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Coverage Of 1Mby1M Premium Members

 

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Coverage of 1Mby1M Premium Members showcases media features, funding announcements, acquisitions, and success stories from entrepreneurs who have gone through the 1Mby1M program. These stories highlight the global impact of founders building high-growth businesses while following the 1Mby1M methodology.

1Mby1M Entrepreneur Bootstrapping an AI Deep Learning Venture to over $5M ARR: Bharath Gaddam, CEO of Data Poem (2025)

1Mby1M Incubation Radar 2022: OneNDF, New Delhi, India

1Mby1M Incubation Radar 2021: WeVisit360

1Mby1M Deal Radar 2021: SecurelyShare, Bengaluru, India

1Mby1M Deal Radar 2021: Fullcast, Seattle, WA

1Mby1M Deal Radar 2020: Integration Wizards, Bengaluru, India

1Mby1M Incubation Radar 2020: Gather Voices, Chicago, IL

1Mby1M Incubation Radar 2020: SecurelyShare, Bengaluru, India

1Mby1M Incubation Radar 2020: The Tuesday Company, Washington DC

Billion Dollar Unicorns: Qualys Acquires 1Mby1M Company Adya (2019)

1Mby1M Deal Radar 2019: Cadenshae, Whangarei, New Zealand

1Mby1M Deal Radar 2019: PayKickstart, Carmel, IN

1Mby1M Deal Radar 2019: LeanDNA, Austin, TX

1Mby1M Deal Radar 2019: SourceScrub, San Francisco, CA

1Mby1M Deal Radar 2019: Kodable, Sunnyvale, CA

1Mby1M Deal Radar 2019: Amplify.ai, Palo Alto, CA

1Mby1M Incubation Radar 2019: Neeman’s, Hyderabad, India

1Mby1M Incubation Radar 2019: Bakkbenchers, Mumbai, India

1Mby1M Deal Radar 2018: Tech Essence, London

1Mby1M Deal Radar 2018: CliniOps, Fremont, CA

1Mby1M Incubation Radar 2018: WellWrap, Danville, CA

1Mby1M Incubation Radar 2018: Adya, San Francisco, CA

1Mby1M Deal Radar 2017: Wylei, Jersey City, NJ

1Mby1M Deal Radar 2017: Waggl, Sausalito, CA

1Mby1M Deal Radar 2017: Dome9 Security, Mountain View, CA

1Mby1M Deal Radar 2017: CleverTap, Mumbai, India

1Mby1M Deal Radar 2017: The BroBasket, Camarillo, CA

1Mby1M Deal Radar 2017: RANK Software, Toronto, Canada

1Mby1M Incubation Radar 2017: Simplify Solar, Houston, TX

1Mby1M Incubation Radar 2017: Afamado, Noida, India

1Mby1M Incubation Radar 2017: Adya, San Francisco, CA

1Mby1M Incubation Radar 2017: smartQED, San Mateo, California

1Mby1M Deal Radar 2016: Torchlite, Indianapolis, IN

1Mby1M Deal Radar 2016: i-Human Patients, Sunnyvale, California

1Mby1M Incubation Radar 2016: RemoteToPC, Dallas, TX

1Mby1M Deal Radar 2015: LevelEleven, Detroit, Michigan

1Mby1M Deal Radar 2015: Pwnie Express, Boston, MA

1Mby1M Deal Radar 2015: DecisionNext, San Francisco, CA

1Mby1M Deal Radar 2015: GMR Transcription Services, Inc., Tustin, CA

1Mby1M Deal Radar 2015: SALESmanago, Kraków, Poland

1Mby1M Deal Radar 2015: Twin Prime, Redwood City, CA

1Mby1M Incubation Radar 2015: Ankota LLC, Waltham, MA

1Mby1M Deal Radar 2014: Clickable, San Francisco, CA

Small Business Trends (October 14, 2014) – Bridging Cultures With “Pronounce Names”

Sramana Mitra On Strategy (August 25, 2014) – The 1Mby1M Iincubation Radar 2014: Pronounce Names, San Jose, CA

Wired Innovation Insights (July 23, 2014) – May 10,000 Cloud Startups Bloom

Huffington Post (July 11, 2014) – May 10,000 Cloud Startups Bloom

Small Business Trends (July 1, 2014) – How Hackathons Paved The Way For New Machine Learning Platform

Xconomy (June 30, 2014) – May 10,000 Cloud Startups Bloom

Sramana Mitra On Strategy (June 25, 2014) – The 1M/1M Incubation Radar: Guesswork

Sramana Mitra On Strategy (June 12, 2014) – 1M/1M Premium Company Freshdesk Raises $31 Million From Tiger Global and Google Ventures

Sramana Mitra On Strategy (June 9, 2014) – The 1Mby1M Deal Radar 2014: Happy Grasshopper, Safety Harbor, Florida

Sramana Mitra On Strategy (April 21, 2014) – India’s Technology Product Story Gets Major Boost With Autism App Startup Avaz Getting Funded

Small Business Trends (April 15, 2014) – Solving the Information Exchange Problem in Healthcare Industry

Small Business Trends (April 11, 2014) – For Some Entrepreneurs, Tackling a Future Father-in Law is a Requirement

Wired Innovation Insights (March 25, 2014) – Innovation’s Next Decade

Small Business Trends (March 26, 2014) – Nightclubs: You Need to be Online

Wired Innovation Insights (March 21, 2014) – Startups Navigating the Dynamic IT Channel

Small Business Trends (March 14, 2014) – Bootstrapping with Services and a Paycheck

Wired Innovation Insights (March 11, 2014) – Trendspotting Platform Ecosystems

BGV Forum (March 10, 2014) – Trendspotting Platform Ecosystems

Sramana Mitra On Strategy (March 7, 2014) – The 1Mby1M Incubation Radar: Saigun Technologies, New Delhi, India

Small Business Trends (March 6, 2014) – Outsourced Product Development Gaining Popularity Among Small Businesses

Sramana Mitra On Strategy (March 6, 2014) – The 1Mby1M Deal Radar 2014: Nirvana Systems, Austin, TX

Sramana Mitra On Strategy (February 25, 2014) – The 1Mby1M Incubation Radar 2014: Easyskillz, New Delhi

Huffington Post (February 19, 2014) – A Tablet App From Invention Labs Helps Kids With Speech Disabilities

Huffington Post (February 17, 2014) – Not All Student Entrepreneurs Drop Out

Xconomy (February 5, 2014) – Not All Student Entrepreneurs Drop Out

Sramana Mitra On Strategy (February 5, 2014) — The 1Mby1M Incubation Radar 2014: Snaplion, Delhi, India

Huffington Post (February 3, 2014) – Navigating the Dynamic IT Channel

Small Business Trends (January 30, 2014) – One Startup That Focuses on Channel Development for IT Companies

Small Business Trends (January 27, 2014) – Education in the Age of Student Entrepreneurship

Sramana Mitra On Strategy (January 24, 2014) — The 1Mby1M Incubation Radar 2014: Yathes, Chennai, India

Sramana Mitra On Strategy (January 23, 2014) — The 1Mby1M Incubation Radar 2014: H2S, Chicago, IL

Xconomy (January 22, 2014) – How Startups Can Navigate the Dynamic IT Channel

Administradores (January 20, 2014) – Tablet App Helps Kids With Speech Disabilities

Small Business Trends (December 29, 2013) – Techieworks: Providing Seniors With Online Tech Help

Sramana Mitra On Strategy (December 23, 2013) — The 1Mby1M Incubation Radar 2013: enMarkit, Singapore

Sramana Mitra On Strategy (December 21, 2013) – The 1Mby1M Deal Radar 2013: Finish Line PDS, Hudson, New Hampshire

Sramana Mitra On Strategy (December 20, 2013) – The 1Mby1M Incubation Radar 2013: Fossa LLC, Chicago, Illinois

Sramana Mitra On Strategy (December 18, 2013) – The 1Mby1M Incubation Radar 2013: Omninox, Gainesville, Florida

Sramana Mitra On Strategy (December 16, 2013) – The1Mby1M Incubation Radar 2013: VOZIQ, Washington, D.C.

Small Business Trends (December 15, 2013) – Startup Story: Finding Gaps in a Market Can Happen Purely by Chance

Sramana Mitra On Strategy (December 9, 2013) – The 1Mby1M Incubation Radar 2013: Techieworks, Gurgaon, India

Xconomy (December 5, 2013) – A Tablet App from Invention Labs Helps Kids with Speech Disabilities

Small Business Trends (November 29, 2013) – Former Paypal Managers Servicing Mid-Size Business Data Management Needs

Small Business Trends (November 22, 2013) – How One Man Successfully Entered the SAP HANA Platform Eco-System

Small Business Trends (November 4, 2013) – How Automation Is Helping Investors With Trading Strategies

Sramana Mitra On Strategy (November 4, 2013) – The 1Mby1M Deal Radar 2013: Approyo, Palo Alto, California

Sramana Mitra On Strategy (October 21, 2013) – The1Mby1M Incubation Radar 2013: Invention Labs, Chennai, India

Sramana Mitra On Strategy (October 18, 2013) – The 1Mby1M Incubation Radar 2013: GeoLoqal, New York

Huffington Post (October 11, 2013) – Women Entrepreneurs – May Be, Baby!

Sramana Mitra On Strategy (October 10, 2013) – The1Mby1M Deal Radar 2013: Freshdesk, Chennai, India

Money Indices (October 8, 2013) – Bootstrapping With A Paycheck

Huffington Post (October 3, 2013) – How Do You Overcome The Fear Of Entrepreneurial Failure?

Xconomy (September 25, 2013) – Balancing Act: How a Working Mom Built Steals.com

Sramana Mitra On Strategy (September 23, 2013) – The 1Mby1M Incubation Radar 2013: Kobster

Administradores (September 22, 2013) – Casais empreendedores que deram certo (no amor e nos negocios)

Small Business Trends (September 20, 2013) – NowFloats Helps Small Businesses With First Step into the Online World

Huffington Post (September 19, 2013) – Innovations In Financial Technology

Sramana Mitra On Strategy (September 19, 2013) – The 1Mby1M Incubation Radar 2013: Mad Marketeer

Small Business Trends (September 11, 2013) – MadMarketeer Finds A Niche In Nonprofites

Women 2.0 (September 11, 2013) – The Best Part Of Being The Boss: Offering Balance

Administradores Brazil (September 11, 2013) – Como financiar os primeiros passos de uma empresa?

ProductNation (September 10, 2013) – Bootstrapping Products With Services

Huffington Post (September 9, 2013) – Crowdsourced Workforces Rising

Journaldunet France (September 6, 2013) – Amoureux et fondateurs de start-up, la cle de leur succes?

Xconomy (September 4, 2013) – Platform Ecosystems in Big Data

Small Business Trends (August 26, 2013) – Kobster Brings Office Supplies Online For Indian Corporates

Huffington Post (August 22, 2013) – Healthcare IT: Making Good Progress

Sramana Mitra On Strategy (August 10, 2011) – The 1Mby1M Incubation Radar 2011: ifood.tv, Menlo Park, California

Small Business Trends (August 8, 2013) – Ecommerce in India: Small Merchants Finding Niches

Huffington Post (August 8, 2013) – Women ARE Running Startups

Administradores (August 6, 2013) – Bootstrapping With A Paycheck

Sramana Mitra On Strategy (August 3, 2012) – Women of 1Mby1M: Kimbra Studios, Littleton, Colorado

Small Business Trends (July 24, 2013) – enMarkit Leads In Social Commerce In India

Administradores (July 24, 2013) – Should You Move To Silicon Valley?

Xconomy (July 15, 2013) – Trendspotting: Platform Ecosystems

Huffington Post (July 9, 2013) – Trend Spotting: Commerce On Facebook

Small Business Trends (June 21, 2013) – Success Story of an Indian College Drop Out

Huffington Post (June 21, 2013) – Startup Lesson: Talk To Customers Before Building Anything

Xconomy (June 18, 2013) – Trendspotting: Commerce On Facebook

Small Business Trends (June 13, 2013) – Startup Success With Crowd Sourced Software Testing and “99Tests”

Women 2.0 (June 10, 2013) – The Past and Future of Recruiting Tech

Huffington Post (May 29, 2013) –  Series A Crunch: Don’t Get Discouraged

Huffington Post (May 23, 2013) – Bootstrapping Products With Services

Small Business Trends (May 21, 2013) – How Mansa Systems Crossed $2M Leveraging Salesforce AppExchange

Women 2.0 (May 16, 2013) – Why Bootstrapping Products With Services Actually Isn’t a Bad Idea

Huffington Post (May 14, 2013) – Five Mompreneurs Say You Can Do It All

Xconomy (May 13, 2013) – Bootstrapping Products With Services

Huffington Post (May 7, 2013) – Love and Startups

Huffington Post (April 30, 2013) – Bootstrapping With A Paycheck

Small Business Trends (April 28, 2013) – Startup Success And Niche eCommerce Within The Health Care Industry

Huffington Post (April 22, 2013) – Should You Move To Silicon Valley?

Xconomy (April 18, 2013) – Bootstrapping With A Paycheck

Women 2.0 (April 19, 2013) – Should You Move To Silicon Valley?

Women 2.0 (April 10, 2013) – Trend Spotting: Love and Startups

Xconomy (April 2, 2013) – Healthcare IT: Making Good Progress

Education Insider (April 1, 2013) – Trends Within EduTech

Small Business Trends (March 29, 2013) – Business in Bulgaria: One Entrepreneur’s Journey

Sramana Mitra On Strategy (March 28, 2013) – Indian Product Entrepreneurs: An Emerging Trend

Business Economics (March 16, 2013) – SaaS Spreads Far And Wide

Small Business Trends (March 13, 2013) – M-Commerce: Why Your Website Needs to Be Mobile

Xconomy (March 13, 2013) – Crowdsourced Workforces Rising

Small Business Trends (March 3, 2013) – Greek Tragedy Needs Entrepreneurial Heroes

Education Insider (March 1, 2013) – Insane Logic Makes Sense

Emerging Ed Tech (February 27, 2013) – Learning Disability Apps and Important Innovations Under Way

Women 2.0 (February 27, 2013) – Five Mompreneurs Say You Can Do It All

Xconomy (February 21, 2013) – Innovations in Financial Technology: Wisdom of the Crowd

Women 2.0 (February 20, 2013) – Women Entrepreneurs: May Be, Baby!

Small Business Trends (February 19, 2013) – Happy Grasshopper Email Marketing Hops Toward The Million Dollar Club

Small Business Trends (February 10, 2013) – Entrepreneurship Bubbles in Bengal, India

Xconomy (February 6, 2013) – Series A Crunch: Don’t Get Discouraged

Small Business Trends (January 25, 2013) – A Bootstrapping Recipe to $3 Million

Xconomy (January 23, 2013) – The Million Dollar Club

Small Business Trends (January 23, 2013) – Entrepreneurs in the Midwest Actively Bootstrapping

Small Business Trends (January 20, 2013) – Vision 2020: Education Will Change Beyond Recognition

Women 2.0 (January 14, 2013) – Who Said Women Entrepreneurs Don’t Raise Venture Capital?

Women 2.0 (January 13, 2013) – The Best Work-From-Home Opportunity: Your Own Venture

Small Business Trends (January 13, 2013) – Tech Startup Culture Gaining Momentum in Pune, India

Xconomy (January 11, 2013) – Women ARE Running Startups

Small Business Trends (January 11, 2013) – Looking to Grow From $500k to $1M in 2013

Small Business Trends (January 8, 2013) – The Rise of Entrepreneurship In Chennai, India

Women 2.0 (December 30, 2012) – Startup Lesson: Talk To Customers Before Building Anything

Small Business Trends (December 27, 2012) – The Exciting Field of EduTech: Rife With Innovation

Sramana Mitra On Strategy (December 18, 2012) – Women of 1Mby1M: Live Well! Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Small Business Trends (December 16, 2012) – Double Dip Recession Or Thriving Entrepreneurship Eco-System?

Small Business Trends (December 13, 2012) – Women Entrepreneurs: Alive And Well, Thank You Very Much!

Women 2.0 (December 8, 2012) – Fashion Forward Maternity Founder Erin Lewis Makes Life Easier For Expecting Moms

YourStory.in (December 8, 2012) – An Award-Winning Enterprise Software Product from Pune Entrepreneurs

Xconomy (December 6, 2012) – TrendSpotting: eFood, iEat

Sramana Mitra On Strategy (November 26, 2012) — The 1Mby1M Deal Radar 2012: Mansa Systems, San Francisco, California

Women 2.0 (November 21, 2012) – Cookie Marenco’s World Of Music

Xconomy (October 23, 2012) – Trendspotting: The Variegated Social Web

Women 2.0 (October 17, 2012) – Israeli Entrepreneur Racheli Levkovich, Co-Founder Of Zuznow

Economic Times (October 15, 2012) – uniRow A Made-in-India Live Collaboration Platform

Women 2.0 (October 10, 2012) – Startup Teaches Kids How To Write, Invites Teachers And Students To Join

Xconomy (October 10, 2012) – Trendspotting: The Era of E-Sharing

Economic Times (October 4, 2012) – Another India Product Company Challenges Global Competition

Economic Times (October 1, 2012) – OrangeScape Further Embellishes Google’s AppEngine Eco-system with KiSSFLOW

Women 2.0 (October 1, 2012) – Meet Michaeline Daboul, President Of Healthcare IT Startup MMIS

Xconomy (September 24, 2012) – Small Companies Storm The EduTech Market

Small Business Trends (September 7, 2012) – Florida is Not Just Retirees and Tourists, But Innovative Startups

Economic Times (September 7, 2012) – Abhishek Rungta Shows Kolkata Entrepreneurs The Way

Xconomy (September 4, 2012) – India vs. Silicon Valley: A SaaSy War

Women 2.0 (August 23, 2012) – EduTech Startup Insane Logic And Female Founder Zoe Peden

Xconomy (August 6, 2012) – SaaS Spreads to India and Beyond

Sramana Mitra On Strategy (July 26, 2012) – Building a $5M+ Digital Design Services Firm from Kolkata: Indus Net CEO Abhishek Rungta

Women 2.0 (July 25, 2012) – Kimbra Orr: Bringing Photo Gifting To A High-Growth Market

Xconomy (July 17, 2012) – Entrepreneurship Flowers Far Away From Silicon Valley

Sramana Mitra On Strategy (June 29, 2011) – The 1Mby1M Incubation Radar 2011: Happy Grasshopper, Safety Harbor, Florida

Sramana Mitra On Strategy (June 16, 2011) – The 1Mby1M Incubation Radar 2011: FreshDesk, Chennai, India

Sramana Mitra On Strategy (December 28, 2009) – Deal Radar 2009: Orangescape

 

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Testimonials

“1Mby1M is a very helpful program, and Sramana is very well connected in the industry. When we were looking to talk to investors, Sramana introduced us to multiple investors, and also acted as an advisor helping us navigate complex term sheet clauses like tranche financing and liquidation preferences. 1Mby1M also helped us win the $40,000 Microsoft BizSpark Startup Challenge Grant by helping us refine our pitch, market sizing analysis, and other details. I would enthusiastically recommend the 1Mby1M program for first time entrepreneurs and technical founders who need help with understanding other aspects of running a business.”

Girish Mathrubootham,  Founder & CEO at Freshworks – Raised $484 Million in Funding and went Public on Nasdaq with a $10B+ Valuation

“Working with the 1Mby1M team is perhaps one of the best decisions I’ve made on the spur of the moment. I was tracking 1Mby1M for a while and used to get their e-newsletter. I was always cynical about the pay to play model in the Bay Area. I tested the model quite late in our evolution on a whim and was surprised by everything. It was the best $1000 spent. I would strongly urge founders who are at the ideation stage to sign up – you will save yourself a lot of time, trouble and resources. Through 1Mby1M, I was introduced to Warren Weiss, a renowned former sales executive who worked with Steve Jobs at NeXT, and is now a successful VC in Silicon Valley.”

Dharmesh Singh,  Co-founder and CEO, Fullcast - Raised $4 Million in Series A Funding

“I joined the 1Mby1M Premium program in 2020 and had a very good experience interacting with Sramana. Her inputs during the private roundtable sessions added a lot of value; she addressed the exact objectives I had. She also made a number of valuable introductions. Overall, the program had a very positive influence on our journey.”

Abinash Saikia,  Co-founder of EnCloudEn, Acquired by Quantum Corporation in 2021

“The 1Mby1M program has been a phenomenal help to us. Within days of joining, Sramana introduced us to some key folks in the industry and helped open new doors for us. Her advice is real, focused, and actionable. I would highly encourage entrepreneurs, especially first-time entrepreneurs, to leverage the program. Many thanks for all the help, support and mentorship through the years.”

Vikrant Mathur,  Co-Founder at Future Today

“Working with Sramana Mitra and the 1Mby1M Premium program has been invaluable for Adya as a bootstrapped company to better understand how to best position the product and the company while working within constraints. Sramana has a very fresh perspective that promotes bootstrapped startups making slow, steady progress while rejecting the need for institutional investments. This also makes companies better targets for acquisitions. Thanks to her introductions, we were able to pitch Adya to the right companies at the senior executive levels. This led to, I am happy to say, an acquisition of Adya by Qualys! Without Sramana, this happy outcome would likely not have happened.”

Deepak Balakrishna,  Co-Founder and CEO, Adya (Acquired by Qualys)