Udit Goenka

At the age of 16, with 256 Kbps Internet speed, I started my career as a self-taught graphic designer. 

After landing a few projects, I was hungry to keep learning more, and that's how I landed in web development. 

At the age of 18, while still pursuing my education, I launched my first product around WordPress security, which did wonder. It not only paid for my entire education but helped me become financially independent as a teenager.

However, I exited that project and continued with my college and freelance development. 

At the age of 20, I met my first co-founder Oscar Hernandez (He has been my co-founder ever since in everything that we do), known as Power Up Hosting; I ran the company for over 7-years before exiting. 

At 24, I started India's first PBN Hosting platform, which I later exited in 2017. 

My life changed when I launched my third startup, which failed severely and changed my whole life. 

It taught me some of the most valuable life lessons, including management, team hiring, and more. 

The failure of my third startup gave me the idea of PitchGround (My most successful startup to date, currently valued at $20m as of 2022). PitchGround is a SaaS Marketplace that bridges the gap between early-stage SaaS companies and early adopters, small-medium-sized businesses. 

With over 92% of the SaaS companies failing in the first three years of their business, our mission was to resolve this unresolved market worth over $200 billion. 

During this journey, I met my second co-founder Lukas Liesis, building the company's core foundation. 

Launched PitchGround on the 25th of September 2018, PitchGround has done over $5m in sales as a bootstrapped company, something our entire team is proud of. 

PitchGround has helped hundreds of companies and has seen over 80% of companies succeeding who are launching with us, out of which 15% of the companies can successfully raise capital post launching their SaaS on our platform. 

At PitchGround, we firmly believe in our 3P philosophy for any founder who wants to achieve a product-market fit - Product, People & Pricing (Same format). 

In 2021, I started Angel Investment, and so far, I have invested in 36 startups; I mentor some of them to give back to the community. 

In 2022, I rebuilt my previous failure, known as https://firstsales.io, which is doing $500k ARR in just 5 months.

If you are a small business, do check out PitchGround and save up to 95% on your software bills - https://pitchground.com/deals

Got any questions or want to connect with me? Please send me an email at udit@pitchground.com.

Founder & CEO

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Figuring Out 🚀

"Take Charge, Be Impatient and Don't Ever Stop Questioning" - These 3 things will be the guiding light to cross the tunnel of life. 

Coming from an education system that successfully prepares me to be a clerk, PGPM from Vanguard Business School just changed my life overnight. The "Spirit of Vanguard Award" instilled great faith in myself.

1. Take Charge: Life will never be a bed of roses. My stint at Airtel just prepared me for life. When the telecom sector is going through a radical change, "taking charge" was the only option which helped me outperform my senior peers inspite of being a novice.

2. Be Impatient: When you are confronted by a humongous first quarter, you cannot rest on your laurels and let things happen. "Be Impatient" and go all guns blazing each day. I surprised myself by winning the "Rising Star Award".

3. Don't Ever Stop Questioning: I was extremely unambitious till my graduation. But the questioning attitude has given me a glimpse of my true potential and this journey is never-ending. 

Still making mistakes, learning from them, unlearning and relearning at every stage and I am enjoying my ride to the core. Life was, is and always will be uncertain and that what makes it so beautiful 🙂

Some of my Achievements-

Professional:
1. Won the "Rising Star" Award in iimjobs.com
2. Secured 3rd rank nationally for New Account Penetration Index in Bharti Airtel

Others:
1. Won "Spirit of Vanguard" Award (Student of the Year) during PGPM
2. Won 2 Marketing Fests (Winner and Runner-up)
3. Hosted Convocation and Annual Cultural Fest
4. Won Music Competition as a guitarist


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