Vijay Rayapati
11 statements across 3 episodes · 3 bullish · 3 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Sep 1, 2023 by Vijay Rayapati · said 43 times in 14 episodes since 2022 · across every show →
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brought up most by Siddhartha Ahluwalia (16), Avnish Bajaj (6), Karthik Chakkarapani (5), Siddhartha (Siddharth) (4), Nansi Mishra (3), Kiran Darisi (2), Raviteja Dodda (1), Nansi (Nancy) (1)
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2026 5 mentions in 2 episodes 3 per episode
2025 29 mentions in 9 episodes 3 per episode
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- 15 Years Of Investing Lessons In 75 Minutes With Prime Ventures and Stellaris Partners | Neon Show
- Best of 3500 Minutes from Top Founders & Investors in 2025
- How to Think Like a CEO & Build Like a Fighter | Shiv Shivakumar, Ex-CEO Nokia & Pepsico
- 1 more episode that year, every mention in 2025 →
2024 5 mentions in 1 episode
2023 3 mentions in 1 episode
Everything said about Vijay Rayapati, oldest first
Sep 1, 2023 negative
Rayapati: Acquirers backload deal payouts to route money away from investors
“Generally what acquirers will do is they try to structure the deal in a way that The initial payout is not very high so that, you know, the founders can actually take most of the money after six months or a year, right? Instead of you giving that money to the …”
Sep 1, 2023 neutral
Rayapati: Founders have confidence but lack comfort from non-judgmental peers
“While founders have confidence that, you know, they can make, you know, they can make it in their journey. What they don't have is a comfort, right? So the comfort only can come from people whom you believe are like good friends. You know, they are not judging…”
Sep 1, 2023 positive
Rayapati: Co-founders must be respected peers, not necessarily best friends
“I always feel when you do companies, you do them with people whom you know. And you respect. Yeah. But they need not be your best buddies, right? Because, ah, when you are building company, you know, it's all, it's also about building new relationships, right?”
Sep 1, 2023 bearish
Sep 1, 2023
Apr 28, 2025 positive
Apr 28, 2025 neutral
Apr 28, 2025 positive
Apr 28, 2025
Rayapati: Boards overestimate outside executive hires and underestimate internal talent
“I think we underestimate the talent that we have. We overestimate the talent that we want to bring. The board always thinks this people, this is the biggest job this person is doing. Tells the founder that go out and look at people. I think consistently I felt…”
Apr 28, 2025 negative
Rayapati: Early leaders challenge founders while new executive hires flatter them
“Second thing is also they will be very candid with founders because they have been there for early days. If you do something stupid, they will tell you it's stupid, but most new executives, they, Tell your founder what an amazing company you built, how great y…”