Unleashing Potential with Rajesh Sharma

From Software People Stories by PM Power Consulting

April 24, 2026 · 54 min

About this episode

Rajesh Sharma shares his journey from public sector to co-founding ProHance, emphasizing the importance of market feedback and co-founder relationships.

In this episode, I am in conversation with Rajesh Sharma, co-founder and chief product officer of ProHance. Rajesh covers a lot of ground starting from his move from Public Sector to SaaS Founder. Rajesh describes his path from a modest middle-class upbringing in Shimla and a mechanical engineering degree to a stable career at HPCL, then a major career reset into software after quitting his public-sector job to take an IBM course and restarting as a trainee. He later co-founded JaMocha Tech (now ProHance) in 2009 with co-founder Kishore Reddy, backed early by angel investor Sudhir Sharma, aiming to build a world-class software product from India. After experimenting with multiple products and learning that market feedback matters more than expert opinions, they focused on ProHance, a horizontal work visibility and effectiveness platform, now with 250+ customers in 23 countries, ~200+ employees, and a private equity majority investor. He emphasizes the importance of complementary co-founders, supportive family, direct founder-customer feedback loops, profitability and frugality, outcome ownership, and adopting AI internally and in-product. 00:00 Welcome and Setup 01:00 Origin…

People in this episode

Guest: Rajesh Sharma

Topics covered

career transition
SaaS entrepreneurship
product development
market feedback
co-founder dynamics
AI in business

Keywords

SaaS
entrepreneurship
product market fit
AI
co-founders
business strategy
career change

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: ProHance, HPCL, JaMocha Tech

Places: Shimla, Bangalore