The Neon Show

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 streamlines the sales process through integrations which enables companies to combine their sales and marketing efforts to create personalized and automated sales journeys. In today's episode of 100x Entrepreneur, we have with us Yamini Bhat, C...

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 you check on Crunchbase, in India you’ll find 4300+ startups at Pre-seed or Seed-stage, but only 600+ out of them have managed to reach Series-A, which bring the success rate to even lower at just 15%.    Apart from this, even in the entire In...

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 recruitment platform, Jobspire. And they were one of the youngest teams to raise venture capital of Rs 1.7 crore even before they graduated, and scaled the company to serve 4 million requests in 2016. In 2017, they sold Jobspire to a New York-based co...

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 are 80% of people more likely to do business with a company that offers personalization but Salesforce’s 2017 State of Marketing Report found that 52% of B2C customers would actually switch brands if they weren’t getting a personalized exper...

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 age of 20 and decided to continue his entrepreneurial and content creation journey! Ishan Sharma has around 500k Subscribers on Youtube and about 100K on LinkedIn. He also wrote a  book called "Crush It on LinkedIn" back in Mi...

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 by T. N. Hari & M. S. Subramanian. In today’s episode we have Hari Menon, BigBasket’s founder sharing the his experience in the Indian Ecommerce Ecosystem over the last two decades.  In May 2021, Tata Digital invested $375 Mn in BigBasket...

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 dropped out of IITs to build on their dream venture.  But in today’s episode we’ll talk with Anish Achuthan, who ran away from his hometown during his Class 11th with dreams to build something big in the Dotcom space and currently is the Cofo...

On the podcast today, we have with us Sandeep Jain, Founder, GeeksforGeeks. GeeksForGeeks is one of the largest online learning platforms for coding enthusiasts, budding engineers, and anyone involved in the tech domain.  Sandeep is from Firozabad which is 40 kms away from Agra in UP. He studied in a government school before doing his graduation from UP Technical University, Mathura, and masters f...

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 startup ecosystem.  Alongside 100xEntrepreneur podcast we’ve so far invested in 30+ portfolio companies via like Airmeet, PlumHQ, Zencastr and Neeman’s.  In today’s episode we share our journey so far. We are Siddhartha & Nansi, a husband-wif...

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 Content, founded by Anirudh Singla, in his 2nd year of undergrad college. Pepper’s journey started when Anirudh during his college decided to take up freelancing and content creation to fund his graduation all by himself. He then realised the...

#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 market, but from our own homegrown Indian brand - Noise. In this week’s podcast, we turn the spotlight on Noise : A brand that’s on a mission to offer quality smart wearables at affordable prices to its customers.  In our conversation with...

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 in Brand, even as little as possible, and not just Performance Marketing from Day 1.” Listen to Shashank Mehta, Founder of The Whole Truth Foods and a passionate HUL Ex-employee in today’s episode to know his perspective about everything me...

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 pre-approved BNPL users and more than 3.4 million merchant partners. MobiKwik's top line grew by 80 percent from INR 300 crore in FY21 to INR 540 Crore in FY22. Tune in to this conversation with Bipin Preet Singh, Co-founder, MobiKwik...

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 customer communications, no matter the size, scale, or industry within which the company exists; Exotel has the a product-solution for all of them.  In this episode, we talk with Shivakumar Ganesan, Founder of Exotel to learn more about his journ...

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 reactive at a later stage when the damage has already been done.  Even most doctors agree that if from an early age, we somehow get access to a preservative-free, natural source of nutrients, it might significantly boost our health in the long-...

# Can a passionate cricketer become a passionate entrepreneur?  # Can you and your spouse be Cofounders without conflict?  # How many successful & fulfilling stints can an entrepreneur have?  All the above questions get answered during the episode with our guest Ashish Tandon, Founder & CEO, Indusface. Indusface is his 3rd venture after 2 successful exits and a short but successful early-c...

# 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' cyber player These are some of the recent headlines around Cyber threats globally. Cyber attacks have been rated the fifth top rated risk in 2020 and continues to grow in 2022 as IoT cyber attacks alone are expected to double by 20...

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 IoT-connected devices ​​expected to reach 30.9 billion units by 2025. Targeting this, we have our guest Yadhu Gopalan, CEO & Founder at Esper, with a vision to power the next billion smart devices.  Currently, Seattle-based Esper has more...

As per a recent Entrackr report, Indian startups saw over 250 acquisitions in 2021.   Edtech startups like Byju’s, Unacademy, and upGrad have been in the headlines for their acquisition spree, and also startups in the e-commerce roll up space such as Mensa Brands, GlobalBees, 10club, Upscalio, and fitness tech platform Cultfit (Curefit) also took over smaller brands, recording the highest number o...

Many founders try to build for large markets. But Saahil Goel, Founder, Shiprocket thinks differently.  In his opinion, it’s okay to build small or lesser things and target a core segment of users, instead of jumping into a competition with large players, where you might not stand a chance.  In other words - Picking your battles wisely.  During this episode, Saahil talks about finding the right in...

Suppose you're a marketer or have a marketer friend/colleague. During an event like IPL or Diwali, you need to get 100+ variations of creatives with 20-30 sizes for each, within a few days and not weeks, so that you can test campaigns on multiple platforms at the earliest.  However, traditional software is time-consuming, especially if you have a small design team with limited bandwidth.  Our...

"You never know when and where you can be "bitten by the entrepreneurship bug."  Something similar happened with our guest Shashank Bijapur. A graduate of Harvard Law School, he was working with a New York-based top-tier law firm; when he came across the news of Elon Musk launching Self-driving cars. He realized his manual work on Legal contracts was easily replaceable by AI automat...

# Marketer of the Year 2018 and 2019 by IAA Leadership Award held by International Advertising Association (IAA) # Most Influential Youth Marketing Professional by Global Youth Marketing Forum 2019 # Top 30 CMO's in India 2020 by IAMAI #" Marketer of the year" by The Economic Times ET Brand Equity  #SharkAwards2021 All of the above recognitions have honored our guest Karan Shroff, P...

Do you know about the most interesting headline of all Indian business newspapers on 30 November 1999? It was India's most prominent Internet deal at the time - a $115Mn acquisition of IndiaWorld, founded by our guest Rajesh Jain.  After this successful acquisition; Rajesh started Netcore. Yes, the same company is responsible for 75% of India's email traffic and 50% of Asia's email...

# Does the word 'Compounding' excite you?  # Have you always wondered what 'Value Investing' is and how can you follow this approach? # Are you biased in your investment decisions?  Then, this is an episode you shouldn't miss. Our guest, Gautam Baid, CFA & Founder at Stellar Wealth Partners, and Founding Creator at Chapter talks about his journey in the stock market fr...