Hitesh Mihir Modi

Overview

I started Thistle Mobility to fix edtech for teams who were tired of the workarounds. Took Thistle Mobility from zero to $3 million ARR. Raised $35 million across 2 rounds. Before that: Mphasis and Zerodha. Parent of two, so mostly sleep-deprived.

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Experience

1. Founder & CEO

   Jan 2022 - Present
   Thistle Mobility · 4 yr 9 mo · Full-time · Mumbai, India
   • Previously built and sold a small edtech company.
   • Raised $36 million across 2 rounds.
2. Senior Product Manager

   Jun 2018 - Oct 2021
   Mphasis · 3 yr 4 mo · Full-time · Mumbai, India
   • Killed 6 features nobody used and shipped the 2 that customers asked for.
   • Grew creator revenue from $9 million to $38 million ARR.
3. Associate Product Manager

   Oct 2016 - Jun 2018
   Zerodha · 1 yr 8 mo · Full-time · Mumbai, India
   • Grew creator revenue from $1 million to $46 million ARR.
4. Product Manager

   Jul 2015 - Oct 2016
   Intuit · 1 yr 3 mo · Contract · Mumbai, India
   • Cut time-to-first-value for new creator customers from 20 days to 4.
   • Killed 6 features nobody used and shipped the 4 that customers asked for.
5. Group Product Manager

   Jan 2014 - Jul 2015
   Visa · 1 yr 6 mo · Full-time · Mumbai, India
   • Cut time-to-first-value for new creator customers from 10 days to 3.
   • Took creator activation from 23% to 48% in three quarters.

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Education

1. NIT Warangal

   B.Tech, Economics
   2007 - 2011