startups that do not have what it takes to achieve velocity should not be venture funded.

Experienced VCs, over time, have developed heuristics to gauge what constitutes a high growth venture investment thesis. 

Building a Venture Scale AI Developer Tool Company: Moderne CEO Jonathan Schneider (Part 6)

Sramana Mitra: I have a question that comes to my mind. Enterprises have very diverse applications and frameworks. Are there particular frameworks that you specialize in, do better in, or have more training in? Or you can basically walk into any enterprise, do this training right there, and basically build from there?

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Building a Venture Scale AI Developer Tool Company: Moderne CEO Jonathan Schneider (Part 5)

Sramana Mitra: So now, tell me more about the product and especially where is AI in this story?

Jonathan Schneider: We think of Moderne as large-scale automated code change. That could be for application modernization, security vulnerability repair, or code quality.

Building a Venture Scale AI Developer Tool Company: Moderne CEO Jonathan Schneider (Part 4)

Sramana Mitra: So now what about the go-to-market strategy? What were you settling into? You were talking to customers all this while. What was emerging as the go-to-market strategy?

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April 24 – 682nd 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 682nd FREE online 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable on Thursday, April 24, 2025, at 8 a.m. PDT / 11 a.m. EDT / 5 p.m. CEST / 8:30 p.m. India IST.

If you are a serious entrepreneur, register to Pitch and sell your business idea. You’ll receive straightforward feedback, advice on next steps, and answers to 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. Register and you will receive the recording by email, even if you are unable to attend. Please share with any entrepreneurs in your circle who may be

681st 1Mby1M Roundtable Recording

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

Roundtable Recap: April 17 – Grand Plans Need to Be Rooted in Concrete Steps

During this week’s roundtable, I coached an entrepreneur on how his grand plan has to be rooted in concrete steps.

Douglass Leadership Academy

Kevin Tusiime from Boston, Massachusetts pitched Douglass Leadership Academy where this principle was discussed at length.

You can listen to the recording of this roundtable here:

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Netflix Experiments with AI to Improve Content Discovery

Yesterday, Netflix (Nasdaq: NFLX) reported its first quarter results that surpassed market expectations. Over the last quarter, Netflix has also been attracted to the AI fever. It recently announced plans of leveraging AI search engine capabilities for its users.

Building a Venture Scale AI Developer Tool Company: Moderne CEO Jonathan Schneider (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: So, what gave you confidence that you would be able to solve this problem and build a product? Did you have an architecture already laid out? Did you have the product design already in place?