What made Elon Musk approach former Tesla CIO Jay Vijayan twice in 12 months?
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- Опубліковано 29 сер 2024
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In this episode of the Neon Show Podcast, we take you through Jay Vijayan’s journey from working with Tesla, VMware, and Oracle to building a Billion Dollar Company, Tekion.
Tekion has raised $150 million as part of its Series C financing led by private equity firm Advent International, at over $1 billion valuation.
Jay’s insights which we discussed during the podcast are on -
00:58 - From working at Oracle, VMware, & Tesla to Founding Tekion
05:21 - From bootstrapping to getting VC funding
10:25 - Thoughts on Founder & VC alignment
13:40 - Challenges for startups in the Automotive retail industry
16:13 - Building a single platform for OEMs, dealers & customers
22:25 - Getting General Motors, Nissan-Mitsubishi, FM Capital, Exor (Fiat Chrysler, Ferrari) on Tekion’s cap table
24:02 - Developing end-to-end solution for Mid-Small Dealers - Automotive Retail Cloud
31:08 - ARR growth
42:19 - Creating transparency for customers while buying a new car
49:52 - “Life is a never-ending journey of learnings”.
54:58 - What has always stopped him from settling down?
58:19 - “When an egg-shell break from within - Life begins, but when it breaks from outside - Life ends.”- Jay’s philosophy on continuously pushing himself
1:03:25 - What made Elon Musk approach Jay twice in a span of 12 months for the CIO role at Tesla
1:14:17 - What core things he learned from working with Elon at Tesla?
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Thanks for the upload. I really enjoy listening to Jay. He managed to do great things. I like how he describes his mental state. Really insightful.
Thank you Alexandru for listening to this ep. Hope to get more feedback from you on other episodes :)
Super impactful. One of the best interactions O have heard in the recent times.
Happy to hear your feedback :) Stay tuned
Great conversation and lessons 👌
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for tuning in :)
Thanks a lot Siddharth, Jay Vijayan, so candid
Great job 100x !
Great Content! Very useful.
Thank you Roberts!! Your comment means a lot to us :) Stay Tuned!
Jay.....how do you visualise your business model getting replicated in next 5 years .so how you will do changes .
Jay’s journey is really inspiring! @100x Entrepreneur Could you please help me with Jay’s email.
He sound's like Indian Chess Grandmaster Adhiban Bhaskaran.
His Company Tekion is completely fraud. Interested People go check their reviews on glassdoor.
4.3 ratings on glass door could you say why you dislike him ?