In this podcast episode of The Sankalp Show, we have Mr. Udit Goenka,  who is the founder and CEO of PitchGround.com. He started his career as a  freelance designer from the time he was in grade 10th.  

He has always been a SaaS geek and hence he had always dreamt of becoming a software engineer. Unfortunately, the odds were not in his  favor and he landed up pursuing finance in his college.   

Being a geek, the software engineer in him never gave up and now he is currently the CEO of PitchGround which is a unique platform that bridges  the gap between entrepreneurs and investors.  

When the times of SaaS start-ups were not good enough and they were facing a failure rate of 92%, then PitchGround came into the picture  and it has drastically flipped the numbers.   

With PitchGround, the number changed from a 92% failure rate to an 80%  success rate. Founded in 2018, PitchGround has already helped over 20  companies to raise over a million dollars in crowdfunding in less than 8  months of operation.  In the episode w have discussed all of his journey from not getting into the dream college to building such a successful company.   

Udit's Twitter: https://twitter.com/iuditg  

 Timestamps:

00:00 - Introduction 

2:12 - His college life and dream of becoming an engineer 

4:10 - How old is freelancing? 

6:02 - Why is he always hungry for more?/ Never Satisfied 

7:31 - Did he find accounting and finance difficult in college? 

7:59 - His dad as a Businessman. 

9:05 - His views on investing at an early age. 

11:36 - Jobs can also provide financial freedom. 

13:00 - Start SIPs and build healthy financial habits 

15:07 - True entrepreneurship is all about giving back 

19:41 - His views on Intraday trading 

23:22 - Difference between service class family and a business family 

25:46 - What is PitchGround? 

26:56 - Why 92% of the tech/SaaS start ups fail? 

28:28 - Having a success rate of 82% 

30:59 - Flipping sides: How PitchGRound turned a 92% failure rate to 80% success rate? 

32:06 - When does a founder makes actual money.

I'm Sankalp Chauhan, a computer science student studying at KIIT  University and I love to make videos on technology, study habits, vlogs,  entrepreneurship, and development.  

I am a passionate programmer, with a keen interest in web development.  

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