EP 94 : SaaS for Skill Assessments | Amit D Mishra (Founder & CEO, iMocha)
The Startup OperatorMay 27, 202100:59:49

EP 94 : SaaS for Skill Assessments | Amit D Mishra (Founder & CEO, iMocha)

Amit is the founder and CEO of iMocha, a skills assessment solution API platform that helps organizations with their hiring. Previously he was the founder of Radix Business Models, an IT services and outsourcing company. In this interview Amit spoke about his journey as a founder, transitioning from services to products company, the nuances of building an assessment product and more with Roshan Cariappa. Key highlights of this conversation: 00:00 Introduction 00:53 Founding journey and key milestones 11:53 Transitioning from Services to products 18:02 Nuances of achieving product market fit 24:08 Standing out in the crowded recruitment space 29:07 Nuances of building an assessment product 37:58 Closing the loop on quality of hire 41:08 Pros v/s Cons of working with the HR function 44:22 High level Challenges Amit is solving now 48:03 Nuances of going from $1-10M in SaaS 51:01 Improving ACV and Customer Marketing 54:57 The Indian SaaS ecosystem 57:27 Optimism for the future ------------------------------------- Connect with Amit: Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amitdmishra/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/amitdmishra ------------------------------------- Connect with Us: Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/startupoperator ​Twitter: https://twitter.com/OperatorStartup​​ ------------------------------------- If you liked this episode, let us know by hitting the like button and share with your friends and family. Please also remember to subscribe to our channel and switch on the notifications to never miss an episode! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/startup-operator/message

Amit is the founder and CEO of iMocha, a skills assessment solution API platform that helps organizations with their hiring. Previously he was the founder of Radix Business Models, an IT services and outsourcing company. In this interview Amit spoke about his journey as a founder, transitioning from services to products company, the nuances of building an assessment product and more with Roshan Cariappa.


Key highlights of this conversation:

00:00 Introduction

00:53 Founding journey and key milestones 

11:53 Transitioning from Services to products

18:02 Nuances of achieving product market fit

24:08 Standing out in the crowded recruitment space 

29:07 Nuances of building an assessment product

37:58 Closing the loop on quality of hire 

41:08 Pros v/s Cons of working with the HR function

44:22 High level Challenges Amit is solving now 

48:03 Nuances of going from $1-10M in SaaS 

51:01 Improving ACV and Customer Marketing

54:57 The Indian SaaS ecosystem

57:27 Optimism for the future


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Connect with Amit:

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amitdmishra/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/amitdmishra


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Connect with Us: 

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/startupoperator

​Twitter: https://twitter.com/OperatorStartup​​


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If you liked this episode, let us know by hitting the like button and share with your friends and family. Please also remember to subscribe to our channel and switch on the notifications to never miss an episode!

--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/startup-operator/message