13 | Wealth & Finance Q1 2026 addressable markets, product-market fit, and then very importantly, very crucially, the founder, those are the things I would look for. Question 3: When you speak to senior leaders and investors, what lessons or perspectives do you most want them to take away from your experiences in technology and investment? Alok Sama: I tend to think of speeches or lectures as a little bit patronising. My approach, which is the case with my book too, is to share my experiences, to share anecdotes, and equally invite an audience to share their experiences. In the process of sharing our respective stories, hopefully we all learn from each other. I’m a big fan of engagement, of interactive sessions, as opposed to lecturing. I do hope that in the course of these interactions people learn something about the investment business, the technology investment business in particular, with Masaan, the idealism with which he approaches the investment business, which is something I find very attractive. At some level, the investing business has become fairly crass and commercial, so diving into that aspect of it, the linkages, philosophical themes like the linkages between money and happiness, stages of life, those are the types of things I love to explore in sessions with groups.
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