Podcast · ~87 min

2X SaaS Founder: How To Sell Global Tech Products From India

Siddhartha Ahluwalia, with Sharath Narayana · The Neon Show Free Intermediate India

2X SaaS Founder: How To Sell Global Tech Products From India

Sharath Narayana built two enterprise AI companies out of India and walks through how founder led outbound, including plain cold outreach, got both off the ground before he had a brand or inbound demand to rely on. Worth your time if you are building for a global market from India and wondering whether cold outreach really travels across that gap, he shows it does when the targeting is tight.

  • Founder led outreach works for India built companies selling into the US and beyond.
  • A narrow, well researched target list matters even more when you lack local brand recognition.
  • Early enterprise deals often start from a single well aimed cold message, not a campaign.
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The question it answers

  1. Is cold outreach even worth it, or is it just spam that hurts my brand?

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