In this episode, we sit down with two exceptional founders. One who is going after the biggest category, and one who created a new category and became its leading player.

Vijay Rayapati (Co-founder, Atomicwork) and Khadim Batti (Co-founder, Whatfix) share their hard-earned insights on what it truly takes to build a great company.

From closing million-dollar deals remotely to building AI-native organisations and cultivating long-term leadership, this conversation goes deep into the real playbook behind enduring companies.

Watch if you’re a founder, a team builder, or simply someone who wants to understand how great companies are actually built.

0:00 – Trailer

01:37 – The Viral Meme Story

03:28 – What the Founders Admire About Each Other

07:20 – Navigating US–India Work Timings

08:39 – Hiring & Retaining Talent

15:54 – Why Founders Need Mentors

24:53 – When Employees Think Short-Term

31:48 – Building Organic Leadership

35:58 – Hunger vs Humility

39:58 – Building Company Culture

44:55 – Why Abolish Designations

51:38 – What is Founder’s Mentality?

54:44 – Large vs New Categories

01:00:44 – When Things Go Wrong

01:02:41 – Handling Board Pressure

01:06:45 – Never Compromise on Customer Service

01:13:58 – What to build is becoming harder

01:18:57 – FOMO in AI

01:25:10 – AI Will Remove Bureaucracy, Not Jobs

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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.

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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