Podcast Episodes

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 d…

2 years, 10 months ago

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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 h…

2 years, 11 months ago

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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 rare…

2 years, 11 months ago

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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 t…

3 years ago

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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…

3 years 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…

3 years ago

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