First Principles

Razorpay CEO Harshil Mathur talks about deliberate culture, building to a need, and the principles of product development

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Oct 20, 2022
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1
Introduction
00:00 • 2min
2
Razorpay - A Money Movement Company?
02:20 • 4min
3
How Do We Manage Recurring Subscriptions in India?
06:10 • 3min
4
Razer Pay - How Much Venture Capital Do You Have?
08:56 • 3min
5
Razor Pay - Your Family History and How Did You Get Into Entrepreneurship?
11:38 • 5min
6
Your First Job Was With Schlumberger
16:10 • 2min
7
How Did You and Shashank Start Razor Pay?
18:25 • 6min
8
How to Build a Social Crowdfunding Platform
24:05 • 4min
9
Y Combinator and Squid Dong
27:38 • 4min
10
Is It a Shank to Leave Your Job and Come Down?
31:45 • 1min
11
Product Velocity and Product Penetration
33:13 • 5min
12
Is There a Product That Has Failt?
37:50 • 2min
13
Fintech - When to Sunset a Product or to Stop Working on It?
40:14 • 3min
14
The Emotional Side of Building a Product
43:43 • 2min
15
The Worst Part of Selling to Education Institutes
45:47 • 2min
16
The YC Philosophy of Build Something People Want
48:03 • 2min
17
What Drives and Motivates You on a Daily Basis?
49:35 • 5min
18
The Five People That You Spend Most Time With Are All Working at Razor Pay
54:48 • 2min
19
The Importance of Culture and Razor Paste
56:20 • 5min
20
Do You Believe in Codifying or Is This More Fluid and Organic That Culture Is Important?
01:01:06 • 2min
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Are There Any Great Open-Ended Questions That You Ask People to Assess
01:03:18 • 2min
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How Many Investors Did You Pitch to Before You Got Your First Investor?
01:04:57 • 2min
23
Don't Build Your Business for Fundraising
01:07:10 • 4min
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What Are Your Most Critical Meetings Every Week?
01:11:11 • 2min
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The Biggest Value I Add to the Company
01:13:01 • 2min
26
How Do You Track Your Customer Satisfaction?
01:15:02 • 2min
27
How to Get Back on Track With Your NPS Core
01:17:29 • 2min
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What Are Some of the Adjectives That Your Colleagues Would Use to Describe You
01:19:14 • 2min
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How Do You Manage to Avoid the Sunk Cost Bias?
01:21:16 • 3min
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What's Your Most Reliable Method to Give You Feedback
01:24:30 • 2min
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How Do You Feel When Someone Asks You for Feedback?
01:26:13 • 2min
32
What Focus Mode Looks Like for You
01:28:02 • 2min
33
How Happy Are You With Life?
01:30:11 • 3min