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Hosted by Venkatarangan Thirumalai · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 13 episodes
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Founder Catalyst is a podcast by Venkatarangan Thirumalai, entrepreneur, author, and Generative AI keynote speaker based in Chennai, India.With three decades of experience, he shares grounded perspectives on leadership, strategy, and technology.Episodes draw from his original writing at thefoundercatalyst.com. Some are narrated by him. Others are AI-generated audio summaries. Every idea here is his own.For founders and business leaders navigating uncertainty and deploying AI deliberately.
Venkatarangan Thirumalai hosts Founder Catalyst leadership strategy and AI, a business show with 13 episodes published.
There's no secret to hiring — just a process every company has to build over time. Here's what founders should actually focus on, and why listening after onboarding matters most.
Anuradha Krishnamoorthy co-founded Käse, one of India's early artisan cheese brands, after years spent training and employing people with visual and hearing impairment through her venture CAN DO. In this episode, she tal
Four simple habits every startup founder needs so problems surface early instead of blowing up later — inspired by lessons from the Boeing door incident.
Sales matters, but as a CEO you represent your entire organization — not just your product. Here's a simple habit to bring a holistic view into every customer conversation.
Registering a private limited company feels like the right first step. It looks official. It signals seriousness. But in most early-stage situations, it is one of the most expensive distractions a founder can choose. In
Recorded in June 2026 at The Founder Catalyst studio in Chennai, this episode brings together real fears that eight founders are carrying about AI, and works through each one with practical, grounded answers. I am joined
This may be a one-off incident or the start of the 21st-century AI arms race. But it certainly highlights the need for founders and business leaders to think seriously about local AI models, national data centres and sov
Recently, a founder in India shared what happened when his team deployed AI voice calls at scale. Three lessons jumped out at me that apply to every AI deployment, not just voice. Perfection triggers suspicion. Speed of
Most founders know within the first few days when a new hire is a bad fit. But they wait, hope it resolves itself, and quietly absorb the cost. That is the real mistake. A ridiculously oversized fedora hat made me think
Gen Z is entering the workforce carrying a weight that most of us did not face at their age. Wars, geopolitical friction, tariffs, job displacement from AI, and serious doubts about whether a college degree still means a
Over 92,000 technology jobs have been cut globally in the early months of 2026. Meta, Microsoft, Amazon, and others are restructuring while pouring money into AI infrastructure. Venkatarangan is not surprised by the layo
A Kwality Walls advertisement saying "Made with Milk" turns out to be a surprisingly sharp lens for looking at Indian IT services. In this episode, Venkatarangan draws a parallel between a consumer brand quietly repositi
Pope Leo XIV released a roughly 200-page encyclical on artificial intelligence, with technical input from Christopher Olah, co-founder of Anthropic. The AI industry will not alter its roadmaps because of this. But the pr
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