Roundtable Recap: April 16 – 1M/1M Partners With Indian Angel Network Incubator

On April 16, I was in Mumbai doing a live 1M/1M event with TiE Mumbai and Indian Angel Network (IAN). While in Mumbai, I also finalized a deeper partnership with IAN, which I will discuss later in this post. I presented my usual 1M/1M perspective on bootstrapping. After the event, I received an e-mail from

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Openings To Pitch At Tomorrow’s Roundtable

If you know an entrepreneur who could benefit from pitching and discussing their business with Sramana Mitra, please let them know I have a few last minute openings to pitch during tomorrow’s roundtable. Instructions for pulling together a few simple slides can be found here. Anyone interested can contact me at maureen@sramanamitra.com. Thanks!

1M/1M Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs In The Northeastern U.S. On Thursday, April 21

Entrepreneurs from the northeastern U.S. with questions pertaining to their start-up ventures are encouraged to pitch their businesses at or attend the next FREE online strategy roundtable on Thursday, April 21, 2011, starting at: 11 a.m. EDT/8 a.m. PDT/8:30 p.m. IST. You can find more details here and register here. All are welcome!

1M/1M Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs In The Northeastern U.S. On Thursday, April 21

Entrepreneurs from the northeastern U.S. with questions pertaining to their start-up ventures are encouraged to pitch their businesses at or attend the next FREE online strategy roundtable on Thursday, April 21, 2011, starting at: 11 a.m. EDT/8 a.m. PDT/8:30 p.m. IST. You can find more details and register here. All are welcome!

April 9 Roundtable Poll Winner

Girish Mathrubootham’s Freshdesk was chosen the best business of those presented at the live roundtable in Chennai on April 9, 2011, through a poll on our 1M/1M Facebook page. Congratulations! In case you missed it, you can read Sramana Mitra’s roundtable recap here.

Roundtable Recap: April 9 – 1M/1M Announces Partnership With TiE Chennai

On Saturday, April 9, 2011, I arrived in Chennai at 3:00 a.m. after a 24-hour journey from California. At 11:00 a.m., a group of entrepreneurs from TiE Chennai gathered at the Indian Institute of Technology-Madras (IIT-M) Research Park campus, and we spent the next four hours discussing strategy and tactics of early-stage entrepreneurship. TiE Chennai

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1M/1M Kicks Off Partnership With TiE Chennai

Menlo Park, CA – April 14, 2011: The One Million by One Million (1M/1M) initiative is announcing a partnership with TiE Chennai that developed out of Sramana Mitra’s presentation during TiE Chennai’s Startup Super Day on April 9, 2011. The goal of the 1M/1M movement, inspired by Sramana Mitra’s vision to democratize capitalism, is to

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Rendezvous With Sramana Mitra In Pune On Sunday, April 17, 2:00 p.m. IST

Persistent Systems and IncuCapital are co-hosting this afternoon event with Sramana Mitra for entrepreneurs in Pune, India, from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. IST, on Sunday, April 17, 2011. This event 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

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