#234: The Journey to $200K MRR and Beyond with Amit Mishra, Co-Founder & CEO of iMocha
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Amit Mishra is the Co-Founder and CEO of iMocha, a company providing AI-powered digital skills assessments.
iMocha enables tech hiring managers and learning and development professionals with the ready-to-use, latest, and most comprehensive online skills assessment solution, offering 2000+ skills tests.
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Listen to our interview with Erik Huberman, Founder and CEO of Hawke Media, in episode 23 of the Just Go Grind Podcast.
Some of the Topics Covered by Amit Mishra in this Episode
What iMocha does, how it got started, and some aspects of their customer discovery What the product looked like in the early days of iMocha Going from $500/year ACV to $30K/year ACV How Amit was acquiring customers in the early years for iMocha Amit's experience in the Microsoft Accelerator Going from $15K MRR to $200K+ MRR The importance of focusing on the right customer segment and use case How increasing pricing helped the business grow Building the 60+ person team at iMocha The land and expand strategy Why Amit raised $600K in 2020 How Amit looks at using content to grow revenue for iMocha Rebranding from Interview Mocha to iMocha How iMocha's live coding platform came about 6 months early How Amit and his team are choosing which skills to focus on The path for iMocha to $50M ARR in 5 years Amit's experience as an entrepreneur so far Amit's advice for other entrepreneurs
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