Rengan Jayakrishnan

The Sales Algorithm · Pune

Hosts The Sales Algorithm, a Pune-based podcast where software sales veterans go through what actually closed and what did not

Why they're worth your time

The show is one of the few India-based sales podcasts hosted by someone who carried a number for three decades rather than by a vendor, so the questions land where a practitioner would push. Episodes are long and unrushed, which suits deal stories that only make sense with the full context.

Background

Rengan Jayakrishnan, who goes by JK, has spent over thirty years in global software solutions sales. He hosts The Sales Algorithm podcast, where tech veterans talk through the startup lifecycle from founding to acquisition, with a guest list weighted towards Indian operators and academics including Prof. Krishnan of IIT Madras and Sunil Jalihal. He also advises and coaches, and takes sessions through Topmate.

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Where they're public

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