At a young age, Roshni Mukherjee owns one of India’s Top Free Educational Online Platform – ExamFear Education. In just 6 years, ExamFear has become one of the top names in Indian Education Environment. Today, we bring to you a small chat session that we had with Roshni.
1. Tell us about the journey of ExamFear.
I always loved teaching. After I completed my education I had to take up a job in an MNC. One day my maid told me about the problems her kids faced at school due to lack of good education. That was the time when I decided to start this platform to provide free and quality education to all the students.
The first videos were uploaded on Youtube in July 2011 and at that time we focused on classes 11 and 12. Now we have videos for classes 6-12 Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Math, NEET and English Grammar. Many people think that ExamFear only offers videos, but in reality, we have a four step learning process where along with the videos, we have notes, an option to ask doubts and take tests.
At present we have more than 5600 videos with a subscription base of almost 2.8 Lakh. We have also started a new channel by the name of ExamFear Education Hindi where the content will strictly be in Hindi for the students who do not understand English that well.
2. What were the challenges that you faced?
Managing time in the initial years with a 9-5 job was really not easy. I had to work late nights, early mornings and even during the weekends. Along with this even sustaining the platform was challenging as the platform is free of cost.
3. What has been the turning point of your business?
I think ExamFear started out of my passion for teaching. However, it grew because of the student’s feedback. Comments that stated that a girl from a small town found a pocket tutor in the form of ExamFear.com on her mobile phone. More comments like “ What you could explain in 10 minutes, my teacher could not do in week”, “ I used to hate Biology, you made me love the subject. Bio is my favourite subject now” Such comments were the motivation, inspiration and turning points at every step of ExamFear Education’s growth.
4. How do you cope with work stress and pressure?
I love to do what I do as part of my work. So there is no work stress.
5. What do you think are the advantages and disadvantages of being an entrepreneur?
Advantages:
You are your own Boss. You have the authority to take small and big decisions, you are free to do what you want in your own way.
Disadvantages:
Since you are your own boss, there is nobody to set targets for you, you need to ensure that you are constantly on track. This is extremely critical.
6. Any advice/suggestion for budding entrepreneurs.
Follow your passion with dedication, determination & hard work, you will do miracles. Stay motivated.