Episodes
Jan. 27, 2023
"To Fail in Such A Public Way"—The Cost of Influence & Billion Dollar Ambitions with Vivy Yusof, FV Group
Social media platforms and creator-focused startups haven’t looked too hot coming into 2023, with companies like Meta, Snapchat waging of layoffs along with the rest of the tech industry. BUT the creator and influencer econo…
Jan. 16, 2023
Diverse Hires ≠ Diverse Goals: MLK Special with Sonia Thompson
Data shows that building with diversity in mind just makes business sense.
Yet, we’ve not moved the dial nearly enough: bringing it to our investment world, as of Sep 2021 according to Knight Research only 1.4% of US AUM …
Jan. 12, 2023
Meta's Global Head of Social Marketing, Eric Toda on Building World-Class Brands & Rising with Authenticity
Phil Knight, the founder of Nike famously said “ Nike is a marketing company, and our product is our most important marketing tool.” But what does it take to build a world-class brand, and rise above the noise? I dive deep w…
Jan. 5, 2023
Becoming the CEO Your Company Actually Needs to Scale & The Future of Virtual Kitchens with Kim Yao, CloudEats
We've heard a lot about scaling tactics for businesses, but have we paused to think about what it takes to scale ourselves as leaders at the helm? In this episode, Kim Yao, shares with us about how each chapter of her compan…
Dec. 29, 2022
Reinventing Your Career at Every Age & Building a Top Performing Corporate VC with Paul Ark, Former MD, Digital Ventures, Siam Commercial Bank
In this episode, Paul Ark shares how "when you take that big leap of faith, what's waiting for you on the other side is not necessarily a bad thing".
From investment banker with global banks Deutsche Bank and Citigroup in…
Dec. 19, 2022
Turning Fear into Power: with Exiled Iranian Singer, Gola
What if at the edge of your deepest fear lays your greatest potential?
Exiled from the only place she knew to be home, Iranian singer, Gola (Golazin) shares her story on how her first hand experiences of life under the op…
Dec. 9, 2022
Playing to Your Unique Advantage & Rising from Insecurity: Episode Recap (Lu Zhang)
ICYMI: Lu Zhang Episode Recap
Dec. 2, 2022
Rising from Insecurity: Material Scientist to Unicorn Backer Lu Zhang, Founding Partner, Fusion Fund
Despite Lu Zhang’s accelerated path from researcher to founder to investor — by age 30 —she still reveals how she feels like a failure everyday! This episode is one you’d want to tune into.
👊🏻 3 THINGS YOU’LL LE…
Nov. 25, 2022
Outgrowing Your Dreams & Not Every Check is Made Equal: November Recap
ICYMI: November Recap
Due to popular request since many of my episodes are a little bit long, this season, I’ll be serving up recaps at the end of each month. It features my quick thoughts on the top 3 things that left an…
Nov. 17, 2022
Reluctant CEO to Managing Director of $1.2 Bn Fund, Gobi Partners: The Power of Trust & The LP View of VC Funds
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 …
Nov. 10, 2022
Building through Startup Chaos with Tiwa York, Kaidee (Thailand's leading C2C marketplace)
Tiwa York was brought in by the likes of Naspers and Tencent to clean up their e-commerce portfolio in Thailand; which resulted in the birth of Kaidee, Thailand`s largest C2C marketplace, at its peak serving over 35M users w…
Nov. 3, 2022
The Exit: Decoupling My Identity from My Startup with Rana el Kaliouby, Founder, Affectiva & Emotional AI Pioneer
“I felt a lot of guilt, I felt like I was giving in, selling out on my baby; because Affectiva is like my baby”
And we are back with a bang! The first episode of Season 2 features a deep dive into the ethics of AI, findin…
Dec. 3, 2021
Billion Dollar Breakdown Pakistan: Valuations, Copycats or Innovators, Exits with i2i Ventures
In today's Billion Dollar Moves Breakdown, we bust some myths on the startup and venture capital landscape with i2i Ventures General Partners, Misbah Naqvi and Kalsoom Lakhani.
Nov. 26, 2021
Mental Health & the Cost of Winning with Susie Rodgers MBE, British Swimmer & Paralympics Gold Medalist
This week we dive deep (pun intended) with Paralympics Gold Medalist Susie Rodgers on winning, mental health, reinventing yourself and so much more.
Oct. 8, 2021
Fortune 500 C-Suite to Startup: What It Really Takes with John Brisco, Coherent
This week, we dive deep with John Brisco, CEO and Co-Founder of Coherent, Hong-Kong grown insurtech startup on a mission to to build next-in-class technology platforms and data intelligence engines to help insurers and their…
Oct. 1, 2021
Family Offices & VC, Ownership of Your Own Career with Field Pickering, Vulpes
The family office was initially created to look after the wealth of ultra high net worth families. But today, the modern-day family office does far more than that and is in fact, acting a whole lot more like a venture invest…
Sept. 24, 2021
Making Relationships Work: Kamarul Muhamed & Azita Azizan, Aerodyne Group
In a never-before like interview, we dive deep into the business of drones with the Malaysian power couple Kamarul A Muhamed and Azita Azizan who founded Aerodyne group, which is set to be the global leading provider of dron…
Sept. 17, 2021
Executing On Your Purpose with Arturo Elizondo, Founder, EVERY
From the rise of Impossible Foods to McDonalds announcing their McPlant menu, plant-based food has undeniably taken the market by storm. Beyond the mainstreaming of veganism, fast-forward to 2021, a global crisis and global …
Sept. 10, 2021
Indonesia's Startup Ecosystem with Shinta Dhanuwardoyo, Angel Investor & Founder, Bubu
Indonesia’s startups have been making headlines in the last few years, including most recently the news that online mall Bukalapak is set to raise $1.5 billion in the country’s largest-ever initial public offering - setting …
Sept. 3, 2021
Billion Dollar Breakdown Emerging Markets: SuperApps, SPACs, Multi-Billion Showdowns with Mikal Khoso, Wavemaker Partners
In today's Billion Dollar Moves Breakdown, we bust some myths on the emerging markets and venture capital with THE emerging markets analyst, Mikal Khoso, VC at Wavemaker Partners, a cross border venture capital firm dual hea…
Aug. 27, 2021
Never Too Late To Startup: Building Insurtech with Rosaline Koo, CXA Group
We love rooting for the underdog- but what does it really take to rise despite the odds, as THE underdog? Rosaline Koo founded CXA Group from her living room in 2013 after a storied career with multinationals, with ambitions…
Aug. 20, 2021
Learning Or Earning & Beyond Series A: Asian Startups on Overdrive with Rajive Keshup, Cathay Innovation
This week, we dive deep with Rajive Keshup in Singapore, Investment Director at Cathay Innovation, an early and growth stage venture capital firm with $1.5B AUM across San Francisco, Paris, Shanghai and Singapore, and closel…
Aug. 13, 2021
Leaning into Your Voice with Walgreens' SVP, ESG & Chief DEI Officer Alethia Jackson
This week, we make a trip to The Hill with America’s Top Lobbyist, Alethia Jackson making some #BillionDollarMoves! We unpack what it means to lead with your voice, the complex healthcare landscape and how to build partners…
Aug. 6, 2021
Enterprise is Eating The World with Cathy Gao, Sapphire Ventures
Enterprise technology companies attracted $30 billion in funding, outpacing their consumer-tech peers (by a third) for the first time in five years. This trend reflects a deeper evolution at play, at the intersection of soft…