Podcast Episodes

Part 2: How Viren Shetty of Narayana Health is building a career free of ‘groundhog days’

Season 2 Episode 13

Welcome back to Episode 37 of First Principles.

If you’re here to find our latest edition of the First Principles Newsletter, here you go!

A few weeks …

2 years, 2 months ago

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

Season 2 Episode 12

Welcome to Episode 36 of First Principles!

If you're here to find our latest edition of the First Principles Newsletter, here you go!

Our guest for thi…

2 years, 3 months ago

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Part 2: Soumya Rajan of Waterfield Advisors on entrepreneurship, liberation and legacy

Season 2 Episode 11

A few weeks ago, we published an episode with Soumya Rajan of Waterfield Advisors. We discussed what it was like to bet your future on an idea that n…

2 years, 3 months ago

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Part 1: Viren Shetty of Narayana Health on becoming ‘worse’ to become better and other ways to fix healthcare in India

Season 2 Episode 10

Welcome to the first 2024 episode of First Principles! Though we’re only 15 months old, we’re also technically into our third calendar year, after ou…

2 years, 3 months ago

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Part 2: Why Ritesh Agarwal is a 'peacetime CEO' despite OYO's many wars

Season 2 Episode 9

A couple of weeks ago, you heard our episode with Ritesh Agarwal, the founder and Group CEO of OYO rooms. If you remember, he talked to me about the …

2 years, 3 months ago

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Part 1: Soumya Rajan of Waterfield Advisors on turning a 'sceptical' idea into a resilient business

Season 2 Episode 8

“What is something you believe in, that no one else around you does?”

If you’ve heard episode 30 with Ritesh Agarwal, the founder and CEO of OYO Rooms…

2 years, 4 months ago

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Part 2: Karthik Jayaraman of WayCool looks back on his career, starting up at 40 and building leaders

Season 2 Episode 7

Welcome to to episode 31 of First Principles!

 

If you’ve been listening to us for a while, you’ll notice that this was supposed to be an off week for …

2 years, 4 months ago

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Part 1: Ritesh Agarwal of OYO on building a business on differentiation, communication and resilience

Season 2 Episode 6

Welcome to Episode 30 of First Principles!

We recorded this episode at Spacebot Studio, a new, sleek space overlooking the metro in Indiranagar

Our gue…

2 years, 4 months ago

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Five founders on their childhood, choices and what drove them to start up

Season 1

Welcome back to First Principles!

 

If you’ve been listening to us for a while, you know that First Principles covers a lot of topics. Leadership, orga…

2 years, 5 months ago

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Part 1: Karthik Jayaraman of WayCool Foods on why disruption isn't always necessary for innovation

Season 2 Episode 5

Welcome to Episode 29 of First Principles.

Our guest for this episode is Karthik Jayaraman, the co-founder and MD of WayCool Foods.

Karthik's leadershi…

2 years, 5 months ago

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