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executive leadership

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.

Women & Wealth

Tech & Venture Capital

Personal Growth

  • Billion Dollar Moves Episodes, Personal Growth, Startups

Diverse Hires ≠ Diverse Goals
Your Chief Diversity Officer is likely leaving; or they've already left. The CDO tenure at under 2 yrs remains one of the shortest-among all exec roles. Here's why brands are approaching diversity all wrong! #diversity
  • Billion Dollar Moves Episodes, Startups, Venture Capital

Riding the Venture Downcycle: Investing in Southeast Asia with Dmitry Levit, Cento Ventures
This week we are up for a treat as we take a turn to Southeast Asia—we bust some myths about Southeast Asia's VC activity and the narratives driving the expansion seen in the region. The key question: will the momentum survive this downcycle?    You’re tuning into a two-part episode with venture capitalist Dmitry Levit, Russian-born Israeli citizen who is now deemed an expert of investing in SEA having spent more than a decade building his firm Cento Ventures. They typically invest in Series A and lead the round. Notable investments include 2C2P, Pomelo, iPrice and Kaidee, formerly led by Tiwa York who we also had on the show.
  • Billion Dollar Moves Episodes, Personal Growth, Startups

Scaling a $4.2Bn Global Business with Nicole Sahin, G-P
While scaling globally seems often to be part of the 'Billion Dollar Plan', it is hardly as simple as it is thought to be. Nicole Sahin who founded and scaled G-P, a global PEO leader from an idea to over $4Bn in value chats with me in Davos on her thoughts on the future of work, the challenges of globalization and some of her own hard lessons in scaling.
  • Billion Dollar Moves Episodes, Personal Growth, Startups

The Non-Political Leader with Global CEO LEGO, Deloitte
The 'non-political' company leader. In 2020/2021, we saw feathers ruffled when leaders like those from Google Coinbase declared certain "political activism" was a distraction. Employees walked out since of course, in many ways, we're in a generation that have been told to bring "our full selves to work", including our belief systems. But how do we as leaders, manage what feels like a double bind? I ask global leaders, Niels B. Christiansen, CEO of the LEGO Group, Stanley Bergman Chair of Henry Schein, Joseph Ucuzoglu, Global CEO Deloitte to weigh in at #Davos2023 World Economic Forum. Here's what they said, do you agree?
  • Billion Dollar Moves Episodes, Personal Growth

Quiet Quitting, Leading with Clarity with Silvia Wiesner, Former MD, Unilever
PEOPLE LEAVE FOR BAD LEADERS. 'Quiet quitting', demands for the 4-day workweek: what a spoiled generation! Tune in to what Silvia Wiesner (She/Her) former MD at Unilever has to say about the billion-dollar question leaders are asking: "What does the next generation of the workforce want?" And yes, so much more as we give you an inside look of Davos 2023 we just returned from.