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From succeeding in overcrowded markets to creating customer delight, five founders share their secrets
Season 2
What does your company do?
There are many ways to answer this question.
Most founders have a really good answer, some have a meandering one.
Well, let’s…
2 years ago
Part 2: Harsh Mariwala of Marico on experimenting with learning, fitness and leadership at 72
Season 2 Episode 21
Our guest for this episode has a very specific weekly routine.
Pilates - once a week.
Strength training - once a week.
Aqua therapy - once a week
Functi…
2 years ago
Part 1: Why Chetan Maini of SUN Mobility stopped making EVs when it got cool
Season 2 Episode 20
Chetan Maini, the co-founder and Chairman of Sun Mobility has done a whole lot in his life. He’s been forever a tinkerer as you’re bound to find out …
2 years ago
Part 2: Girish Mathrubootham on Freshworks' trade secrets – and why he opened them up to competitors
Season 2 Episode 19
Girish Mathrubootham – founder and CEO of Freshworks – feels strongly about having the authority to take one’s own decisions, from a young age.
He mad…
2 years, 1 month ago
Part 1: From Parachute to Saffola, Marico's Harsh Mariwala on building and branding India's biggest consumer products
Season 2 Episode 18
Sometime in the early 1970s a young Harsh Mariwala joined Bombay Oil Industries, a company set up by his grandfather in 1948, just a year after India…
2 years, 1 month ago
Part 1: Girish Mathrubootham of Freshworks on why he doesn't measure 'winning' by numbers
Season 2 Episode 17
If you're here to find out more about our brand new early careers podcast, check out The First Two Years and how you can join the TFTY community here…
2 years, 1 month ago
Part 2: Why Vaibhav Gupta of Udaan doesn’t identify problems by patterns
Season 2 Episode 16
There is a cliche often associated with hyper growth startups.
That running one is like learning how to fly a plane while you’re already up in the ai…
2 years, 1 month ago
Five founders on creating trust, patience and careers in their organisations
Season 2
Welcome back to First Principles. I’m your host, Rohin Dharmakumar.
Thank you for listening to us. We’re thankful that you choose to spend a few hour…
2 years, 2 months ago
Part 2: Aneesh Reddy of Capillary Tech on how being called a “bully” led him to be a better leader
Season 2 Episode 15
Welcome back to Episode 39 of First Principles!
A few weeks ago, you heard the first part of our conversation with Aneesh Reddy, the CEO and Co-Founde…
2 years, 2 months ago
Part 1: How Vaibhav Gupta of Udaan builds, scales and improves execution playbooks
Season 2 Episode 14
Welcome to Episode 38 of First Principles!
If you're here to sign up for the First Principles Newsletter, here you go!
In this episode, you will hear V…
2 years, 2 months ago