Minus One
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.
All Episodes
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.
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.
Selling Pulse to LinkedIn & Scaling Notion Globally | Akshay Kothari
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.
-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 Energy 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.
Inside Early Facebook with Andrew Bosworth: Culture, Ads, and AR Glasses
Facebook's early culture was chaotic, fun, and fueled by a belief that 'you can just do things.' Andrew Bosworth, Meta CTO, joins Aditya Agarwal to revisit that foundational energy. He covers the creation of News Feed, the grit behind the pivot to mobile, and how Meta is tackling long-term hardware innovation for the AR/VR future.
The Man Betting on Institutional Reform | Joe Lonsdale and 8VC
After building companies that made their mark, Joe Lonsdale launched 8VC to tackle institutional decay, backing ambitious startups and encouraging the next generation to build what's missing. Now overseeing $6B+ in assets, he joins Aditya Agarwal to break down where the Valley lost its way, and what real builders must remember.
Building Great Companies, Not Just Good Ones | Mukesh Bansal
What does it take to build great companies? Mukesh Bansal, founder of giants like Myntra and Cure.fit, and now building at the frontier of deep tech with Meraki Labs and Nurix, joins Prateek Mehta in a chat at SPC Bangalore. He shares lessons from his early Silicon Valley “startup MBA”, the pivots that defined his journey, and how culture, trust and health have shaped his approach to building generational companies driven by resilient teams.
Robinhood, Space, and the American Dream | Baiju Bhatt
Baiju Bhatt helped millions learn to invest through Robinhood. He's since taken the leap to aerospace with his new company Aetherflux. Baiju joins Aditya Agarwal to cover what building from first principles looks like the second time around, the true meaning of the American Dream, and how he aims to make space a functional layer of the global energy system.