Jul 27, 2026 — 1 · Summary Part 2 of 2. Part 1 laid out the bet: a fund built only for Indian consumer brands, back when the idea sounded absurd, and the anti-power-law machine Kanwal Singh built to make it work. This half is the person. The near-decade at Hindustan...
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Jul 20, 2026 — 1 · Summary Part 1 of 2. Kanwal Singh is the first venture capitalist to appear on First Principles, and the reason is the bet he made with the fund itself. In 2017, at the peak of the tech boom, he walked away from tech investing to raise a fund only...
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Jul 13, 2026 — Part 2 of 2. In Part 1 we walked the road from 2011 — three companies, an investor ultimatum, and the capital it took to build. Part 2 is the mind. Saahil Goel starts with what, given hindsight, he'd do differently, then the first principles he runs...
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Jul 08, 2026 — What if everything you think you know about addiction recovery is missing the most important piece? Russell Brand got arrested 11 times before age 30, but it wasn't rehab or willpower that finally saved him. In this episode, Adrian Wells breaks down...
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Jul 08, 2026 — What if the color of your bedroom walls is secretly sabotaging your sleep every single night? In this episode, Adrian Wells breaks down the fascinating psychological research showing how your name, location, and surroundings create invisible forces...
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