Episodes
Eight years of tape. Every episode is checked claim by claim and playable.
59 episodes in 2025
🎙NEON SHOW
49m Best of 3500 Minutes from Top Founders & Investors in 2025
This masterclass compilation brings together prominent founders, venture capitalists, and industry veterans to share actionable frameworks on organizational leadership, enterprise scaling, A…
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58m How TATA Acquired Jaguar, Tetley, Corus and Redefined Indian Ambition | Harish Bhat
In this episode of The Neon Show, author and Tata veteran Harish Bhat discusses his book 'Doing the Right Thing: Learnings from Ratan Tata', exploring how Ratan Tata's blend of audacious glo…
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1h 7m An Honest Conversation About What Being a Founder Really Feels Like | Arpita & Ananda
In this candid, heart-to-heart conversation, founders Arpita and Ananda explore the unfiltered realities of building and scaling technology startups, addressing college origins, family expec…
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1h 12m For the CEOs of 2026, From One of India's Top Leaders | Roopa Kudva, Ex-CEO Crisil
Former Crisil CEO Roopa Kudva reflects on India's economic evolution from the pre-liberalization era to the digital startup boom, sharing personal career inflection points, executive leaders…
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53m From -1 to 0: How Founders Navigate the Earliest Stage with Aditya Agarwal & Prateek Mehta | SPC
In this episode of The Neon Show, South Park Commons partners Aditya Agarwal and Prateek Mehta discuss navigating the pre-idea 'minus one to zero' stage of entrepreneurship, how AI is compre…
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1h 2m 3 Steps on How Large Companies Decide to Buy From a Startup or Not | CIO Karthik Chakkarapani
Zuora CIO Karthik Chakkarapani shares his comprehensive enterprise playbook for evaluating, procuring, and governing early-stage AI software, detailing how modern IT leaders assess startup r…
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1h 12m How AI Will Disrupt India’s IT Services Industry And Its 1.5M Engineers/Year | Bhaskar Ghosh, 8VC
In this episode of The Neon Show, 8VC Partner Bhaskar Ghosh and Siddharth Ahluwalia examine the multi-hundred-billion-dollar disruption of the global IT and BPO services industry by generati…
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1h 14m What 20 Years of Investing taught Somesh Dash of IVP after backing Perplexity, Figma, Dropbox
In this in-depth conversation on The Neon Show, IVP General Partner Somesh Dash joins host Siddharth Ahluwalia to discuss the dynamics of the US-India innovation corridor, evaluate frontier …
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56m How Startup’s Should Find REAL Customer Pain w/ 4x Founder Shreesha Ramdas (Lumber)
Serial entrepreneur and Lumber founder Shreesha Ramdas joins host Siddharth Ahluwalia on The Neon Show to discuss the playbook for building vertical SaaS, conducting rigorous customer discov…
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56m The Founder Who Mastered Timing Ft Sachin Aggarwal | StackGen
In this episode of The Neon Show, host Siddharth Ahluwalia interviews serial entrepreneur Sachin Aggarwal, exploring his playbook of building and selling five consecutive startups by masteri…
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54m Learn from Silicon Valley’s Best Companies (Hubspot, Google & Salesforce) w/Avanish Sahai
In this episode of The Neon Show, host Siddharth Ahluwalia interviews veteran Silicon Valley executive and board member Avanish Sahai to discuss the evolution of India's technology ecosystem…
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1h 13m Why Finding Your ‘Rapido Bet’ and Surviving Your ‘Meesho Miss is the Best Job | Pratik & Brij
In this in-depth episode of The Neon Show, host Siddharth Ahluwalia sits down with venture capitalists Pratik Poddar and Brij Bhushan to unpack the internal mechanics, emotional realities, a…
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40m How One Indian Company Powers the World’s Hotels & Airlines | Bhanu Chopra, RateGain
RateGain founder Bhanu Chopra joins host Siddharth Ahluwalia to discuss pioneering India's first SaaS public listing, executing large-scale cross-border acquisitions, and harnessing vertical…
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1h 17m How to Think Like a CEO & Build Like a Fighter | Shiv Shivakumar, Ex-CEO Nokia & Pepsico
In this comprehensive masterclass on The Neon Show, veteran business executive Shiv Shivakumar shares actionable frameworks for cultivating an executive mindset, building resilient brand equ…
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1h 9m 6sense Did What Google Couldn’t : Targeting Companies, Not People | Viral Bajaria
In this episode of The Neon Show, 6sense co-founder Viral Bajaria shares the inside story of building a $5B B2B predictive intelligence platform, discussing early Y Combinator hurdles, propr…
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1h 4m How Ashish Toshniwal built a $350M Co after an email from Steve jobs | Ashish Toshniwal
In this in-depth interview on The Neon Show, YML founder Ashish Toshniwal details his 14-year journey from an encouraging email by Steve Jobs to bootstrapping a premier digital agency and ac…
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1h 3m What is Tesla’s Former CIO Building Next? 4 Years Stealth → $4B Company | Jay Vijayan, Tekion
Former Tesla CIO Jay Vijayan joins Siddharth Ahluwalia to discuss building Tekion into a $4 billion automotive cloud platform, detailing vertical SaaS R&D strategies, full-stack architectura…
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30m With a Swiss Founder-Investor Who Built 9 Startups and Funded 40 | Thomas Dübendorfer
SICTIC founder Dr. Thomas Dübendorfer discusses Switzerland's thriving startup ecosystem with Siddhartha Ahluwalia, highlighting the nation's 58 unicorns, vertical AI strategy, and unique an…
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1h 20m Ola, Flipkart & Swiggy use This $800 Million Software to Send Notifications | Raviteja, MoEngage
In this episode of the Neon Show, MoEngage co-founder and CEO Raviteja Dodda breaks down how the company scaled past $100 million in ARR, sharing strategic insights on global go-to-market ex…
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55m Does Higher GDP Mean Better Jobs, Housing & Income? w/ Economist Prof. Arun Kumar
Economist Professor Arun Kumar and host Siddharth Ahluwalia critically examine India's macroeconomic claims, revealing how official GDP growth and poverty metrics overlook severe contraction…
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30m Why YOU Should Know About Rajeev Motwani, a Genius Indian-American Professor
Investor and philanthropist Asha Jadeja discusses the groundbreaking legacy of late Stanford Professor Rajeev Motwani, the founding of Google, and her foundation's mission to empower Indian …
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57m How to Build a Startup in 2025? | Shikhil, Co-Founder Astra Security
In this episode of The Neon Show, host Siddharth Ahluwalia interviews Shikhil, co-founder of Astra Security, on building an AI-first B2B cybersecurity startup from first principles. Shikhil …
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1h 2m Stories from India’s heartland that tell Different story than GDP headlines |Subroto Bagchi,Mindtree
In this episode of The Neon Show, Mindtree co-founder Subroto Bagchi discusses his book 'The Day the Chariot Moved' and his transition from corporate leadership to chairing the Odisha Skill …
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50m GPT-5 is NOT Your Competitor It's GPT-7 |Ashu Garg, Foundation Capital | Databricks,Turing, Cohesity
Foundation Capital General Partner Ashu Garg joins host Siddharth Ahluwalia to discuss the technological shift toward autonomous reasoning agents and the strategic imperatives for building d…
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1h 25m 4 Startups. 2 Founders and 3 Eras Of SaaS: Installable → Cloud → AI | Sreedhar & Kiran
In this podcast episode, repeat SaaS founders Kiran Darisi (Atomicwork, ex-Freshworks) and Sreedhar Pedineni (GTM Buddy, ex-Gainsight) explore the architectural, operational, and strategic t…
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1h 1m 8 Years Without Funding to $100M Raise & Now A Category Leader | Shivku Ganesan ,Exotel
In this episode of The Neon Show, Exotel co-founder Shivku Ganesan discusses the company's journey from eight years of bootstrapping to raising $100 million, transforming into a full-stack C…
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1h 19m 7 Myths About Selling B2B SaaS In India ft Unicommerce Founder Kapil Makhija
Unicommerce CEO Kapil Makhija joins host Siddharth Ahluwalia on The Neon Show to deliver a comprehensive masterclass on scaling, operating, and publicly listing a profitable B2B enterprise S…
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1h 9m Is China Behind Pakistan's Military Moves? | US Tariffs Hitting India’s Economy w/ Rajiv Sikri
Former diplomat Rajiv Sikri analyzes the shifting global order, examining US monetary hegemony, the Russia-Ukraine war, China-Pakistan military synergy, and how India must navigate these dis…
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54m From 70% Imports to 65% Made in India, India Now Sells Defense Tech to 85+ Countries | Ashok Atluri
In this episode of The Neon Show, Zen Technologies CMD Ashok Atluri joins host Siddharth Ahluwalia to discuss his company's 32-year journey from simulation pioneer to defense tech powerhouse…
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52m From $4.5M for 49% to $700M In The Bank at IPO: Sanjeev & Yashish On 17 Years Of Policybazaar
In this in-depth discussion hosted by Siddharth Ahluwalia, Info Edge founder Sanjeev Bikhchandani and Policybazaar founder Yashish Dahiya reflect on their 17-year founder-investor partnershi…
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1h 0m Sanjeev Sanyal On Why India Has No Big 4, Regulating AI & Ending Population Control
Economist Sanjeev Sanyal analyzes how granular process reforms, statutory deregulation of professional services, and complexity-based AI governance can accelerate India's economic modernizat…
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53m Growth, Migration and FDI: The Real Kerala Story with Minister P. Rajeev
In this episode of The Neon Show, host Siddharth Ahluwalia interviews Kerala's Minister for Law, Industries, and COIR, P. Rajeev, to discuss the state's economic evolution into a high-tech k…
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1h 4m What Startups Can Learn from a $1.7B Co. Chief Information Officer | Karthik Chakkarapani
In this in-depth conversation, Zuora CIO Karthik Chakkarapani explores the enterprise transition toward headless SaaS and autonomous AI agents while sharing essential procurement insights, p…
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1h 9m Paras Chopra: How To Build A Successful Startup In India | Sold Wingify For $200 Million
Wingify founder Paras Chopra shares foundational mental models, operating frameworks, and psychological insights on building durable technology startups, avoiding founder cognitive biases, a…
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1h 10m How NVIDIA, Meta & Dropbox Taught Me To Build Great Products | Vasanth, Founder - Featurely
In this episode of The Neon Show, Featurely founder Vasanth Namasivayam joins host Siddharth Ahluwalia to discuss his leadership learnings across Nvidia, Meta, and Dropbox, the rise of synth…
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1h 26m WHAT Will Decide The Next Superpower? | Raja Manickam | iVP Semiconductor
In this deep-dive podcast interview, veteran semiconductor entrepreneur Raja Manickam and host Siddharth Ahluwalia analyze the global geopolitics of silicon and outline a strategic roadmap f…
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1h 16m 15 Years Of Investing Lessons In 75 Minutes With Prime Ventures and Stellaris Partners | Neon Show
Venture capitalists Gaurav of Prime Venture Partners and Naman of Stellaris Venture Partners join host Siddharth Ahluwalia on The Neon Show to share critical lessons from over a decade of op…
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1h 24m Why Traditional Playbooks Are Failing & What Really Works In SAAS? | WizCommerce, Pienomial & Merlin
In this episode of the NEON Show, host Divyanshu (WizCommerce) and founders Siddharth (Merlin AI) and Omkar (Binomial) break down why traditional SaaS playbooks fail in legacy industries, sh…
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1h 3m Why Stripe Paid $150M For A Young Indian Startup | Saurya Prakash Sinha, Recko
In this episode of The Neon Show, Recko co-founder Saurya Prakash Sinha recounts how his financial reconciliation startup survived near-insolvency to achieve a landmark $150 million acquisit…
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51m Why This Founder Won’t Sell Zomato for 10 Years | India’s Top Consumer Tech Bet?
Entrepreneur Deepak Garg sits down with host Siddharth Ahluwalia to discuss India's macroeconomic crossroads, consumer tech opportunities like Zomato, global geopolitical power shifts dictat…
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55m What's Happening To VC In India w/ All In Capital, Peer Capital & Upekkha
Host Siddharth Ahluwalia convenes emerging venture capital fund managers Karthik Prabhakar, Rajan, and Kushal Bhagia to unpack the unfiltered realities of building and managing early-stage V…
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38m 3 Tech Founders on Whether AI Will Replace Your Job ft Rahul, Ananda and Vishwa
Tech founders Vishwa, Rahul Sassi, and Ananda convene to analyze how generative AI is transforming software engineering, enterprise SaaS architectures, and startup leadership. They share can…
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1h 28m How To Hire, Train & Retain Talent To Build A Great Company | Vijay Rayapati | Khadim Batti
In this in-depth conversation hosted by Siddharth Ahluwalia, SaaS founders Vijay Rayapati of Atomicwork and Khadim Batti of Whatfix share battle-tested playbooks for building global cross-bo…
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48m $1Billion CRM From India Competing With Salesforce | Nilesh Patel, LeadSquared
In this episode of The Neon Show, LeadSquared co-founder and CEO Nilesh Patel discusses building a capital-efficient CRM unicorn from India, competing against Salesforce, navigating the EdTe…
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25m #1 Reason Why Most Startups Fail - "They Don't Have A Business Model"
In this in-depth discussion, business expert Ganesh explores why robust business models are fundamental to startup longevity and enterprise scale. Analyzing historical and contemporary case …
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52m Can Neysa be India's AI Cloud alternative to AWS, Azure & Google Cloud? | Sharad Sanghi
In this episode of the Neon Show, host Siddharth Ahluwalia interviews veteran infrastructure entrepreneur Sharad Sanghi on founding Neysa, India's sovereign AI cloud platform designed to acc…
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50m How Accel Deploys $650M in India & Manages $5B in Growth + Late Stage | Prayank Swaroop
In this comprehensive interview on The Neon Show, Accel Partner Prayank Swaroop breaks down Accel's conviction-led investing philosophy, multi-stage fund deployment, and unique apprenticeshi…
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1h 13m Lightspeed’s $500M Bet On India With 1/3rd In AI Companies | Dev Khare | Neon Show
In this in-depth interview on The Neon Show, Lightspeed Partner Dev Khare reflects on fifteen years of venture investing in India, sharing actionable frameworks on sustainable unit economics…
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1h 18m 10 Unicorns, 5 IPOs, 26 Acquisitions – India’s OG VC, Avnish Bajaj On Why Only Founders Matter
In this in-depth conversation on The Neon Show, Avnish Bajaj, founding partner of Z47, breaks down the mechanics of top-tier venture investing, the shift toward operator-led funds, and the d…
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1h 59m $200B in UPI,1.3B Aadhaar Users, 943M on ID Platform: Why More Indians Must Know about DPI
In this in-depth episode of The Neon Show, iSPIRT co-founder Sharad Sharma and host Siddharth Ahluwalia explore India's blueprint for technological sovereignty, analyzing Digital Public Infr…
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43m Zerodha’s Move Into A ₹68 Lakh Cr Industry | CEO Vishal Jain On Expanding India’s 8% Investor Base
In this episode of The NEON Show, host Siddharth Ahluwalia interviews Vishal Jain, CEO of Zerodha Fund House, exploring the structural evolution of India's ₹68 lakh crore mutual fund industr…
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1h 19m Digi Yatra, AQI, UDAN Scheme, And India's Net Zero Goals | Jayant Sinha | The Neon Show Podcast
Former Union Minister Jayant Sinha joins host Siddharth Ahluwalia to discuss his journey across corporate leadership and governance, the execution of landmark aviation and financial reforms,…
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1h 27m 2X SaaS Founder: How To Sell Global Tech Products From India | Sharath Narayana | Neon Show
In this episode of The Neon Show, two-time enterprise SaaS founder Sharath Narayana discusses his journey scaling Observe.ai and Sanas past tens of millions in ARR. He breaks down founder-le…
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1h 29m $600M AUM, 44 Bets, and a 30x Return Unicorn: Stellaris Venture Partners on Picking Winners Early
Stellaris Venture Partners co-founders Alok Goyal and Ritesh Banglani join Siddharth Ahluwalia to discuss their venture capital journey, investment philosophy, and fund economics behind rais…
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1h 16m 75 Minutes Of Pure Business Insights From The Man Behind BigBasket, BlueStone & HomeLane
In this episode of The Neon Show, serial entrepreneur and GrowthStory promoter K. Ganesh shares strategic insights on building generational Indian enterprises, mastering unit economics, and …
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1h 6m Nvidia’s Success, Chip Race, India’s Semiconductor Mission, & Hardware Vs Software | Raja Manickam
In this episode of The Neon Show, host Siddharth Ahluwalia interviews semiconductor pioneer Raja Manickam to explore the structural resurgence of hardware, NVIDIA's architectural dominance, …
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58m PM Modi's Childhood, RSS Philosophy, Morbi Disaster, Farm Laws & Article 370 | Dr R Balu | Neon Show
In this episode of The Neon Show, Dr. R. Balasubramaniam discusses his book on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, exploring how Indic philosophy, grassroots Sevabhav, and administrative reforms s…
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55m Ratan Tata’s Inspirational Stories – Former Tata Brand Custodian Shares His Experience | Harish Bhat
In this tribute episode of the Neon Show, former Tata Brand Custodian Harish Bhat joins host Siddharth Ahluwalia to celebrate the life, leadership, and enduring legacy of Ratan Tata. Through…
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1h 6m How I Built A $1B Business | Kirthiga Reddy, Founder, Verix | The Neon Show
In this episode of The Neon Show, venture leader and Verix founder Kirthiga Reddy joins host Siddharth Ahluwalia to discuss her trailblazing journey building Facebook India from the ground u…
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