2X SaaS Founder: How To Sell Global Tech Products From India | Sharath Narayana | Neon Show
In this episode, Sharath shares his journey of building two successful AI-driven enterprise solutions.Sharath Keshava Narayana, founder of Sanas and Observe shares his market-product fit approach of winning enterprise clients in the US- Identifying large, underserved markets and solving their biggest problems.
He also dives into fundraising stories, from getting into Y Combinator to attracting top VCs, leading to an $8 million seed round.
Sharath emphasizes why founders must be great sellers and how building the right team early on is crucial for scaling a business.
If you're looking to build a SaaS company, expand into the US market, or understand the power of AI-driven enterprise solutions, this episode is a must-watch!
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00:00 - Trailer
01:50 – Early Entrepreneurial Days: From India to the US
07:10 – Building a US Clientele for an Indian Product
10:55 – Idea Stage of Observe.AI
15:20 – Raising the First Cheque
16:35 – Y Combinator: From Application to Selection
20:38 – Inbound from Top VC’s
24:53 – Meeting the Sanas Co-Founders
27:29 – Raising Funds Pre-Product & Pre-Revenue
30:10 – The Sanas Investment Thesis
34:03 – What Drove Success at Observe & Sanas
38:09 – Drawing Parallels in Building Two Companies
45:00 – Scaling Challenges: Hiring & Team Building
50:15 – Fundraising Lessons: Always Be Ready
54:17 – Market-Product Fit vs. Product-Market Fit
57:10 – Solving the Black Box of Call Centers
59:12 – Solving for Speech-to-Speech in Real Time
1:05:15 – Thoughts on The Neon Fund
1:07:03 – Bengaluru vs. Bay Area
1:11:10 – Founders Must Be Sellers
1:19:42 – Do Indian Founders Underprice?
1:23:13 – Final Thoughts: Likeability as a Founder
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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 journeys from our startups but lacked the experience of building 1-10 journeys.
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