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Siddhartha Ahluwalia
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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 and your company. This quest still keeps us excited even after 5 years and doing 200+ episodes.  We welcome you to our journey to understand what goes behind building a super successful company. Every episode is done with a very selfish motive, that I and Nansi should come out as a better entrepreneur and professional after absorbing the learnings. 

  1. The Story of Silicon Valley Legend & Google Founding Stakeholder with Asha Jadeja Motwani

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    The Story of Silicon Valley Legend & Google Founding Stakeholder with Asha Jadeja Motwani

    “When I saw Google change the destiny of the planet, I could not imagine doing anything else but working with brilliant entrepreneurs.” -Asha Jadeja Motwani and her husband, Rajeev Motwani, the Silicon Valley legend of technical startups, are together the founding stakeholders of Google. In the late 1990s, they came to the United States as most Indians, as students. From being part of Google’s early days to their journey as investors and now, extending that into an active participation in American politics. She speaks about Rajeev’s pivotal role in mentoring Larry Page and Sergey Brin, co-authoring the PageRank paper, and helping shape Google’s DNA.  Today, through the Motwani Jadeja Foundation, Asha continues to build on that legacy; funding entrepreneurs, supporting Indian voices in global think tanks, and opening doors at Davos and Washington. Asha also reflects on how the Indian diaspora can play a far greater role in shaping the future of India-US partnership and why entrepreneurs are critical to the future of this relationship. If you’re an entrepreneur building in the India–US corridor, or curious about the opportunities the two nations are creating for startups, then this episode is for you. 00:00  – Trailer 01:25 – How Rajeev became founding stakeholder of Google 03:48 – The early days of Google: first office to first funding 07:52 – Investments of Dot Edu Ventures 10:03 – Asha’s role in American politics 10:45 – How Indians in Silicon Valley can strengthen US–India corridor 12:18 – The lack of Indian scholars in think tanks 13:14 – Do Indians have enough influence in American politics? 13:52 – Is Silicon Valley & the Indian diaspora shifting right? 15:00 – The impact of Trump on India–US relations 17:36 – Asha’s role in opening doors for India globally 21:09 – How the Motwani Foundation selects projects and people 24:08 – Entrepreneurs as a critical part of US–India value creation 24:54 – What’s missing in US–India value creation? 26:33 – Report on “jailed for doing business” in India 27:56 – The legacy of Rajeev Motwani ------------- India’s talent has built the world’s tech—now it’s time to lead it. This mission goes beyond startups. It’s about shifting the center of gravity in global tech to include the brilliance rising from India. What is Neon Fund? We invest in seed and early-stage founders from India and the diaspora building world-class Enterprise AI companies. We bring capital, conviction, and a community that’s done it before. Subscribe for real founder stories, investor perspectives, economist breakdowns, and a behind-the-scenes look at how we’re doing it all at Neon. ------------- Check us out on: Website: https://neon.fund/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theneonshoww/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/beneon/ Twitter: https://x.com/TheNeonShoww Connect with Siddhartha on: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/siddharthaahluwalia/ Twitter: https://x.com/siddharthaa7 ------------- This video is for informational purposes only. The views expressed are those of the individuals quoted and do not constitute professional advice. Send us a text

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  2. How to Build a Startup in 2025? With 1/5th Cost, 1/5th Team | Shikhil Sharma, Astra Security

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    How to Build a Startup in 2025? With 1/5th Cost, 1/5th Team | Shikhil Sharma, Astra Security

    Cybercrime is predicted to drain the world of $10.5 trillion annually by 2025, making it one of the greatest threats to modern business. Shikhil Sharma, co-founder & CEO of Astra Security, is building one of today’s most trusted pentesting platforms. Just last year, Astra uncovered over 2 million vulnerabilities across customer systems, preventing more than $69 million in potential losses Shikhil shares why Astra was built as a product- and marketing-first company, how storytelling helped the brand connect with people by clearly showing its purpose and expertise and how founder–investor relationships are built on conviction and trust.  He breaks down why pricing transparency is no longer optional for B2B companies and how trust is emerging as the true currency of go-to-market. We discuss what it takes to build a SaaS company in today’s AI-first world, from raising leaner rounds and running with smaller teams to creating products that customers love from day zero.  Beyond the playbooks, this is a conversation about building durable companies and the mindset that drives Shikhil as a founder: success isn’t bought, it’s rented, and the rent is due every day. 0:00 — Trailer 0:56 — Early college days that led to a startup 5:00 — AI could cut startup costs and team size by 80% 8:43 — Why seed rounds should be under $500K 11:45 — Marketing can beat sales in early-stage SaaS 16:07 — Is Google search under threat from consumer AI? 20:23 — Why B2B startups must display pricing transparently 25:41 — What VCs lend founders beyond capital? 28:36 — How 42 CIOs backed Atomicwork 30:58 — Replace GTM with COT- currency of trust 33:34 — Why 20-year SaaS playbooks no longer works 35:37 — How AI is changing cybersecurity 41:38 — How the founders first met in college 46:33 — Are “hard startups” actually easier to build? 51:50 — Neon X Astra Security ------------- India’s talent has built the world’s tech—now it’s time to lead it. This mission goes beyond startups. It’s about shifting the center of gravity in global tech to include the brilliance rising from India. What is Neon Fund? We invest in seed and early-stage founders from India and the diaspora building world-class Enterprise AI companies. We bring capital, conviction, and a community that’s done it before. Subscribe for real founder stories, investor perspectives, economist breakdowns, and a behind-the-scenes look at how we’re doing it all at Neon. ------------- Check us out on: Website: https://neon.fund/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theneonshoww/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/beneon/ Twitter: https://x.com/TheNeonShoww Connect with Siddhartha on: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/siddharthaahluwalia/ Twitter: https://x.com/siddharthaa7 ------------- This video is for informational purposes only. The views expressed are those of the individuals quoted and do not constitute professional advice. Send us a text

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  3. Stories from India’s heartland that tell a different story than GDP headlines | Subroto Bagchi, Mindtree

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    Stories from India’s heartland that tell a different story than GDP headlines | Subroto Bagchi, Mindtree

    “Push something a millimetre in the private sector, you make an inch of progress. In the public sector, it’s a mile of progress.” Subroto Bagchi started his career as a clerk in the Odisha government in 1976, leaving postgraduate studies. Today, eight years after serving at the rank of cabinet minister in the same government, he has certainly changed countless lives, not nameless faces. In this conversation, he passionately shares stories of young men and women from Odisha who overcame generational challenges by getting skilled, gaining not just jobs but identity. While this conversation could have focused on his remarkable journey building Mindtree in 1999 with 9 Co-founders and taking it to IPO, it goes beyond entrepreneurship. It’s about stories from hinterland India, seen through the eyes of a founder who spent 16 years in the private sector before serving his home state. Subroto also reflects on India’s big picture: instead of just chasing the trillion-dollar goal, we should also focus on improving quality of life for the 94% in the unorganized sector.  This episode shares stories beyond metros, it highlights how building scalable solutions in business can translate into meaningful social impact.  0:00  – Trailer 1:47 – 10-6-4-2 Method to evaluate ITIs 6:15 – Muni Tigga: Locomotive Pilot story 9:12 – Basanti Pradhan: Story of 50% of garment workers in Tiruppur from Orissa 15:49 – Sumati Nayak: How skills give us identity 19:16 – Joy of building Mindtree vs. joy of working in govt 20:35 – The difficult stories of people moving away for Jobs 23:32 – How Mr.Subroto accepted the Job? 31:13 – The story behind “The Day the Chariot Moved” 33:26 – How 8 years in hinterland India changed Mr. Subroto 37:14 – India vs. Bharat 42:04 – India’s priorities beyond the $5 trillion economy 43:43 – Quality of life for a gig worker in India vs. a developed country 45:29 – Reality of 94% India that is unorganised 47:50 – What India gives its vocationally trained students? 49:09 – Stereotypes about govt, that maybe not true anymore 52:03 – The highly efficient & incorrupt politicians 54:00 – Where the government has succeeded in delivery? ------------- India’s talent has built the world’s tech—now it’s time to lead it. This mission goes beyond startups. It’s about shifting the center of gravity in global tech to include the brilliance rising from India. What is Neon Fund? We invest in seed and early-stage founders from India and the diaspora building world-class Enterprise AI companies. We bring capital, conviction, and a community that’s done it before. Subscribe for real founder stories, investor perspectives, economist breakdowns, and a behind-the-scenes look at how we’re doing it all at Neon. ------------- Check us out on: Website: https://neon.fund/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theneonshoww/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/beneon/ Twitter: https://x.com/TheNeonShoww Connect with Siddhartha on: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/siddharthaahluwalia/ Twitter: https://x.com/siddharthaa7 ------------- This video is for informational purposes only. The views expressed are those of the individuals quoted and do not constitute professional advice. Send us a text

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  4. How Startups Can Survive GPT7 & Win Against Model Providers | Ashu Garg,Foundation Capital | Investor Databricks,Turing,Cohesity

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    How Startups Can Survive GPT7 & Win Against Model Providers | Ashu Garg,Foundation Capital | Investor Databricks,Turing,Cohesity

    Ashu Garg has backed companies like Databricks, Turing, Cohesity, Jasper, and Eightfold.ai as General Partner at Foundation Capital. Over the years, he’s seen multiple waves of innovation but in his words, nothing in the last 45 years comes close to the transformation AI is bringing right now. Ashu discusses how the next wave of AI products will be driven by combining reasoning with reinforcement learning, and cautions every startup building on top of foundation models: that their vendors will also be their competitors. He also talks about how agents are moving from simple copilots to autonomous workers, how the internet itself will have to be reinvented for an agentic world, and what happens when your agent can not only draft emails but also buy plane tickets or make payments on your behalf. We also get into the realities of building AI companies today: why your competitor isn’t GPT-5 but GPT-7, where startups can actually outcompete big tech, whether geography still matters, and how relationships and access still shape outcomes in an age that feels completely digital. This is one of the most insightful conversations you’ll hear on what it takes to build durable AI companies in this era and where the next generation of billion-dollar startups will come from. 0:00- Trailer 0:42 – Foundation models as biggest competitor of AI startups 4:19 – Agents are visible; reasoning is underneath 6:20 – The leap of AI from autonomous to automation 9:27 – Why the internet must be reinvented for AI 10:49 – What if agents act (and do payments) on your behalf?  13:06 – Is Ashu using agents for himself? 13:54 – No tech shift in 45 years compares to today 15:38 – Who is accountable for what your agent does? 17:57 – Who has advantage: first-time or repeat founders? 19:27 – Does geography matter for founders anymore? 21:19 – Whose AI will become the user’s default? 25:44 – Where do startups have an edge in AI? 28:25 – How can startups outdo their model providers 31:21 – Does distribution still matter in the Agentic era? 33:29 – Why experience and access will always matter 35:36 – Startups today must compete with GPT-7, not GPT-5 37:09 – Why Dollars on talent poaching in AI makes sense 42:20 – Are only 1,000 people at AI’s cutting edge? 43:32 – What does Ashu garg look for in a founder? 45:15 – How to build more billion-dollar companies? ------------- India’s talent has built the world’s tech—now it’s time to lead it. This mission goes beyond startups. It’s about shifting the center of gravity in global tech to include the brilliance rising from India. What is Neon Fund? We invest in seed and early-stage founders from India and the diaspora building world-class Enterprise AI companies. We bring capital, conviction, and a community that’s done it before. Subscribe for real founder stories, investor perspectives, economist breakdowns, and a behind-the-scenes look at how we’re doing it all at Neon. ------------- Check us out on: Website: https://neon.fund/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theneonshoww/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/beneon/ Twitter: https://x.com/TheNeonShoww Connect with Siddhartha on: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/siddharthaahluwalia/ Twitter: https://x.com/siddharthaa7 ------------- This video is for informational purposes only. The views expressed are those of the individuals quoted and do not constitute professional advice. Send us a text

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  5. If Big AI Goes Everywhere, What’s Left for B2B SaaS? | 25 Years, 4 Startups, 3 Eras of SaaS w/ Sreedhar Peddineni & Kiran Darisi

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    If Big AI Goes Everywhere, What’s Left for B2B SaaS? | 25 Years, 4 Startups, 3 Eras of SaaS w/ Sreedhar Peddineni & Kiran Darisi

    A full founder’s arc: starting small, building global SaaS companies from Hyderabad, taking one to IPO, another to a billion-dollar exit, and then choosing to begin again (and again). Kiran Darisi began at Zoho, founding team member of Freshworks at 25, and stayed twelve years till the company went public. Today he is building Atomicwork, reinventing service management in the AI era.  Sreedhar Peddineni started with Host Analytics back when SaaS was still called application service provider, went on to create the customer success category with Gainsight, and is now on his third venture with GTM Buddy. In this episode, we talk about what it takes to build companies that last for decades. We discuss how startups can find the “Goldilocks zone”,why smaller teams are creating more value than ever, and the mistakes founders often make when moving from SMB to enterprise. Both founders share how AI is reshaping every layer of SaaS, why it’s both eating the pie and expanding it and what’s left for entrepreneurs when the biggest AI companies are chasing every vertical. This conversation looks back at some of India’s iconic SaaS companies, shares lessons from two decades of building, and looks ahead to the future of SaaS from India. 0:00 — Atomicwork x GTM Buddy 1:17 — Why They Chose to Be Founders Again 8:27 — How to generate pipeline predictability at a startup? 16:46 — Becoming Freshworks’ Co-Founder at 25 19:43 — How Atomicwork Co-Founders Connected & Chose Their Problem 23:25 — Building Companies That Last for Decades 27:18 — Why Smaller, High-Quality Teams Win 30:21 — 1st vs 2nd Founders: What They Get Wrong 31:56 — Scaling: SMB → Mid-Market → Enterprise 33:36 — Category Creation at Gainsight 40:03 — Disrupting vs Expanding Large Categories 44:08 — How to Choose the Right Market 49:08 — Why Atomicwork Chose This Category 53:11 — The 'Goldilocks Zone' for a Startup Category 57:11 — Can Salesforce Be Replaced? 58:26 — Neon Fund x Atomicwork 1:01:27 — Neon Fund x GTM Buddy 1:03:44 — If Big AI Goes Everywhere, What’s Left for B2B SaaS? 1:07:36 — What to Build in the AI Era? 1:10:35 — Is AI Expanding the Pie While Eating It? 1:17:03 — How Useful Are Custom GPTs for Companies? 1:20:34 — Workflows vs AI Workforce ------------- India’s talent has built the world’s tech—now it’s time to lead it. This mission goes beyond startups. It’s about shifting the center of gravity in global tech to include the brilliance rising from India. What is Neon Fund? We invest in seed and early-stage founders from India and the diaspora building world-class Enterprise AI companies. We bring capital, conviction, and a community that’s done it before. Subscribe for real founder stories, investor perspectives, economist breakdowns, and a behind-the-scenes look at how we’re doing it all at Neon. ------------- Check us out on: Website: https://neon.fund/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theneonshoww/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/beneon/ Twitter: https://x.com/TheNeonShoww Connect with Siddhartha on: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/siddharthaahluwalia/ Twitter: https://x.com/siddharthaa7 ------------- This video is for informational purposes only. The views expressed are those of the individuals quoted and do not constitute professional advice. Send us a text

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  6. 8 Years Without Funding to $100M Raise & Now A Category Leader | Shivku Ganesan ,Exotel

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    8 Years Without Funding to $100M Raise & Now A Category Leader | Shivku Ganesan ,Exotel

    A 14-year journey from bootstrap to scale. Exotel’s story is one of India’s most remarkable SaaS journeys. Shivakumar Ganesan, started Exotel in 2011, bootstrapping it from the ground up. In 2012, he raised a seed round of ₹2.5 crore, but for the next eight years, the company grew without any external funding. Then came COVID and revenue went from $10M to $5M and what followed were bold strategic moves. 3 funding rounds, 2 major acquisitions, and the decision to stay focused on the Indian market despite advice to go global first. Today, Exotel powers calls for delivery executives, cab drivers, and banking relationship managers across the country. In this conversation, Shivku shares what it’s like to tackle India’s unique AI challenge of building voicebots in 30+ languages, and how automation could reduce contact center jobs by as much as 80%. He talks about the tough transition from serving SMBs to enterprise customers and how he has built a ₹2500 crore+ business without leaving India. If you’re interested in B2B companies built from India, this episode is full of insights on timing, reading the market, and creating deep moats in overlooked opportunities. 0:00 – Trailer 0:42 – Exotel enabling 2 Billion Calls Monthly 5:04 – 4 Fundraises & 2 M&A’s in 18 Months 12:06 – How Acquisitions Affect Company Finances 18:11 – Why 90% of M&As Fail 22:02 – Why Acquisitions Are Extremely Hard 22:59 – How AI Will Change Customer Relations 26:46 – How Customer Spending Will Shift with AI 29:10 – AI Could Reduce 80% of Jobs 30:27 – Where AI Offers Hope 31:47 – India’s Unique AI Challenges 34:60 → Actually 35:00 – Building in India for the US Market 38:17 – Why Exotel Didn’t Enter the US Market 39:49 – Indian SaaS Co’s Should Go Public 42:50 – The Mega Cycles of Tech Transformation 45:37 – Customer Segments: SMBs to Startups to Enterprise 56:45 – Find Large Uniquely Indian Markets to Solve 59:44 – India’s Shift from Price to Quality Is 20 Years Away ------------- India’s talent has built the world’s tech—now it’s time to lead it. This mission goes beyond startups. It’s about shifting the center of gravity in global tech to include the brilliance rising from India. What is Neon Fund? We invest in seed and early-stage founders from India and the diaspora building world-class Enterprise AI companies. We bring capital, conviction, and a community that’s done it before. Subscribe for real founder stories, investor perspectives, economist breakdowns, and a behind-the-scenes look at how we’re doing it all at Neon. ------------- Check us out on: Website: https://neon.fund/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theneonshoww/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/beneon/ Twitter: https://x.com/TheNeonShoww Connect with Siddhartha on: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/siddharthaahluwalia/ Twitter: https://x.com/siddharthaa7 ------------- This video is for informational purposes only. The views expressed are those of the individuals quoted and do not constitute professional advice. Send us a text

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  7. 7 Myths About Selling B2B SaaS In India Explained By Public Listed Company Unicommerce | ft. Kapil Makhija

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    7 Myths About Selling B2B SaaS In India Explained By Public Listed Company Unicommerce | ft. Kapil Makhija

    The software that powers 25% of India’s e-commerce transactions, processes a billion orders each year, and in 2025 alone fulfilled 20 million quick-commerce orders: Unicommerce sits at the core of India’s digital retail ecosystem.  It is one of the few SaaS companies from India to go public, doing so after nearly a decade of steady growth without fresh primary capital until its IPO in 2024. In this episode of The Neon Show, we sit down with Kapil Makhija, CEO of Unicommerce, the company quietly running India's $60B E-retail market (set to hit $2 Trillion in the next two decades).  The conversation goes beyond the company’s journey to unpack how perceptions of Indian SaaS customers are changing: from the old belief that they “don’t pay” to a more nuanced reality where they value communication, support expectations, and long-term relationships define success. We also look ahead to the future of SaaS in India: from the impact of AI, to the challenges of scaling from zero to $100M, to the balance between pricing and value, and identifying the sectors most ready for building large SaaS companies. This episode is for anyone curious about the story of SaaS in India, from how it is being built, scaled & the opportunities ahead. 00:00 – Trailer 01:15 – India makes you product-ready & pressure-tested 03:45 – GTM: India doesn’t reward size, it rewards focus 05:00 – Joining Unicommerce the week Snapdeal acquired it 10:10 – Digital-first brands vs. traditional brands 12:36 – Why Excel and manual ops were the real competition? 14:25 – The acquisition of Shipway 17:02 – How will the company achieve 1000 Cr Revenue? 19:40 – How the decision to go public was made 23:40 – Success in SaaS isn’t sign-ups, it’s retention 29:31 – The myth that Indian customers don’t pay 33:30 – Do Indian customers want Enterprise support but SMB pricing? 36:40 – The impact of AI on SaaS 39:10 – Founder vs. CEO: Is there a difference? 47:29 – White spaces in e-commerce waiting to be built 50:35 – Q-commerce vs. E-commerce: where are brands betting? 52:07 – How SaaS companies decide if they’re IPO-ready? 55:10 – Can India build billion-dollar SaaS companies at home? 58:15 – How long does the 0 → $100M journey really take? 01:01:15 – How to build a ₹100 Cr SaaS company today? 01:09:53 – Are pricing advantages in SaaS sustainable? 01:12:22 – How much do brands actually spend on tech? ------------- India’s talent has built the world’s tech—now it’s time to lead it. This mission goes beyond startups. It’s about shifting the center of gravity in global tech to include the brilliance rising from India. What is Neon Fund? We invest in seed and early-stage founders from India and the diaspora building world-class Enterprise AI companies. We bring capital, conviction, and a community that’s done it before. Subscribe for real founder stories, investor perspectives, economist breakdowns, and a behind-the-scenes look at how we’re doing it all at Neon. ------------- Check us out on: Website: https://neon.fund/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theneonshoww/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/beneon/ Twitter: https://x.com/TheNeonShoww Connect with Siddhartha on: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/siddharthaahluwalia/ Twitter: https://x.com/siddharthaa7 ------------- This video is for informational purposes only. The views expressed are those of the individuals quoted and do not constitute professional advice. Send us a text

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  8. This is How GEOPOLITICS Really Works | Rajiv Sikri, Ex-IFS Officer on Power, Trade & War

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    This is How GEOPOLITICS Really Works | Rajiv Sikri, Ex-IFS Officer on Power, Trade & War

    The 21st century has shattered old assumptions about diplomacy. Relationships between nations are no longer guided by ideology or morality, but driven by pragmatism and national interest. This week, former diplomat Rajiv Sikri who served 36 years in the Indian Foreign Service, offers a deep dive into how global power dynamics are shifting.  We discuss why the United States still remains the only true great power, yet its tariff policies are reshaping global trade and forcing countries like India to rethink their strategies.  And explores how the Russia–Ukraine conflict has reshaped security and political choices. For India, Russia remains a vital partner, while Europe has chosen to cut ties despite its heavy dependence on Russian energy and Britain continues to commit billions to Ukraine even with its own economy struggling. Rajiv also examines China’s growing alignment with Pakistan and what this means for India’s long-term security and economic positioning.  Rajiv also argues that a future global conflict may not involve every country, but rather regional conflicts with worldwide consequences. This episode provides a clear-eyed analysis of global diplomacy; its complexities, evolving alignments, and the choices India faces in navigating an increasingly multipolar world. 0:00 – Why US remains the world’s true great power 3:35 – Has the WTO collapsed? 5:23 – How US Tariffs have destabilised the world 7:12 – Can India become an Agri-exporter? 11:32 – Why Trump puts the MAGA base first 13:21 – The Russia-Ukraine war explained 22:24 – Diplomatic relationships are no longer based on ideology 25:22 – Why Europe cutting ties with Russia may backfire 27:52 – Why Britain funds Ukraine despite its weak economy 29:57 – Did Operation Sindhoor reveal open Chinese support to Pakistan? 33:32 – What China risks from India’s rise? 37:24 – Why morality doesn’t exist in global politics 38:30 – Will China’s attitude towards India change? 39:28 – How China dominates global manufacturing 44:40 – Why global investors should bet on India 49:20 – Israel’s War Acts 53:17 – How will WW3 actually be? 56:07 – Can the world create an organisation not dominated by the West? 59:29 – Why India must act cold-blooded in its national interest 1:01:13 – Are India’s global moves headed in the right direction? 1:03:43 – Lessons from 36 years as a diplomat ------------- India’s talent has built the world’s tech—now it’s time to lead it. This mission goes beyond startups. It’s about shifting the center of gravity in global tech to include the brilliance rising from India. What is Neon Fund? We invest in seed and early-stage founders from India and the diaspora building world-class Enterprise AI companies. We bring capital, conviction, and a community that’s done it before. Subscribe for real founder stories, investor perspectives, economist breakdowns, and a behind-the-scenes look at how we’re doing it all at Neon. ------------- Check us out on: Website: https://neon.fund/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theneonshoww/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/beneon/ Twitter: https://x.com/TheNeonShoww Connect with Siddhartha on: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/siddharthaahluwalia/ Twitter: https://x.com/siddharthaa7 ------------- This video is for informational purposes only. The views expressed are those of the individuals quoted and do not constitute professional advice. Send us a text

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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 and your company. This quest still keeps us excited even after 5 years and doing 200+ episodes.  We welcome you to our journey to understand what goes behind building a super successful company. Every episode is done with a very selfish motive, that I and Nansi should come out as a better entrepreneur and professional after absorbing the learnings. 

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