Mohan Lakhamraju, Founder, Great Learning on building $100 Million ARR EdTech Business in India

In this episode of 100xEntrepreneur Podcast, we have interacted with Mohan Lakhamraju where he shared his journey of building Great Learning and Great Lakes Institute of Management.Mohan initially worked with Tiger Global Management for 3 years, setting up their India office. During this period one of his focus areas was the education sector in India and South-east Asian markets.This was how he developed an inclination towards the education sector and decided to set-up a B-school specifically catering to management professionals in the Energy sector.Notes - 01:20 - Journey from IIT Bombay, UC Berkeley & Stanford University to joining Tiger Global06:19 - Realising himself to be more of an Entrepreneur than an Investor07:13 - Taking insights for online learning from the early journey of Coursera08:56 - How has high-quality education impacted his journey?10:15 - “Most people never experience excellence”17:05 - Learnings while building Great lakes & Great learning?23:33 - At what scale Great learning is currently operating in terms of enrollments & programs31:09 - What is the opportunity cost of not learning or not doing something new?38:50 - How is Great learning helping colleges & universities conduct effective online classes with their platform?43:36 - His viewpoint on the future for Edtech in India49:22 - His advice for entrepreneurs looking to build Edtech startupsSend us Fan Mail