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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, 6 months ago
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, 7 months ago
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, 7 months ago
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, 7 months ago
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, 7 months ago
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, 8 months ago
Niraj Singh of Spinny on standing out in an overcrowded market
Season 2 Episode 4
Read the full transcript for free here.
Niraj Singh, the co-founder and CEO of Spinny, loves cars.
So much so that when asked what would be the few thi…
2 years, 8 months ago
Lalit Keshre of Groww on being far-sighted, intuitive and absolutely obsessed with your customer
Season 2 Episode 3
The full transcript of this episode is available here.
You've probably heard of Groww. It is a financial services platform, last valued at $3 billion.…
2 years, 9 months ago
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 podc…
2 years, 9 months 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 pro…
2 years, 10 months ago