Its been 4 memorable years of building Instamojo. While it feels like yesterday that we started, there have been lots of memorable moments in the journey. A while earlier, at our town hall, someone at Instamojo started asking everyone for their best moments here. That got me thinking, and here are 4 key moments that made a mark.
1. Launching Appstore
We have always intended Instamojo to become a platform that enables commerce for small businesses. Being a platform, we seek to enable businesses and developers to leverage Instamojo and grow the ecosystem for our users. The Appstore launch was a big step in this direction. Although it is still in its nascent stage, this is among one of the biggest bets for us.
2. Moving to Bangalore from Bombay
Building a tech company in Bombay is hard, primarily from a talent perspective. We seek to have the best people at Instamojo, and moving to Bangalore was a step that we took despite having a great affinity towards the Maximum City. With all pros and cons, Instamojo has found a great abode in Koramangala, Bangalore.
3. Our first user crossing 1cr of sales
A lot of our users are small businesses or those that are just starting out. We have seen a lot of them grow multifold over the last 4 years. One such user was a man running a blog which helped students prepare for exams.
He never thought it could be a business but gave it a shot once he discovered Instamojo. He was the first user on Instamojo to cross 1 cr of sales, and today employs 10-12 people himself. Stories like his make us believe.
4. Today!
As I mentioned, someone today asked for everyone’s best moment at Instamojo. That got a flurry of such moments coming out and got us to realise how much fun we have had here. It’s a privilege to be working with such amazing people. This itself is a key moment and one that drives us to many more such moments in the future.
