Podcast · 45 to 90 min episodes

The Neon Show

Siddhartha Ahluwalia · YouTube Free Intermediate India

Hosted by a founder who has built and sold companies in India, this show digs into how Indian founders actually got from zero to one, including the scrappy early tests they ran before the product existed. Browse the catalogue for early-stage episodes and you will hear real accounts of validating in the Indian market, which differs from the usual Silicon Valley examples. Useful for grounding MVP thinking in your own context.

  • Hear how Indian founders validated demand before building
  • Zero to one stories that reflect local buyer behaviour and constraints
  • Long-form interviews go deeper than a summary essay can
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It answers 2 questions

  1. What actually counts as an MVP, and what's the smallest one I can get away with?
  2. Where do I look to find emerging opportunities before they're obvious?

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