Lenny's Podcast for building product and growth, Acquired for how great companies were built, and 20VC for how investors think; from India, WTF is with Nikhil Kamath for long conversations with founders and investors, The Neon Show for Indian founders on sales, pricing and fundraising, and The Seen and the Unseen for the economics and policy behind the market you sell into. Add Founders by David Senra for lessons from entrepreneurs' biographies, How I Built This for origin stories, and the Prime Venture Partners podcast for Indian SaaS and B2B. eChai's podcast shelf gathers recent episodes from these shows and others, sorted by what they help with. Rule: pick two shows, one about the work in front of you this year and one Indian, and go back through the archive for episodes about your stage instead of listening to whatever is newest.
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Lenny Rachitsky's interviews with product, growth and startup leaders on how they build. The most practical weekly show for founders running product and growth.
On lennysnewsletter.com by Lenny Rachitsky Weekly episodes
Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal tell the full story of one great company per episode, from founding to today.
On acquired.fm by Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal Long episodes
Harry Stebbings interviews venture investors and founders on how deals, rounds and markets work.
On thetwentyminutevc.com by Harry Stebbings Several episodes a week
The Zerodha co-founder picks an industry, then asks the most basic first-principles questions until you understand how it really works. That is a great model for the person who wants to get deep in a fast-changing field, and each episode is a shortcut into a sector you might build in. Use it to find the domain that pulls you in.
On Nikhil Kamath by Nikhil Kamath 60 to 120 min episodes
The Neon Show (formerly 100x Entrepreneur) is one of India's deepest founder-and-investor interview podcasts, covering pricing, SaaS, and go-to-market from operators who've built for both India and global markets. Real, unfiltered lessons for Indian founders.
On neon.fund by Siddhartha Ahluwalia podcast series (200+ episodes)
Amit Varma's long conversations on Indian economics, policy and society, the best background for a founder building in India.
On seenunseen.in by Amit Varma Long episodes
David Senra reads the biographies of entrepreneurs and pulls out what they did and why, one founder per episode.
On founderspodcast.com by David Senra Weekly episodes
Long interviews where founders retrace how they came to their problem, the raw material of a good 'why you.' Listening to a few episodes trains your ear for authentic origin stories versus polished ones. A relaxed way to learn what conviction actually sounds like.
On Apple Podcasts (NPR / Wondery) by Guy Raz ~60 min episodes
Run by the managing partners of Prime Venture Partners (Sanjay Swamy, Amit Somani, Shripati Acharya and others), this is a genuine India early-stage VC podcast where investors talk openly about how they read founders and markets here. It is useful because Indian investors weigh founder-market fit against local realities (buyer behaviour, distribution, capital patterns) that a US essay will not cover. A good listen for hearing 'why you' framed by people writing early cheques in India, not just theorising about it.
On Prime Venture Partners by Prime Venture Partners
EChai's own shelf of recent podcast episodes from the shows founders here listen to, Indian and global, sorted by what they help with.
On echai.ventures by eChai Curated shelf
How founders actually use AI for this, over in Productivity.
