The last 21 leaders to be featured on First Principles explain their approach to organization building, risk taking and decision making

The first 20 leaders to be featured on First Principles explain their approach to entrepreneurship, leadership and life.

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The founders of Edelweiss AMC, Oxyzo, SUGAR Cosmetics, Waterfield Advisors and LEAD School elaborate on shutting out the external pressures of validation and discovering the entrepreneur within them

The co-founder of TogetherFund talks how to think about exits, the first principles that he has been applying in life early on and about being mission-driven.

The co-founder and MD of Indifi discusses the mental models, toughest part of building his third venture and how he solicits and gives feedback to people

The founder and former CEO of Eka Software Solutions believes having a strong vision and persistence goes far in taking a no to a yes

The founder of Postcard Hotels explains how luxury travel is evolving, why he left his prestigious job and how he is scaling the founder-led luxury hotel chain rapidly.

The co-founder and CEO of Rebel Foods on his journey of building Rebel Foods, parenting, and the bond he shares with his co-founder

The co-founder and MD of Indifi Technologies shares his thoughts on organization building

The co-founder and CEO of Rebel Food explains how he’s building the world’s largest internet restaurant

The co-founder and chairman of SUN Mobility on the mental models he applies at his firm, how he’s built a team that speaks its mind and much more

The founders of Groww, Spinny, Edelweiss AMC, WayCool and OYO on what makes their businesses tick, gaining customer insights, and much more

The chairman of Marico doesn't do presentations and memorisation. He's found a better way to lead, learn and hire, even at 72.

The co-founder and chairman of SUN Mobility on pioneering Battery-as-a-service (BaaS), building India's first electric car and how to solve the problems EVs pose

The CEO and co-founder of Freshworks on scaling the Nasdaq-listed company from 0 to $1M in revenue, sharing his playbook, and sustaining a thriving SaaS network in India

The Chairman of Marico Limited on building an FMCG empire, creating product differentiation in a crowded market and what innovation has meant for him across 30 years

The CEO and co-founder of Freshworks on leading from the heart, building patiently, and finding the right role for the best talent

The CEO and co-founder of Udaan on the mental models, frameworks and beliefs that drive the culture at Udaan

Five founders open up about building company culture, nurturing employees and constantly learning as leaders

The CEO and Co-Founder of Capillary Tech on his transformation as a leader, the benefits of executive coaching and vipassana and how he finds purpose in work and life.

The CEO and co-founder of Udaan on what differentiates the B2B platform, how it has evolved and the five pillars of its culture

The executive vice chairman of Narayana Health on leading a hospital network, betting on challenging ideas and letting your customers take the lead

The Co-Founder and MD of Capillary Tech on starting like investors, building a people-first organization and growing more while raising less

The Founder and CEO of Waterfield Advisors on the future of wealth management in India, what it takes to leave behind a legacy and what Waterfield is giving up for long term success

The executive vice chairman of Narayana Health on building sticky habits in customers, changing the messaging in healthcare, and becoming “worse” as an insurance firm to be better as a healthcare one

The Founder and CEO of OYO reflects on the decade of challenges, opportunities, motivations and regrets that changed him

The Founder and CEO of Waterfield Advisors on betting on a 'sceptical' idea, turning it into a resilient business and the future of wealth management in India

The co-founder and CEO of WayCool Foods on a midlife crisis at 40, large-scale transformation and coming into his own as a leader

The founder and group CEO of OYO on breaking into a traditional market with a differentiated product, cracking a supply-starved industry and persevering through a crisis.

A supercut episode featuring the founders of CRED, Fractal, upGrad, Unacademy and LEAD school on what led them to entrepreneurship

The co-founder of WayCool Foods on how to build a brand in staple goods, how to find out if an idea is truly novel, what is the job of a CEO, and much more.

The co-founder and CEO of Spinny on why there's no longer a difference between a used and a new car buyer, how to build trust within your firm, how to identify pain points and much more.

The co-founder and CEO of Groww on why financial services are a basic necessity, how to create delight with your product, why discipline is overrated, and much more.

A supercut episode ft. the founders of MakeMyTrip, Oxyzo, Total Environment, HomeLane, and FreshToHome.

The MD and CEO of Edelweiss AMC on why she doesn't believe in work-life balance, separating constructive criticism from targeted bias, keeping an inner scorecard for evaluation and much more.

The co-founder of BillDesk on not handling person-to-person payments, disincentivising chasing glory metrics, coaching the first 100 employees, and being “managed upward” by his reportees

The co-founder of Clear on charging customers to file taxes, turning from a "business-focused" to a "product-focused" CEO, expanding to Saudi Arabia and much more.

The co-founder of PolicyBazaar on why his firm is an education platform and not a comparison one, the "right to win", how he spots and grooms talent and the importance of physical endurance and excellence.

The co-founder of Acko on why market consensus leads to mediocrity, truly owning customer relationships, using incentives to drive behaviour, and why he stepped down as CEO

A supercut episode featuring the CEOs of Razorpay, SUGAR Cosmetics, Pine Labs, NoBroker and Ather Energy.

The co-founder and CEO of Chargebee on letting go of the need for world-changing ideas, hiring for strengths, why early-stage founders must say 'no' instead of 'challenge accepted!', and treating business as a game.

The co-founder of LEAD on why she moved back to India, whether schools should work for profit, why India's students lag in learning by two years, and how her daughter learnt to read even before she could speak.

The co-founder and CEO of Unacademy on how AI will disrupt education, why today’s teachers are more mercenaries than missionaries, running a product-driven education firm instead of a sales-driven one, and why confrontational people do well in life.

The co-founder and chairperson of upGrad opens up on ambition, organisation building, online education and long-term thinking.

The co-founder of Fractal on transitioning from analytics to AI, using "AI for Good", playing the chief talent scout and Keiretsu.

In a wide-ranging and reflective conversation, we go behind Shah’s thoughts about building businesses, hiring “high-slope” professionals, and why many meetings inside CRED are called as “shareholder meetings”.

We went back to the first five episodes we did to compile some of the most interesting, original and often counterintuitive conversations from five accomplished founders.

In a wide-ranging and reflective conversation, Kadavil offers first-hand insights from his stints as an entrepreneur.

The co-founder and CEO of Home Lane on what it takes to be one of the market leaders in the online home interiors space today.

In a candid and reflective conversation that spans his three decade career as an architect and entrepreneur, Sagar shows us an alternate view of building a company. A word that comes up multiple times in the conversation is “authenticity”.

The CEO of Oxyzo on creating two unicorns in 7 years, spotting gigantic market opportunities, putting profits and cash flow first, and letting go of personal ambitions.

The founder and chairman of MakeMyTrip, covers a two decade span of evolution of India’s internet and startup space, including his own journey as an entrepreneur. It’s a masterclass on not giving up, staying in the game, and building to last.

The CEO of Ather Energy talks about his journey to convince investors of his vision, building an organisation over decades, and why it takes at least three years to make a true impact at work.

The “IIT-IIM” founder speaks candidly over an hour and a half on a range of topics from entering management consultant to running a frugal organisation.

The CEO of Pine Labs talks about the differences between building to exit and building to last, creating corporate cultures, and the evolution of fintech.

Building SUGAR Cosmetics into what it is today was a tumultuous journey, one that exposes a lot of the lenses that Vineeta uses to look at the world around her.

As defined by it's CEO and co-founder, Razorpay is India's first full-stack financial solutions company. What does that truly mean? How did it come about? This episode is all about that.

The CEO and co-founder of India's fastest unicorn, Mensa Brands, gets candid about the virtues of curiosity, learnability, and the gravity of brand building for e-commerce.

The founder and CEO of one of India's first unicorns, InMobi, talks about what it took to survive the tough times and to go on to build businesses like Glance, and Roposo.

The co-founder of Zerodha shares some little known yet fascinating insights about the company, how he built it, and what drives him today

Baskar Subramanian, the co-founder and CEO of Amagi, a profitable unicorn headquartered in Bengaluru, joins Rohin to talk about organisational values, the evolution of products, parenting, and more.

The co-founder and CEO of Dunzo on why India needs a 'quick-enough' commerce market, putting his money in Dunzo rounds, how to know your consumers better and his love for 'Smondays'