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