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First Principles podcast

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First Principles

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  The Ken  

First Principles is a weekly interview podcast comprising authentic, candid, and insightful conversations between some of India’s most accomplished founders and business leaders, and Rohin Dharmakumar, The Ken’s CEO & co-founder. From personal philosophies, mental models and decision making frameworks, to reading habits, parenting styles or personal interests, each episode will delve into what makes each of these leaders unique.

First Principles is a weekly interview podcast comprising authentic, candid, and insightful conversations between some of India’s most accomplished founders and business leaders, and Rohin Dharmakumar, The Ken’s CEO & co-founder. From personal philosophies, mental models and decision making frameworks, to reading habits, parenting styles or personal interests, each episode will delve into what makes each of these leaders unique.

 

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#49

Part 2: Indiagold's Deepak Abbot on turning a nation's 'dead asset' into credit scores and working c...

Hello, listeners, and welcome back to First Principles, Episode 48, or the 7th episode of ... more

17 Nov 2025

56 MINS

56:31

17 Nov 2025

#48

Part 1: Indiagold's Deepak Abbot on turning a nation's 'dead asset' into credit scores and working c...

Hello, listeners, and welcome back to First Principles, Episode 48, or the 7th episode of ... more

10 Nov 2025

1 HR 07 MINS

1:07:07

10 Nov 2025

#47

Part 2: Trilegal's Rahul Matthan on the firm, the partnership, and the principles

Hello and welcome back to First Principles. This is the 47th episode since we started, or ... more

22 Sep 2025

1 HR 03 MINS

1:03:13

22 Sep 2025

#46

Part 1: Trilegal's Rahul Matthan on the firm, the partnership, and the principles

In this episode, Rohin Dharmakumar sits down with Rahul Matthan, a co-founder of Trilegal,... more

15 Sep 2025

1 HR 09 MINS

1:09:24

15 Sep 2025

#45

Part 2: Anand Jain of Clevertap on starting with nothing and learning, building and leading as you g...

Hello and welcome back to First Principles. I’m thrilled to bring you episode 46, my conve... more

18 Aug 2025

1 HR 11 MINS

1:11:59

18 Aug 2025

#44

Part 1: Anand Jain of Clevertap on starting with nothing and learning, building and leading as you g...

Hello and welcome back to First Principles. I’m thrilled to bring you episode 46, my conve... more

11 Aug 2025

1 HR 05 MINS

1:05:34

11 Aug 2025

#43

Part 2: Ultraviolette Automotive's Narayan Subramaniam on tinkering, designing and learning by disca...

Premium subscribers of The Ken have full access to ALL our premium audio. They are availab... more

28 Jul 2025

1 HR 02 MINS

1:02:20

28 Jul 2025

#42

Part 1: Ultraviolette Automotive's Narayan Subramaniam on tinkering, designing and learning by disca...

Premium subscribers of The Ken have full access to ALL our premium audio. They are availab... more

21 Jul 2025

1 HR 16 MINS

1:16:34

21 Jul 2025

#41

Part 2: Manish Sabharwal of Teamlease on creating great ancestors, India’s development journey and ‘...

Premium subscribers of The Ken have full access to ALL our premium audio. They are availab... more

01 Jul 2025

45 MINS

45:38

01 Jul 2025

#40

Part 1: Manish Sabharwal of Teamlease on creating great ancestors, India’s development journey and ‘...

Premium subscribers of The Ken have full access to ALL our premium audio. They are availab... more

24 Jun 2025

1 HR 05 MINS

1:05:17

24 Jun 2025

#39

Part 2: Sahil Barua on why Delhivery is the antithesis of moving fast and breaking things

Delhivery, the logistics company, started out in Delhi. It even has Delhi in its name, lit... more

19 May 2025

1 HR 06 MINS

1:06:57

19 May 2025

#38

Part 1: Sahil Barua on why Delhivery is the antithesis of moving fast and breaking things

Delhivery, the logistics company, started out in Delhi. It even has Delhi in its name, lit... more

12 May 2025

1 HR 13 MINS

1:13:51

12 May 2025

#37

Part 2: Vidit Aatrey on building a problem-first mindset into Meesho's culture

Welcome to First Principles. This is the second part of my conversation with Vidit Aatrey,... more

21 Apr 2025

40 MINS

40:15

21 Apr 2025

#36

Part 1: Vidit Aatrey on building a problem-first mindset into Meesho's culture

I met Vidit Aatrey, Co-founder and CEO of Meesho, on 14th February, exactly two months ago... more

14 Apr 2025

1 HR 32 MINS

1:32:52

14 Apr 2025

#35

Introducing Two by Two, a new premium business podcast from The Ken

From over here at The Ken's newsroom, we have a very exciting announcement: our first prem... more

18 Jul 2024

09 MINS

09:02

18 Jul 2024

#34

The Final Supercut Part 2: Founders 21-41

Hello, we're back again with part 2 of our final, final supercut where we’ve spliced toget... more

11 Jul 2024

1 HR 29 MINS

1:29:34

11 Jul 2024

#33

The Final Supercut Part 1: Founders 1-20

I know what you’re thinking. Didn’t the First Principles podcast draw its curtains? Yes we... more

04 Jul 2024

1 HR 25 MINS

1:25:21

04 Jul 2024

#32

Last Principles

First Principles is coming to an end. But it's not the end of the road for you as listener... more

20 Jun 2024

07 MINS

07:13

20 Jun 2024

#31

Five women founders speak about leading with empathy, ambition, and not being apologetic and just fo...

Becoming an entrepreneur is a leap of faith. Regardless of when or even if your business s... more

13 Jun 2024

1 HR 26 MINS

1:26:33

13 Jun 2024

#30

Part 2: Manav Garg sold his business and started TogetherFund with Girish Mathrubootham. Naturally, ...

In the first part of my conversation with Manav Garg, I introduced him as the founder of E... more

06 Jun 2024

1 HR 07 MINS

1:07:35

06 Jun 2024

#29

Part 2: Alok Mittal—teacher, angel investor, former VC—asserts Indifi is not a disruptive business. ...

"This notion of a startup should be centered around the founder is a mindset. It makes for... more

30 May 2024

51 MINS

51:18

30 May 2024

#28

Part 1: Manav Garg started and ran Eka Software for 20 years before selling it. His #1 advise to fou...

“As I said, I am from a middle-class family. I was earning $10,000/month, which is a large... more

23 May 2024

1 HR 04 MINS

1:04:04

23 May 2024

#27

Part 2: Jaydeep Barman explains how internet restaurant Rebel Foods and luxury good giant LVMH have ...

Jaydeep Barman has settled into his role of being a CEO for quite some time now. He admits... more

09 May 2024

47 MINS

47:56

09 May 2024

#26

Part 1: Alok Mittal of Indifi on why org culture should not be defined but discovered

Alok Mittal has been on both ends of the startup ecosystem. He’s been a founder and a VC. ... more

02 May 2024

1 HR 15 MINS

1:15:09

02 May 2024

#25

Part 1: Jaydeep Barman of Rebel Foods on why his business is 'misunderstood'—and why that's a good t...

Rebel Foods was incorporated in 2015. Before that it was Faasos and Faasos has been around... more

25 Apr 2024

1 HR 30 MINS

1:30:02

25 Apr 2024

#24

Part 2: Chetan Maini of SUN Mobility on finding his 'true north', again

When Chetan Maini – co-founder and chairman of SUN Mobility – stepped down as Mahindra Rev... more

18 Apr 2024

41 MINS

41:08

18 Apr 2024

#23

From succeeding in overcrowded markets to creating customer delight, five founders share their secre...

What does your company do? There are many ways to answer this question. Most founders have... more

11 Apr 2024

1 HR 18 MINS

1:18:21

11 Apr 2024

#22

Part 2: Harsh Mariwala of Marico on experimenting with learning, fitness and leadership at 72

Our guest for this episode has a very specific weekly routine.  Pilates - once a week. Str... more

04 Apr 2024

41 MINS

41:14

04 Apr 2024

#21

Part 1: Why Chetan Maini of SUN Mobility stopped making EVs when it got cool

Chetan Maini, the co-founder and Chairman of Sun Mobility has done a whole lot in his life... more

28 Mar 2024

1 HR 23 MINS

1:23:52

28 Mar 2024