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First Principles

The Ken

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Fortnightly podcast. Next episode on Tuesday, July 21.

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.

65 episodes • 0 archived •

S3 E15

Part 1: Saahil Goel of Shiprocket on rebuilding the same company three times, the $4 million he was told to take or leave and why in India you sell outcomes, not software

S3 E15·

July 7

July 7

1h 5m

S3 E14

Part 2: Impresario's Riyaaz Amlani on digital landlords, doers & divas, and why delivery will never eat dine-in

S3 E14·

June 22

June 22

1h 3m

S3 E14

Part 1: Impresario's Riyaaz Amlani on Mocha, "Handmade," four near-deaths and 25 years of building places to be

S3 E14·

June 15

June 15

1h 4m

S3 E13

Part 2: Kuku’s Lal Chand Bisu on the Bathoth-to-Bandra arc, learning from iterations not books, and why nos beat yeses

S3 E13·

May 4

May 4

1h 15m

S3 E13

Part 1: Kuku's Lal Chand Bisu on killing three products, ditching the free tier and charging Bharat ₹399 a year

S3 E13·

April 27

April 27

1h 3m

S3 E12

Part 2: Curefoods' Ankit Nagori on why Indians only eat healthy Monday to Thursday, focusing on brand over scale, and what drives him now

S3 E12·

March 30

March 30

1h 5m

S3 E12

Part 1: Curefoods' Ankit Nagori on cold emailing his way into Flipkart, designing for talent density, and surviving a pandemic on 2 crores a month

S3 E12·

March 23

March 23

55 mins

S3 E11

Part 2: Captain Fresh's Utham Gowda on seafood as the world's last unorganised trillion-dollar industry, why undervaluation is a founder's superpower and his “reverse career path”

S3 E11·

March 2

March 2

58 mins

S3 E11

Part 1: Captain Fresh's Utham Gowda on seafood as the world's last unorganised trillion-dollar industry, why undervaluation is a founder's superpower and his “reverse career path”

S3 E11·

February 23

February 23

1h 6m

S3 E10

Part 2: Kalpana Morparia on the culture of dissent, the 90-day NYSE race, and why ambition requires self-redundancy

S3 E10·

February 9

February 9

57 mins

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