{"podcast":{"title":"First Principles","slug":"first-principles-5628315","podcast_index_feed_id":5628315,"rss_url":"https://feeds.transistor.fm/first-principles-261f2954-4e6b-4315-973d-17d02efc10f6","website_url":"https://the-ken.com/podcasts/first-principles/","image_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/K08hZeonPE_LKoRR1XoX9vXBdbNx_Q4up_0_drcr3WU/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8zMGQw/NzNkOTYwNWUzMjMy/NmUwZjgyMGRiZDZk/MDBhNC5qcGc.jpg","author":"The Ken","episode_count":63,"summary":"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.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-15T08:17:38.623450+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/first-principles-5628315"},"episode":{"title":"Part 1: Ultraviolette Automotive's Narayan Subramaniam on tinkering, designing and learning by discarding","slug":"part-1-ultraviolette-automotive-s-narayan-subramaniam-on-tinkering-designing-and-learning-by-discarding","published_at":"2025-07-21T01:15:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/first-principles-5628315/part-1-ultraviolette-automotive-s-narayan-subramaniam-on-tinkering-designing-and-learning-by-discarding","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/first-principles-5628315","url":"https://share.transistor.fm/s/589ad960","audio_url":"https://media.transistor.fm/589ad960/24adc8aa.mp3","summary":"Check out our corporate subscription plan: https://the-ken.com/corporate-teams/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=corporate-subscriptions Premium subscribers of The Ken have full access to ALL our premium audio. They are available exclusively via The Ken ’s subscriber apps. If you don’t have them, just download one and log in to unlock everything. Get your premium subscription using this link . Not a Premium subscriber? You can subscribe to The Ken Premium on Apple Podcasts for an easy monthly price (Rs 299 in India). The channel includes ALL our premium podcasts. - My first introduction, and indeed my ongoing and recurring one, to Ultraviolette has been personal. For years, driving by the Inner Koramangala Inner Ring Road from where I stay to Indiranagar, the Ultraviolette showroom would always catch my eye on the left. I used to constantly wonder about those really cool bikes hanging from cables in the double-ceiling office, intrigued by what kind of bikes they were. Coincidentally, Ultraviolette was founded in the same year that The Ken also started. We've both been in Bangalore, both in a similar part of town, for most of that time. And yet, this was our first time meeting in the ninth year of our respective journeys. As Narayan himself beautifully put it, when you're chasing larger goals, time truly goes by incredibly quickly. We'll delve into what that means for a founder and how they perceive the passage of time when building an organisation from the ground up, because, as Narayan notes, time is the biggest limiting factor for a startup, encompassing money and talent, as founders are always trying to \"buy time\". We explored Ultraviolette's foundational vision, how his engineering education laid a strong foundation, and how it fostered a…","meta_description":"Check out our corporate subscription plan: https://the-ken.com/corporate-teams/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=corporate-subsc…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4558,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/first-principles-5628315/episodes/part-1-ultraviolette-automotive-s-narayan-subramaniam-on-tinkering-designing-and-learning-by-discarding/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/first-principles-5628315/part-1-ultraviolette-automotive-s-narayan-subramaniam-on-tinkering-designing-and-learning-by-discarding.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}