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The Ken · Business

First Principles

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.

Episodes

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Part 2: Ixigo's Aloke Bajpai on using empathy, customer experience, and resilience to both survive and thrive

22 Dec 2025
1h 9m
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Part 1: Ixigo's Aloke Bajpai on using empathy, customer experience, and resilience to both survive and thrive

15 Dec 2025
1h 2m
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Part 2: Indiagold's Deepak Abbot on turning a nation's 'dead asset' into credit scores and working capital

17 Nov 2025
56m
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Part 1: Indiagold's Deepak Abbot on turning a nation's 'dead asset' into credit scores and working capital

10 Nov 2025
1h 6m
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Part 2: Trilegal's Rahul Matthan on the firm, the partnership, and the principles

22 Sep 2025
1h 3m
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Part 1: Trilegal's Rahul Matthan on the firm, the partnership, and the principles

15 Sep 2025
1h 8m
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Part 2: Anand Jain of Clevertap on starting with nothing and learning, building and leading as you go along

18 Aug 2025
1h 11m
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Part 1: Anand Jain of Clevertap on starting with nothing and learning, building and leading as you go along

11 Aug 2025
1h 4m
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Part 2: Ultraviolette Automotive's Narayan Subramaniam on tinkering, designing and learning by discarding

28 Jul 2025
1h 1m
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Part 1: Ultraviolette Automotive's Narayan Subramaniam on tinkering, designing and learning by discarding

21 Jul 2025
1h 15m
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Part 2 - Manish Sabharwal of Teamlease on creating great ancestors, India’s development journey and ‘regulatory cholesterol’

01 Jul 2025
45m
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Manish Sabharwal of Teamlease on creating great ancestors, India’s development journey and ‘regulatory cholesterol’

24 Jun 2025
1h 4m
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Part 2: Sahil Barua on why Delhivery is the antithesis of moving fast and breaking things

19 May 2025
1h 6m
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Sahil Barua on why Delhivery is the anti-thesis of moving fast and breaking things

12 May 2025
1h 13m
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Part 2: Vidit Aatrey on building a problem-first mindset into Meesho's culture

21 Apr 2025
41m
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Vidit Aatrey on building a problem-first mindset into Meesho's culture

14 Apr 2025
1h 32m
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Beyond the First Order - The Ken's first live subscriber event

21 Mar 2025
2m
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Introducing Two by Two, a new premium business podcast from The Ken

18 Jul 2024
8m
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The Final Supercut Part 2: Founders 21-41

11 Jul 2024
1h 28m
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The Final Supercut Part 1: Founders 1-20

04 Jul 2024
1h 24m
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