First Principles

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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.

Episodes (159)

Part 1: Kuku's Lal Chand Bisu on killing three products, ditching the free tier...

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Part 2: Curefoods' Ankit Nagori on why Indians only eat healthy Monday to Thursd...

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Part 1: Curefoods' Ankit Nagori on cold emailing his way into Flipkart, designin...

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Part 2: Captain Fresh's Utham Gowda on seafood as the world's last unorganised t...

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Part 1: Captain Fresh's Utham Gowda on seafood as the world's last unorganised t...

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Part 2: Kalpana Morparia on the culture of dissent, the 90-day NYSE race, and wh...

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Part 1: Kalpana Morparia on the culture of dissent, the 90-day NYSE race, and wh...

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Part 2: Darwinbox’s Rohit Chennamaneni on leading without a CEO, the ‘show don’t...

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Part 1: Darwinbox’s Rohit Chennamaneni on leading without a CEO, the ‘show don’t...

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Jan 12, 202649:59pending

First Principles, second look: The 2025 wrap

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Dec 29, 20251:38:36pending

Part 2: Ixigo's Aloke Bajpai on using empathy, customer experience, and resilien...

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Dec 22, 20251:08:56pending

Part 1: Ixigo's Aloke Bajpai on using empathy, customer experience, and resilien...

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Part 2: Indiagold's Deepak Abbot on turning a nation's 'dead asset' into credit...

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Part 1: Indiagold's Deepak Abbot on turning a nation's 'dead asset' into credit...

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Nov 10, 20251:06:28pending

Part 2: Trilegal's Rahul Matthan on the firm, the partnership, and the principle...

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Part 1: Trilegal's Rahul Matthan on the firm, the partnership, and the principle...

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Part 2: Anand Jain of Clevertap on starting with nothing and learning, building...

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Part 1: Anand Jain of Clevertap on starting with nothing and learning, building...

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Part 2: Ultraviolette Automotive's Narayan Subramaniam on tinkering, designing a...

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Jul 28, 20251:01:44pending

Part 1: Ultraviolette Automotive's Narayan Subramaniam on tinkering, designing a...

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Part 2: Manish Sabharwal of Teamlease on creating great ancestors, India’s devel...

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Part 1: Manish Sabharwal of Teamlease on creating great ancestors, India’s devel...

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Part 2: Sahil Barua on why Delhivery is the antithesis of moving fast and breaki...

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May 19, 20251:06:21pending

Part 1: Sahil Barua on why Delhivery is the antithesis of moving fast and breaki...

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Part 2: Vidit Aatrey on building a problem-first mindset into Meesho's culture

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Part 1: Vidit Aatrey on building a problem-first mindset into Meesho's culture

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Apr 14, 20251:32:12pending

Introducing Two by Two, a new premium business podcast from The Ken

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Jul 18, 20248:26pending

The Final Supercut Part 2: Founders 21-41

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Jul 11, 20241:28:54pending

The Final Supercut Part 1: Founders 1-20

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Last Principles

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Five women founders speak about leading with empathy, ambition, and not being ap...

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Jun 13, 20241:25:52pending

Part 2: Manav Garg sold his business and started TogetherFund with Girish Mathru...

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Part 2: Alok Mittal—teacher, angel investor, former VC—asserts Indifi is not a d...

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Part 1: Manav Garg started and ran Eka Software for 20 years before selling it....

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Part 2: Jaydeep Barman explains how internet restaurant Rebel Foods and luxury g...

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Part 1: Alok Mittal of Indifi on why org culture should not be defined but disco...

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Part 1: Jaydeep Barman of Rebel Foods on why his business is 'misunderstood'—and...

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Apr 25, 20241:29:22pending

Part 2: Chetan Maini of SUN Mobility on finding his 'true north', again

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From succeeding in overcrowded markets to creating customer delight, five founde...

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Part 2: Harsh Mariwala of Marico on experimenting with learning, fitness and lea...

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Part 1: Why Chetan Maini of SUN Mobility stopped making EVs when it got cool

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Mar 28, 20241:23:12pending

Part 2: Girish Mathrubootham on Freshworks' trade secrets – and why he opened th...

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Part 1: From Parachute to Saffola, Marico's Harsh Mariwala on building and brand...

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Mar 14, 20241:03:28pending

Part 1: Girish Mathrubootham of Freshworks on why he doesn't measure 'winning' b...

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Mar 7, 20241:06:03pending

Part 2: Why Vaibhav Gupta of Udaan doesn’t identify problems by patterns

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Feb 29, 202453:44pending

Five founders on creating trust, patience and careers in their organisations

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Part 2: Aneesh Reddy of Capillary Tech on how being called a “bully” led him to...

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Feb 15, 20241:00:29pending

Part 1: How Vaibhav Gupta of Udaan builds, scales and improves execution playboo...

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Feb 8, 20241:07:15pending

Part 2: How Viren Shetty of Narayana Health is building a career free of ‘ground...

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Part 1: Aneesh Reddy of Capillary Tech on his wins, mistakes and a breakout SaaS...

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