Kunal Shah on winning in India, second-order thinking, the philosophy of startups, and more

Microsoft, Adobe, Alphabet, IBM, Pell Alto Networks, even Starbucks. The CEOs of these companies were all born in India and emigrated to the US. A lot of CEOs have done well because they follow the Dharma of the founders quite well. These are the principles were given to me, and I'm gonna sustain this and make it even bigger. I wanna keep talking about India and how it's different and how to build products that are successful in India. No Indian has ever been paid an hourly salary in their entire life. The concept of time is not the same. What do you see as the biggest opportunity for Indian startups? India is changing because now for the first time we're seeing founders being respected and unicorns being celebrated. We have a national startup day and probably the first generation that'll have to prove ourselves to be very large profitable companies. I wouldn't want to be anywhere else in building. Today my guest is Kunal Shah.

Kunal is one of the most well known and respected entrepreneurs and product leaders in India and around the world. He shared endless wisdom on Twitter and LinkedIn. Where he's got over one million followers. He's the CEO and founder of Cred. A fintech startup based in India.

Which was last valued at over$6 billion, and as of a couple years ago processed over 20% of all credit card bill payments in India. Prior to Cred, he founded three other startups, including FreeCharge, which he sold for over$400 million to Snapdeal. Gunal is a deep thinker, both about product and about life. His background is actually in philosophy, which comes across very clearly when you hear him share his advice. In our conversation, we get deep.

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