First Principles
By The Ken
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First Principles is a weekly interview podcast comprising authentic, candid, and insightful conversations between some of India’s most accomplished founders and business leaders, and Rohin Dharmakumar, The Ken’s CEO & co-founder.
From personal philosophies, mental models and decision making frameworks, to reading habits, parenting styles or personal interests, each episode will delve into what makes each of these leaders unique.
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Part 2: Chetan Maini of SUN Mobility on finding his 'true north', again
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Apr 18, 2024 |
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From succeeding in overcrowded markets to creating customer delight, five founders share their secrets
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Apr 11, 2024 |
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Part 2: Harsh Mariwala of Marico on experimenting with learning, fitness and leadership at 72
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Apr 04, 2024 |
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Why Chetan Maini of SUN Mobility stopped making EVs when it got cool
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Mar 28, 2024 |
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Part 2: Girish Mathrubootham on Freshworks' trade secrets – and why he opened them up to competitors
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Mar 21, 2024 |
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From Parachute to Saffola, Marico's Harsh Mariwala on building and branding India's biggest consumer products
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Mar 14, 2024 |
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Girish Mathrubootham of Freshworks on why he doesn't measure 'winning' by numbers
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Mar 07, 2024 |
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Part 2: Why Vaibhav Gupta of Udaan doesn’t identify problems by patterns
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Feb 29, 2024 |
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Five founders on creating trust, patience and careers in their organisations
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Feb 22, 2024 |
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Part 2: Aneesh Reddy of Capillary Tech on how being called a “bully” led him to be a better leader
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Feb 15, 2024 |
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How Vaibhav Gupta of Udaan builds, scales and improves execution playbooks
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Feb 08, 2024 |
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Part 2: How Viren Shetty of Narayana Health is building a career free of ‘groundhog days’
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Feb 01, 2024 |
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Aneesh Reddy of Capillary Tech on his wins, mistakes and a breakout SaaS model
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Jan 25, 2024 |
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Part 2: Soumya Rajan of Waterfield Advisors on entrepreneurship, liberation and legacy
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Jan 11, 2024 |
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Viren Shetty of Narayana Health on becoming ‘worse’ to become better and other ways to fix healthcare in India
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Jan 04, 2024 |
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Part 2: Why Ritesh Agarwal is a 'peacetime CEO' despite OYO's many wars
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Dec 28, 2023 |
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Soumya Rajan of Waterfield Advisors on turning a 'sceptical' idea into a resilient business
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Dec 21, 2023 |
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Part 2: Karthik Jayaraman of WayCool looks back on his career, starting up at 40 and building leaders
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Dec 14, 2023 |
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Ritesh Agarwal of OYO on building a business on differentiation, communication and resilience
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Dec 07, 2023 |
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Five founders on their childhood, choices and what drove them to start up
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Nov 23, 2023 |
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Karthik Jayaraman of WayCool Foods on why disruption isn't always necessary for innovation
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Nov 09, 2023 |
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Niraj Singh of Spinny on standing out in an overcrowded market
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Oct 25, 2023 |
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Lalit Keshre of Groww on being far-sighted, intuitive and absolutely obsessed with your customer
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Oct 11, 2023 |
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Five founders on building a unique product and making it last
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Sep 27, 2023 |
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Radhika Gupta of Edelweiss AMC on the joy of creating impact
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Sep 13, 2023 |
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BillDesk’s MN Srinivasu on building quietly and sustainably
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Aug 30, 2023 |
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Archit Gupta of Clear on anti-patterns and being misunderstood
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Aug 16, 2023 |
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Yashish Dahiya of Policybazaar on why being kind is better than being right
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Aug 06, 2023 |
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Varun Dua of Acko on learning to let go in order to grow
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Jul 19, 2023 |
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Five CEOs talk about their journeys, struggles, successes, and failures
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Jul 05, 2023 |
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We don't have an episode today, but a newsletter
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Jun 22, 2023 |
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Krish Subramanian of Chargebee on continuously firing yourself
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Jun 07, 2023 |
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Smita Deorah of LEAD on why India's 280 million school-going children deserve better
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May 24, 2023 |
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Gaurav Munjal of Unacademy on being confrontational, paranoid and transparent
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May 10, 2023 |
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Ronnie Screwvala on why upGrad is neither a startup nor an edtech
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Apr 26, 2023 |
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Fractal’s Srikanth Velamakanni on surviving before thriving
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Apr 12, 2023 |
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Kunal Shah of CRED on “exciting but painful” workplaces, gated digital communities, and employee shareholders
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Mar 29, 2023 |
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Five founders on fundraising, culture-building, clock- building, culture-shaping, people coaching, surviving and thriving
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Mar 15, 2023 |
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Shan Kadavil of Fresh To Home on selling fish, building moats, encouraging bottom-up “shots on goal”, and being honest with boards
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Mar 01, 2023 |
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Srikanth Iyer of Home Lane on embracing what you’re bad at in order to do better at what you’re good at, and being a wartime general
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Feb 15, 2023 |
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Kamal Sagar of Total Environment on picking principles over convenience, reimagining real estate, design, authenticity and learning to say no
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Feb 01, 2023 |
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Ruchi Kalra of Oxyzo on creating two unicorns in 7 years, spotting gigantic market opportunities, putting profits and cash flow first, and letting go of personal ambitions
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Jan 18, 2023 |
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Deep Kalra of MakeMyTrip on being “22 years young”, presenting from Excel sheets instead of Powerpoint slides, the importance of open disagreements, and the good stress of building
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Jan 04, 2023 |
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Tarun Mehta of Ather Energy talks about doing hard things, going down multi-year rabbit holes, building companies over 30-40 years, and being chief storyteller
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Dec 21, 2022 |
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Amit Agarwal of NoBroker talks about his single-minded mission to disrupt brokerage, building a cockroach company, and why his office address is a secret
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Dec 07, 2022 |
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Amrish Rau of Pine Labs talks about the differences between being a founder and a CEO
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Nov 23, 2022 |
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Vineeta Singh of SUGAR Cosmetics talks about building products, educating consumers, and focusing on the long term
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Nov 03, 2022 |
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Razorpay CEO Harshil Mathur talks about deliberate culture, building to a need, and the principles of product development
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Oct 20, 2022 |
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Learnability, curiosity, and brand building; Ex-Myntra CEO and Mensa Brands founder Ananth Narayanan gets candid
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Oct 06, 2022 |
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InMobi founder Naveen Tewari gets candid about survival, innovation, and playing the game by changing the rules
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Sep 22, 2022 |
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Nithin Kamath of Zerodha candidly talks about building his bootstrapped business, weighing risks, and finding opportunities
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Sep 08, 2022 |
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$1.5B Amagi Founder Baskar Subramanian talks about building culture at work, parenting, and building from ground up
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Aug 24, 2022 |
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Kabeer Biswas of Dunzo talks about raising money, gathering user insights, battling deadlines and more
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Aug 10, 2022 |