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The Neon Show
Hi, I am your host Siddhartha! I have been an entrepreneur from 2012-2017 building two products AddoDoc and Babygogo. After selling my company to SHEROES, I and my partner Nansi decided to start up again. But we felt unequipped in our skillset in 2018 to build a large company. We had known 0-1 journey from our startups but lacked the experience of building 1-10 journeys.
Hence was born the Neon Show (Earlier 100x Entrepreneur) to learn from founders and investors, the mindset to scale yourself…
Episodes
The Neon ShowWealth Creation, Life's Purpose, Brotherly Stories - Paras & Pallav on Building Global SaaS Products
Welcome Back Neon Tribe! This week’s episode is the definition of captivating as we welcome Pallav Nadhani and Paras Chopra, founders of FusionCharts & Wingify…
The Neon ShowMulti-Crore Chai Business Before It Was Cool - Chaayos' Honest Story ft. Raghav Verma | The Neon Show
Welcome Back Neon Tribe! This week’s insightful episode is about India’s favourite drink “Chai”! We welcome the founder of India’s original Chai startup…
The Neon ShowInfosys Ex-CFO: Nehru Vs PM Modi, India’s Future, Corruption I Mohandas Pai on Neon Show
Welcome Back Neon Tribe! This week’s episode is an extraordinarily explosive one as we welcome Mohandas Pai, ex-CFO of Infosys, to the Neon Show! In this…
The Neon ShowDenial, Acceptance & Treatment: Vinay Singhal on Mental health and building STAGE
Welcome back Neon Tribe! This week’s episode features one of the most resilient founders we’ve ever met. We welcome Vinay Singhal, co-founder of STAGE, to the…
The Neon ShowVineeta Singh and Kaushik Mukherjee On Life Before/After SUGAR & Shark Tank
Welcome back Neon Tribe! This is an episode we have been waiting years to make happen and the dream has finally come true! We welcome Vineeta Singh and Kaushik…
The Neon ShowTarun Mehta on Starting up Ather in IIT, Tesla & Future of EVs in India
Neon Tribe! Get ready for another gripping episode as we welcome Tarun Mehta, the founder of Ather Energy on the Neon Show! Tune in as we thoroughly delve into…
The Neon ShowSanjeev Bikhchandani on finding Zomato & taking the first tech company in India to IPO
Today I have with me the entrepreneur who I’ve always looked up to. I consider him the Dronacharya of the Indian startup ecosystem. This man has never shied…
The Neon ShowJoining Deepika to Manage her Investments to Building 82°East with her ft. Jigar K Shah
Today we have with us Jigar Shah, co-founder 82 Degree East, a skin care brand that he started along with Deepika Padukone. Jigar's journey, from an investment…
The Neon ShowPodcasting to Investing: breakdown of our journey
In today’s episode of the 100x Entrepreneur podcast, we're joined by our very own co-founders, Nansi Mishra, and Siddhartha Ahluwalia. Did you know that behind…
The Neon ShowStartup Investing with one of India's top SaaS Entrepreneurs & Investors Shripati Acharya of Prime VP
In this episode of the 100x Entrepreneur podcast, we have Mr. Shripati Acharya, Managing Partner of Prime Venture Partners, one of India’s top early-stage…
The Neon ShowA Journey Through the Rise of Prafull Billore, India's Most Famous Chaiwala
Welcome to this exciting podcast ep, where we will delve into the world of Prafull Billore, the most famous Chaiwala. In our conversation, we highlight various…
The Neon ShowFrom Scratch to Success: Whatfix Founders Khadim Batti & Vara Kumar Namburu Share Struggles and Insights on building a Multi-Million Dollar SaaS Company
Whatfix has a user base of over 10 million people and has been used to create over 1.5 million digital walkthroughs and tutorials. It has 500+ enterprise…
The Neon ShowFrom TaxiForSure to Koo: The Entrepreneurial Journey of Aprameya Radhakrishna
Imagine a social micro-blogging platform like Twitter that allows users to express themselves in their local languages on a large scale. Well, that's precisely…
The Neon ShowBreaking Down India's B2B Digital Payment Ecosystem with Cashfree Payments CEO Akash Sinha
A report by Deloitte and Wipro estimated that the value of B2B digital payments in India will reach $700 billion by 2025, growing at a CAGR of 30% from 2020…
The Neon ShowWeWork In India - The Untold Story with CEO Karan Virwani
By end-2019, just before the pandemic, the market for Coworking spaces was spread over some 30 million sq. ft, with 471,782 seats across the top seven markets…
The Neon ShowSaaS, Chennai, Acquisition By Freshworks and Building Rocketlane with Founder, Srikrishnan Ganesan
As per Tracxn, there are 1100+ SaaS startups in Chennai as of Feb 2023. Chennai has rightfully gained the title of the SAAS capital of India, thanks to the…
The Neon ShowUnderstanding the trillion-dollar lending market in India with Rangarajan Krishnan, CEO, Five-Star Business Finance
Imagine you’re part of an NBFC, how would you lend to a person running a Kirana business? Without any proper credit score, current account or other standard…
The Neon ShowThe Journey of CaratLane: Challenges, Growth, and the Acquisition by Titan with Founder Mithun Sacheti
In this episode, we talk with Mithun Sacheti, the founder of CaratLane, who has disrupted the traditional jewellery industry in India by leveraging technology…
The Neon ShowManish Mundra on Life-Changing Investing Habits and Pursuing Dreams in the most Unconventional Way
Manish Mundra is an Investor, a film producer, and a man whose story is an inspiration for all the small-town people with big dreams. Manish was born in a…
The Neon ShowGanesh Balakrishnan on Shark Tank, Comeback of Flatheads and his Mantra for Entrepreneurship; Down But Not Out
In the recent episode of Shark Tank India which went viral, we saw Ganesh Balakrishnan, the Co-Founder of Flatheads Shoes, pitch his sustainable and…
The Neon ShowHow Zepto Made 10 mins Grocery Delivery Possible in India at scale with Founder & CEO, Aadit Palicha
The Indian Grocery market was at 396 Billion Indian Rupees in 2022. Over 95% of Indian grocery stores are made up of Kiranas or small grocery stores. While…
The Neon ShowTop SaaS startups to watch in 2023 with Alok Goyal, Partner, Stellaris Venture Partners
SaaS startups in India have seen significant growth in recent years. The country's SaaS market is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 22.5%…
The Neon ShowThe Dramatic RISE & FALL of EdTech with Manan Khurma, Founder & Chairman, Cuemath
Why the DARLING Edtech in 2021 became a taboo in 2022 for VCs? What do students really expect? Why do Edtech entrepreneurs fail? And what's the most important…
The Neon ShowBuilding a Unicorn in the most challenging sector; the NoBroker Story with Co-Founder & CTO, Akhil Gupta
Recently the trend in startups has been around growing fast, scaling faster, and becoming humongous with viral products, ideas & marketing. But in most cases…
The Neon ShowThe Reality of Web3 that only few know & finding the right Co-Founder ft Santosh Panda, Co-Founder, Foundership
Where was the Indian Startup Ecosystem back in 2010-12, where is it now in 2022 and where is it headed 5 years down the line, in terms of - # Digital…
The Neon ShowIndian Parents' Love For Government Jobs, Status Driven Society of India and the Paying Capacity of Bharat with KuKu FM Founder, Lal Chand Bisu
As of today, only 15% of India’s population lives in the top 50 cities, and the remaining 85% which accounts to around 119 crores, live in towns or villages…
The Neon ShowUnderstanding D2C in India with Abhishek Goenka, Head, RPSG Capital Ventures
The direct-to-consumer market, known as the D2C market had a size of about $33 billion in India in 2020. By 2025, the total addressable D2C market is forecast…
The Neon ShowKarthik Jagannathan on Starting up at age 50, Building Gallabox, India's favorite Whatsapp Solution & Company Culture in India Vs the US
Karthik Jagannathan, after working for more than two decades across cross-functional experience in Telecom and Internet businesses, with a specific focus on…
The Neon ShowTiago Forte On How To Organize Your Digital Life and Unlock Your Creative Potential
With so much happening in our work and personal lives on a daily basis, how do you keep track of things? Which one of the following do you generally practice?…
The Neon ShowJaspreet Singh On Starting Druva From Pune, India To Making It a Global Leader in Cloud Computing
There’s been a high rise in global data breaches for several years, and 2022 has been littered with information thefts. As per Analytics India magazine, the…
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Top skillsets + Learnings from 200+ podcast episodes ft Siddhartha & Nansi, founders, 100x Entrepreneur
What are some of the valuable learnings and inspirations Siddhartha and Nansi got after recording 200+ episodes with the most successful entrepreneurs, VCs…
The Neon ShowThe process and preparation for IPO, with Tracxn founders Neha Singh and Abhishek Goyal
In 2021, 125 Indian companies raised over $18 Bn through initial public offerings (IPO) in public markets. Out of $18 Bn, over $7.3 Bn was raised by 11 Indian…
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5 Most Important Decisions of Our Lives | Journey of Siddhartha & Nansi, Founders, 100x Entrepreneur
What are those 5 key decisions Siddhartha and Nansi took to building 100x Entrepreneur? The new episode with our duo is out now! Tune in to hear their journey…
The Neon ShowThe Inside Story of BharatPe ft CEO Suhail Sameer and Founder Shashvat Nakrani
The number of retail grocery retailers across India in 2022 amounted to about 13 million. Grocery retail account for about 65% of India's overall retailers…
The Neon ShowFacing many near deaths how Purplle became a Billion Dollar Marketplace for Cosmetics ft Founder, Manish Taneja
As per Statista, Market size of the cosmetics industry across India which was at $3 Bn in 2010 is expected to grow to atleast $20 Bn by 2025. In today’s…
The Neon ShowHelping Startups Grow Through Engineered Organic Marketing Ft. Vaibhav Sisinty, Founder-GrowthSchool
Thinking about Entrepreneurship or Startups which of the following do you think really matters - # Having Degree from a Tier-1 college? # Having or finding the…
The Neon ShowThe playbook to create a $300M Revenue company, creating a lot of value for your customers and capturing a small part of it Ft. Ft AppsFlyer Founder Oren Kaniel
As per Statista, globally there are more than 2.6 Mn Apps on Google Play Store, and when you’re building in today’s age of internet, you need as much as…
The Neon ShowThe Framework to build Category Creators for Consumer Market in India ft Bala Srinivasa, Managing Director, Arkam Ventures
Today being an entrepreneur and starting with a new idea, you can take either of the two approaches - 1. You can build on top of an existing category in the…
The Neon ShowBuilding a SaaS enabled marketplace for Indian Manufactures ft Divyaanshu Makkar, Co-Founder, Sourcewiz
How can an experience being a VC come handy while starting up? To answer this today we’ve with us Divyaanshu Makkar, Co-Founder, Sourcewiz. Prior to starting…
The Neon ShowBuilding a D2C brand from first principles ft. Bharat Sethi, Founder & CEO, Rage Coffee
The Indian market is seeing several startups offering innovative products in the D2C & FMCG segment. One such innovative brand is Rage Coffee. Founder Bharat…
The Neon ShowMeena Ganesh on her journey of building 3 successful startups, acquisitions, and making Portea India's Leading Home Health-Care Company
Founded in 2013, Portea Medical, India's Leading Home Health Care Company employes over 4000 people and covers 40+ cities in India doing 1,50,000+ home visits…
The Neon ShowBuilding a Category Creating Startup in India ft Vijay Arisetty, Founder & CEO, MyGate
In startup ecosystem a lot of people talk about Category creating startups, but it is equally difficult and as it sounds glamorous and exciting. That’s…
The Neon ShowBuilding A SaaS Behemoth From India And Then Expanding Globally ft. Yamini Bhat, Co-founder & CEO, Vymo
In Sales the stakes are high. And for company’s growth it is important to get it right. Thanks to multiple options of Sales engagement softwares which…
The Neon ShowThe Biggest Mistake Founders Make After Funding and The Investing Lessons for Pre-seed ft. Rajiv Srivatsa & Nitin Sharma, Antler India
As per a recent article,“About 60% of companies that reach pre-series A funding fail to make it to Series A, so the success rate is only 30%-40%.” Infact if…
The Neon ShowLeveraging YouTube Community To Build a 100 Cr SaaS Company ft Varun Mayya, Founder, Scenes
Varun Mayya was in college when he along with his friends started up a t-shirt manufacturing business called SIZR. Later on, he went into building a…
The Neon ShowPrinciples of Product Led Growth ft. Dheeraj Pandey, Co-Founder & CEO , Nutanix & DevRev
According to a recent article in Forbes, as per data of ProductLedGrowth.org,“Buyers want to self-educate.” Personalization is expected by customers—not only…
The Neon ShowIshan Sharma on Dropping Out, Money, Content Creation, and Youtube
In today’s podcast, we have Ishan Sharma with us! Ishan is a Youtuber, Entrepreneur, and Founder of MarkitUp. He droped out of his college(BITS Pilani, Goa) at…
The Neon ShowFounder Hari Menon on BigBasket- the largest Grocery platfrom, Culture & being part of Tata Group
If you’re a startup enthusiasts, its highly likely that you would have read or atleast heard about the book - Saying No to Jugaad: The Making of Bigbasket by…
The Neon ShowThe story of India’s 100th Unicorn, Open ft. Founder, Anish Achuthan
We’ve heard inspiring stories of founders of Facebook and Microsoft who’ve dropped out of Harvard and even some of the well known Indian Entrepreneurs who’ve…
The Neon ShowBuilding a 1000 Cr EdTech platform for coding enthusiasts in the world ft. Sandeep Jain, Founder, GeeksForGeeks
On the podcast today, we have with us Sandeep Jain, Founder, GeeksforGeeks. GeeksForGeeks is one of the largest online learning platforms for coding…
The Neon ShowThe story of 100x Entrepreneur ft. Founders Nansi Mishra & Siddhartha Ahluwalia
March 2019 was when we published our first episode of 100xEntrepreneur. So far we’ve covered 150+ VCs, Angel Investors and Entrepreneurs from the Indian…
The Neon ShowHow a 23 year old created a $8M yearly revenue content marketplace business
India’s largest Content Marketplace with 1L+ creators, 2500+ customers, out of which 70+ are Unicorns. Does that ring any bells? We’re talking about Pepper…
The Neon ShowIndia's first 1000 Cr D2C brand, Noise that's completely bootstrapped ft. Founder, Amit Khatri
#1 Smartwatch Brand in India #3 Smartwatch Brand in Asia #9 Smartwatch Brand Globally All the above feats are not from Apple, Samsung, or a legacy player in…
The Neon ShowShashank Mehta, Founder, The Whole Truth on secrets of building a brand and his learnings & insights from his experience with Hindustan Unilever
Why is HUL considered a Leadership factory? “Every great brand is built on a fundamental human insights.” Do you agree that people come before revenue? “Invest…
The Neon ShowBipin Preet Singh on MobiKwik’s journey to becoming one of the first few profitable Fintech startups from India
MobiKwik is one of the largest Mobile Wallet and Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) platforms in India. Its tech platform has 120 million Registered Users, 25.3 million…
The Neon ShowExotel, a $60 Mn ARR SaaS startup serving 6000+ clients like Ola, Swiggy, Zerodha
Any idea what’s common between Flipkart, Ola, Swiggy, Zerodha and 6000+ other Businesses in India and South-East Asia? They all rely on Exotel for their…
The Neon ShowAarti Gill on building a 180 Cr wellness brand OZiva, growing 5x in 1 year and onboarding Deepika Padukone as Brand Ambassador
With the emergence of health issues in recent years, most people have started becoming proactive to improve their immune system and diet, rather than being…
The Neon ShowAshish Tandon on his journey from being a cricketer to a 3X entrepreneur building a security SaaS platform to $8M ARR, Indusface
# Can a passionate cricketer become a passionate entrepreneur? # Can you and your spouse be Cofounders without conflict? # How many successful & fulfilling…
The Neon ShowRahul Sasi on the key challenges in Cyber Security and how his startup CloudSEK is solving this for Axis Bank, OLA, IndusInd Bank & MakeMyTrip etc
# China Accused of cyber-attacks on Ukraine before Russian invasion # Buget 2022: $9.9 billion towards cyber security aims to make Australia a key 'offensive'…
The Neon ShowMicrosoft & Amazon veteran, Yadhu Gopalan on building Esper, a leader in DevOps for IoT devices
The Internet of Things category is not slowing down for anyone to catch up. It is projected to be a $1.1 trillion category by 2027, with the number of active…