Sharath Narayana

9 statements across 1 episodes · 3 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Feb 22, 2025 by Sharath Narayana · across every show →

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Feb 22, 2025
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Narayana: Unbxd grew from under $500K to $6M+ in 18 months
“In those 18 months we went from sub half a million in revenue in India to about six plus million in revenue in the US.”
Sharath Narayana Feb 22, 2025 ▶ 9:38 2X SaaS Founder: How To Sell Global Tech Products From India | Sharath Narayana | Neon Show
Feb 22, 2025 positive
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Narayana: Early Observe customers became early Sanas customers and fund investors
“I think most of my early customers in Observe, most of my early customers became my early customers in Sanas, and most of the early customers in Sanas became the early investors of my fund, right?”
Sharath Narayana Feb 22, 2025 ▶ 1:24:03 2X SaaS Founder: How To Sell Global Tech Products From India | Sharath Narayana | Neon Show
Feb 22, 2025
Insight
Narayana: Founders win Fortune 500 deals by showing vulnerability, not scale
“I've always believed in showing yourself as a startup, show that you are vulnerable, ask for help. I think people don't understand. It's one of the most powerful ask you can do where you can go to a CEO of a Fortune 500 company and say, I'm young. I'm naive. I…”
Sharath Narayana Feb 22, 2025 ▶ 36:56 2X SaaS Founder: How To Sell Global Tech Products From India | Sharath Narayana | Neon Show
Feb 22, 2025
Disclosure
Narayana: Sanas has still not spent its first $30M in capital
“So we've still not spent that first thirty million even till date, right?”
Sharath Narayana Feb 22, 2025 ▶ 47:40 2X SaaS Founder: How To Sell Global Tech Products From India | Sharath Narayana | Neon Show
Feb 22, 2025
Insight
Narayana: Expand GTM only when customers buy the product, not the founder
“I think the first two to three years of your company journey, people are buying you, then they buy your product, right? There is a natural curve when people start buying your product, then they know that you are the founder. That's when you have to expand your…”
Sharath Narayana Feb 22, 2025 ▶ 1:16:15 2X SaaS Founder: How To Sell Global Tech Products From India | Sharath Narayana | Neon Show
Feb 22, 2025 bullish
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Narayana: Observe.ai is at $40M+ ARR
“Yes, Observe is at 40 plus million in annual revenue”
Sharath Narayana Feb 22, 2025 ▶ 24:45 2X SaaS Founder: How To Sell Global Tech Products From India | Sharath Narayana | Neon Show
Feb 22, 2025
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Narayana: Sanas grew from $5M to $20M under first sales hire
“I sold the first five million. Right? And now Anand is doing the same thing. He took us from five to 20, and now he's building a team.”
Sharath Narayana Feb 22, 2025 ▶ 1:19:15 2X SaaS Founder: How To Sell Global Tech Products From India | Sharath Narayana | Neon Show
Feb 22, 2025 neutral
Disclosure
Narayana: Likability is the primary filter when hiring enterprise salespeople
“I have one of the biggest interviewing criteria I have to hire salespeople is I have this factor called likability. That's the first factor I look at. If the person is not likable, I won't hire them. They could be the best salespeople in the world, right?”
Sharath Narayana Feb 22, 2025 ▶ 1:20:53 2X SaaS Founder: How To Sell Global Tech Products From India | Sharath Narayana | Neon Show
Feb 22, 2025 positive
Insight
Narayana: Enterprise $500K ACVs are easier to scale than small SMB accounts
“Getting every customer who will add half a million dollars in revenue it's much easier to scale than scaling, adding 5000 dollars, 200 dollars customers.”
Sharath Narayana Feb 22, 2025 ▶ 33:11 2X SaaS Founder: How To Sell Global Tech Products From India | Sharath Narayana | Neon Show
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