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Sramana Mitra’s Biography

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Sramana Mitra is the founder of One Million by One Million (1M/1M), a global virtual incubator that aims to help one million entrepreneurs globally to reach $1 million in revenue and beyond.

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.

From 2008 to 2010, Mitra was a columnist for Forbes. As an entrepreneur CEO, she ran three companies: DAIS, Intarka, an…

Sramana Mitra’s Journalist Portfolio

Thought Leaders in Big Data

Thought Leaders in Big Data

Interviews of Big Data thought leaders.

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Entrepreneur Journeys

Entrepreneur Journeys

Stories of how entrepreneurs have built their businesses. Four books have been published based on this series…

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Thought Leaders in Mobile & Social

Thought Leaders in Mobile & Social

Interview series based on conversations with Mobile and Social thought leaders. Company needs to be $5M+ in r…

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Thought Leaders in Cloud Computing

Thought Leaders in Cloud Computing

Interview series based on Cloud Computing Thought Leaders.

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Articles

Why Unicorn Chasing Creates Zombie Startups

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By Sramana Mitra
| 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast
Posted on Friday, Jul 10th 2026 In the startup ecosystem, we are obsessed with the Unicorn. We are conditioned to believe that if you aren’t building a billion-dollar company, you aren’t really building a company at all. But there is a dangerous, hidden cost to this obsession. My new paper, The Zombie Epidemic: Why Unicorn-Chasing by Startup Accelerators is Destroying Entrepreneurial Value, highlights the growing crisis from the systematic production of Zombie Startups and Zombie Unicorns.
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Top Startup Accelerators for the Marathon, not a 3-month Sprint, in Iceland

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By Sramana Mitra
| Blogarama
This article summarizes the top Startup Accelerators for the marathon, not a 3-month sprint, in Iceland, comparing them to 1Mby1M. By Guest Author Paige A | Reviewed by Sramana Mitra The Startup world loves a good sprint story. A scrappy team enters a prestigious cohort, survives three months of intense pressure, pitches on Demo Day, raises a seed round, and rides off into a venture-backed sunset. It’s a compelling narrative.
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Top Startup Accelerators for the Marathon, not a 3-Month Sprint, in Florida

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By Kanav Sah, Sramana Mitra
| Blogarama
This article summarizes the top Startup Accelerators for the marathon, not a 3-month sprint, in Florida, comparing them to 1Mby1M on program duration, mentoring continuity, and equity. By Guest Author Kanav Sah | Reviewed by Sramana Mitra In The Accelerator Conundrum, Sramana Mitra argues that the 3-month sprint model is optimized for investor visibility at a Demo Day, not for building a real company.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

My blog.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes.

How is social media changing news?

Much more distributed, and less control in a few hands.
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