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From the real-world impact of AI and the rise of operator-investors, to the growing influence of women and underestimated founders in the funding landscape. Sarah breaks down what’s happening beyond Silicon Valley, explore how capital and media now move together, and spotlight the billion-dollar ideas driving the next wave of innovation.
- Billion Dollar Moves Episodes, Personal Growth, Startups, Venture Capital
Rising Through Insecurity: Material Scientist turned Unicorn Backer, Lu Zhang
From reluctant CEO, to seeding and scaling the original generation of venture capital funds in Malaysia as a limited partner investor as MAVCAP’s 4th CEO, to Managing Director of $1.2 Billion Pan-Asian VC fund, Jamal Bujang covers it all from how he took different leaps in his career, to how new venture capital funds can actually succeed with trust at the center of partnership, to the potential of Malaysia as the country heads into elections.
- Personal Growth
8 Technology Trends for Innovative Leaders In A Post-Pandemic World
From mRNA vaccines stemming from tech considered “fringe” not too long ago, to automation, data— this is a great time to amplify human talent & insight. 8 #YGLs share how they will leverage tech trends to become better leaders in 2022.
- Billion Dollar Moves Episodes, Personal Growth
Never Too Late to Startup, Compound Interest
Love him or hate him, Naval who built AngelList has mastered the art of succinct thought-provoking tweets.
"So, compound interest is a marvelous force, where if you start out with 1x what you have, and then if you increase 20% a year for 30 years, it’s not that you got 30 years times 20% added on. It was compounding, so it just grew, and grew, and grew until you suddenly got a massive amount of whatever it is. Whether it’s goodwill, or love, or relationships, or money. So, I think compound interest is a very important force.
You have to be able to play a long-term game."
- Personal Growth
Finding Greenlights in Life
I've been digging into famous actor, Matthew McConaughey’s recent audio version of his book Greenlights this long weekend.
I never thought so deeply about what a 'greenlight' meant until tuning into Matthew's apt description—just like how'd you react when the traffic lights turn green, a sign for 'go', the perfect timing where you need to accelerate forward, or potentially miss your chance.
Here are some of my favorite quotes from the book:
We cannot fully appreciate the light without the shadows. We have to be thrown off balance to find our footing. It’s better to jump than fall. And here I am.
If we stay and process within ourselves, in the joy of the doing, we will never choke at the finish line. Why? Because we're not thinking of the finish line. We're not looking at the clock. We’re not watching ourselves on the Jumbotron performing. We are performing in real time where the approach is the destination.
- Billion Dollar Moves Episodes, Personal Growth
Corporate America & The Healthcare Battle of Our Generation
More than ever, the spotlight of the world is focused on the healthcare industry:
Never before have we seen the speed of medical and technology innovation, as well as advanced service delivery.
Yet, while today is a time of growth, it is also a time of growing pains: from rising customer expectations on quality of care to privacy concerns with digitization, to the disparities on access. The kimono is wide open on the healthcare battle of our generation. Alethia is VP of Federal Relations & Head of Advocacy for Walgreens, one of the largest drugstore chains in the U.S., with more than 9,000 stores touching the lives of more than 8 million customers in our stores and online.
- Billion Dollar Moves Episodes, Personal Growth
HOW TO LEAD DISTRIBUTED TEAMS IN 2021 AND THE FUTURE OF WORK
Culture eats strategy any day—and yet, in this time of a pandemic, where teams are distributed, what does it take to really build a culture that sustains? Slack's Brian Elliott weighs in.
- Billion Dollar Moves Episodes, Personal Growth
OVERCOMING ADVERSITY WITH FIRST FEMALE NFL COACH, DR. JEN WELTER
Southeast Asia's ride hailing giant, Grab is set to go public through the world's largest SPAC merger, valuing the company at close to $40Bn. Fresh off the announcement, in this episode, we talk about the rise of startups in Southeast Asia, with over 650 million internet users, more than America and Europe combined. Southeast Asia is arguably the most exciting region in the world right now to create disruptive tech companies with more dry powder, higher valuations, the rise of unicorns and imminent exits fueled further by large corporates.