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Part 1: Kuku's Lal Chand Bisu on killing three products, ditching the free tier and charging Bharat ₹399 a year
Season 3 Episode 13
Lal Chand Bisu started Kuku in audio in 2018. Almost everyone in the press wrote them off — the louder competitor was getting the headlines, the VCs …
19 hours ago
Part 2: Curefoods' Ankit Nagori on why Indians only eat healthy Monday to Thursday, focusing on brand over scale, and what drives him now
Season 3 Episode 12
Welcome back to First Principles. This is Part 2 of our full conversation with Ankit Nagori, founder and CEO of Curefoods. If you have not listened t…
4 weeks ago
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
Season 3 Episode 12
Welcome to First Principles. This is Part 1 of our full conversation with Ankit Nagori, founder and CEO of Curefoods.
Ankit joined Flipkart as the 22n…
1 month ago
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”
Season 3 Episode 11
Welcome to First Principles! This is part 2 of episode 52, the full conversation.
Rohin met Utham Gowda at Spacebot Studio in Indiranagar on a Tuesday…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
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”
Season 3 Episode 11
Welcome to First Principles! This is part 1 of episode 52, the full conversation.
Rohin met Utham Gowda at Spacebot Studio in Indiranagar on a Tuesday…
2 months ago
Part 2: Kalpana Morparia on the culture of dissent, the 90-day NYSE race, and why ambition requires self-redundancy
Season 3 Episode 10
Hello, listeners, and welcome back to part 2 of the 51st episode of First Principles.
Ms. Kalpana Morparia reached out to us via email after the bro-i…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Part 1: Kalpana Morparia on the culture of dissent, the 90-day NYSE race, and why ambition requires self-redundancy
Season 3 Episode 10
Hello, listeners, and welcome back to part 1 of the 51st episode of First Principles.
Ms. Kalpana Morparia reached out to us via email after the bro-i…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Part 2: Darwinbox’s Rohit Chennamaneni on leading without a CEO, the ‘show don’t tell’ product mindset, and why resilience beats intelligence
Season 3 Episode 9
In the 2nd part of the 50th episode of First Principles, Rohit Chennamaneni, co-founder of Darwinbox, joins the show to talk about what changes after…
3 months, 1 week ago
Part 1: Darwinbox’s Rohit Chennamaneni on leading without a CEO, the ‘show don’t tell’ product mindset, and why resilience beats intelligence
Season 3 Episode 9
In part 1 of the 50th episode of First Principles, Rohit Chennamaneni, co-founder of Darwinbox, joins the show to talk about what changes after the e…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
First Principles, second look: The 2025 wrap
What a year it's been.
After a long hiatus and when we thought we'd closed the curtains for good, First Principles came back in April 2025 for Season …
3 months, 4 weeks ago