{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"First Principles","title":"Part 2: Saahil Goel of Shiprocket on wanting a paisa of every Indian transaction outside the marketplaces, who doesn't survive at Shiprocket, and still playing Pink Floyd on a Fender","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3715,"description":"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 Shiprocket on (distribution beats product), the two or three metrics he genuinely obsesses over, his bet on applied AI, why he believes you can't actually manage people, who does and doesn't survive at the company, the guitar he still plays, his dog, and the question Rohin closes every episode with, which Saahil answers with a single number.\n\nChapters\n\n1:02  With hindsight, what he'd do differently\n2:10  “A paisa of every transaction in India”\n5:23  First principles: distribution beats product\n11:32  The metrics he obsesses over\n17:22  Betting on applied AI\n29:33  “You can't manage people”\n31:45  Who doesn't survive at Shiprocket\n42:05  The guitar, Pink Floyd, and Bruno the CHO\n58:28  The book he forgets — and how he reflects\n1:00:50  Rating his life an 8\nThis episode was produced by Rohin Dharmakumar and mixed and mastered by Rajiv CN.\nWrite to us at fp@the-ken.com with your feedback, suggestions, and guests you would want to see on First Principles.\nIf you enjoyed this episode, please help us spread the word by sharing and gifting it to your friends and family.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/ZPjguY9ABfvbemOPTrjXRW3XKosLSKk1tzX-F51gCWw/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS82N2E1/MjUwZmE5M2ZlZTZh/NzFjZjcwNjVlMGQ3/ZjkxOS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}