The Most Underrated Unicorn Founder In Silicon Valley | Tuhin Srivastava
SPC alum Tuhin Srivastava sits down with Aditya Agarwal to break down how a failed four-year startup, plus early chapters in finance and biotech, shaped the way he is scaling Baseten into one of the fastest-growing AI infrastructure companies today.His approach is simple: kill what doesn’t work, don’t scale before you’re ready, and stop pretending you can see past three months in AI. Apply to SPC membership -https://airtable.com/appxDXHfPCZvb75qk/pagIZspLSFX7QrXcn/formConnect with us here:1. Tuhin Srivastava- https://www.linkedin.com/in/tuhin-srivastava/2. Aditya Agarwal- https://www.linkedin.com/in/adityaagarwal3/3. South Park Commons- https://www.linkedin.com/company/southparkcommons/00:00 Trailer00:56 Introduction01:28 Insights from Cricket to Startups03:30 Career Journey: From Finance to Tech08:16 Navigating the Startup Ecosystem22:48 Embracing Change and Customer Focus25:38 Unique Company Philosophies30:14 Compensation and Team Dynamics39:29 Cricket Predictions
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Scaling India's Payments: How PhonePe Built for 500-Million+ Users
Rahul Chari is a leader in India’s tech evolution, from building Flipkart’s foundations, to architecting PhonePe’s planet-scale platform. Simply put, there are very few people in a country of over a billion, who have not used what he built. In this episode of Minus One, he reflects on forming lasting partnerships, building for the future, and building to last. Connect with us here:1. Prateek Mehta- https://www.linkedin.com/in/prateek-mehta-a571972/2. South Park Commons- https://www.linkedin.com/company/southparkcommons/
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Scaling a Founder-First Community | Ruchi Sanghvi & Aditya Agarwal
After years of operating at scale at companies like Facebook and Dropbox, Ruchi Sanghvi, founding partner of South Park Commons, and Aditya Agarwal, General Partner, turn the mic on each other to revisit the early days that grew this community to over 1,000 founders and technologists.They reflect on what it takes to build something enduring together, and why the best ideas rarely emerge from comfort.Apply to SPC membership- https://airtable.com/appxDXHfPCZvb75qk/pagIZspLSFX7QrXcn/formConnect with us here:1. Ruchi Sanghvi- https://www.linkedin.com/in/rsanghvi/2. Aditya Agarwal- https://www.linkedin.com/in/adityaagarwal3/3. South Park Commons- https://www.linkedin.com/company/southparkcommons/(00:00) Trailer(01:15) The Journey of Founding SPC(05:33) The Importance of Constructive Conflict(15:51) Scaling and Leadership Insights(28:39) Embracing the Learning Journey(29:43) The Power of Storytelling in Startups(33:19) Balancing Optimism and Realism(49:13) Navigating the Complexities of Markets
Akshay Kothari has built tools that transform the everyday by making technology feel effortless, like Pulse and Notion.He joins Aditya Agarwal to share the counterintuitive lessons behind enduring products, why selling can sometimes be the braver choice, and how constraints often spark lasting creativity. Apply to SPC membership - https://airtable.com/appxDXHfPCZvb75qk/pagIZspLSFX7QrXcn/formConnect with us here:1. Akshay Kothari- https://www.linkedin.com/in/akothari/2. Aditya Agarwal- https://www.linkedin.com/in/adityaagarwal3/3. South Park Commons- https://www.linkedin.com/company/southparkcommons/00:00 Trailer01:02 Welcome to the Minus One Podcast01:49 Navigating the Early Days of Pulse06:59 The Silicon Valley Influence and Ambition21:07 The LinkedIn Journey and Its Impact22:39 Balancing Patience and Urgency in Silicon Valley25:25 The Vision and Early Days of Notion36:46 Personal Reflections and Philosophies
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-1 to Extreme Conviction in India’s EV Market | Tarun Mehta & Ather Energy
Tarun Mehta, co-founder and CEO of Ather Energy, joins Prateek Mehta, to unpack how Ather lived the “minus one” philosophy. By taking risks, locking in on what they truly wanted to build for the next 10 years, and then proceeding to just doing it - with India’s first smart electric scooter.Connect with us here:1. Tarun Mehta- https://www.linkedin.com/in/tarunsmehta/2. Prateek Mehta- https://www.linkedin.com/in/prateek-mehta-a571972/3. South Park Commons- https://www.linkedin.com/company/southparkcommons/
A show about the winding journeys the world's most interesting people take to becoming great—and what they do when figuring out a question we all face: What's Next? Because before you launch at Zero, you have to figure out what to launch at Minus One. Hosted by South Park Commons Partner Aditya Agarwal and members of the SPC community.
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