Kian Konrad Tajbakhsh

First Principle Thinking

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First Principle Thinking is a podcast that challenges assumptions and breaks ideas down to their raw truth. Hosted by Kian Konrad Tajbakhsh, founder of Exlumina, each episode explores how innovators, founders, and creators think from the ground up, without copying, without guessing, and without limits. From startups and technology to mindset and life, this is where real thinking happens, not by analogy but by truth.

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Kian Konrad Tajbakhsh

Episodes

From £0 to Global Deals: Deniz Oz on Law, Power & Business 11.04.2026 47:50

This episode of First Principle Thinking features Deniz Oz — serial entrepreneur, corporate lawyer, and private equity expert — breaking down how he went from having no money in England to operating at the highest levels of business. He shares how he built businesses from scratch, why law became a strategic tool after a failed partnership, and how real deals happen through trust, relationships, an...

How Paul Louis Kiesow Built HYTRA from Scratch and Raised €10M from Qatar | First Principle Thinking Ep. 03 23.10.2025 27:13

In Episode 03 of First Principle Thinking , I sit down with Paul Louis Kiesow , founder and CEO of HYTRA , to talk about how he turned a vision for sustainable hydrogen logistics into a global company backed by €10 million in funding from Qatar. We explore his journey from idea to execution, how he met his co-founder, the challenges of building in deep tech, and what he learned along the way. Paul...

Food of the Future: yFood, Lab-Grown Meat and Mycelium Meals | First Principle Thinking Ep. 2 17.10.2025 28:58

In this episode of First Principle Thinking, Kian and Bastian explore what the food of the future might look like, from lab-grown meat by companies like Good Meat to mycelium-based protein grown from fungi and complete meal replacements like yFood that turn nutrition into liquid form. They discuss how cloning technology could redefine farming, how synthetic foods might solve global hunger, and whe...

First Principle Thinking: Building from the Ground Up | Episode 1 10.10.2025 30:03

In this first episode of First Principle Thinking , host Kian Konrad Tajbakhsh and co-host Bastian Volle dive deep into the mindset behind innovation — from OpenAI’s newest features like Pulse to the breakthroughs of Neuralink and SpaceX. They connect these stories to their own journey as founders, sharing how they started, what shocked them most, and how First Principle Thinking shaped their way...