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Five founders on building a unique product and making it last
Season 1
Welcome to First Principles, The Ken’s fortnightly leadership podcast! I am Rohin Dharmakumar, your host.
First, if you’re a new listener of this podcast, I think you’ve clicked on the right episode. …
Published on 2 years, 1 month ago
Radhika Gupta of Edelweiss AMC on the joy of creating impact
Season 2 Episode 2
Our guest for this episode, Radhika Gupta, describes Edelweiss AMC—or any mutual fund company, for that matter—as a company that solves financial problems for customers. Simple. Going into anything e…
Published on 2 years, 2 months ago
BillDesk’s MN Srinivasu on building quietly and sustainably
Season 2 Episode 1
BillDesk does not have a CEO.
Instead, it just has three co-founders: MN Srinivasu, Ajay Kaushal and Karthik Ganapathy. And they don’t have separate designations.
In fact, BillDesk has no formal hierar…
Published on 2 years, 2 months ago
Archit Gupta of Clear on anti-patterns and being misunderstood
Season 1 Episode 24
The business currently known as Clear used to be known as Cleartax before. It started out in 2011 as a minimal, sleek and blazingly fast website to help Indians file taxes. Today, it does much more t…
Published on 2 years, 3 months ago
Yashish Dahiya of Policybazaar on why being kind is better than being right
Season 1 Episode 23
In 2023, the business of online comparison platforms seems old-fashioned.
Sure, people may land upon them via search engines, but only some would rarely transact through them. Especially if the produc…
Published on 2 years, 3 months ago
Varun Dua of Acko on learning to let go in order to grow
Season 1 Episode 22
Most founders on First Principles—The Ken's fortnightly leadership podcast—have also been CEOs. And one of the questions we often ask them is: when to make way for someone else as a CEO?
If leadership…
Published on 2 years, 3 months ago
Five CEOs talk about their journeys, struggles, successes, and failures
Season 1
If you started listening to First Principles—The Ken's fortnightly leadership podcast—in 2023, then today's special episode might be something you'll love.
We went back to guests from episodes 6 to 1…
Published on 2 years, 4 months ago
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Season 1
We don’t have a new First Principles episode this week, but we do have something special for you.
If you’ve enjoyed this podcast, you’ve already built a curiosity for mental models that force you to l…
Published on 2 years, 4 months ago