Sarah Chen-Spellings

Billion Dollar Moves™ with Sarah Chen-Spellings | Global Venture Capital

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Conversations with billionaires, unicorn founders, and the world’s leading funders. Hosted by Sarah Chen-Spellings , a global investor and entrepreneur, Billion Dollar Moves examines how enduring companies — and the capital behind them — are built. Through long-form conversations, the show explores decision-making under uncertainty, capital allocation, and the inflection points that shape category-defining businesses. From early platform backstories to allocator frameworks used across private markets, the focus is on judgment, incentives, and long-term value creation — beyond headlines and hyp...

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Sarah Chen-Spellings

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BONUS: Building a $780M Startup with Jack Smith —offline discussion with the audience 18.06.2021 35:17

“Never build a startup without a technical founder” “Never go to a VC without a well thought out pitch deck” “Never hire people from Craigslist” From breaking all these rules and more, this week's guest, serial entrepreneur and now investor, Jack Smith, somehow turned a terrible idea into a $780M+ exit. This snippet reveals Jack in his rare raw form being brutally honest with the audience on Clubh...

Sold My Startup for $780M: the Good, Bad, Ugly with Jack Smith, Vungle 18.06.2021 40:19

This week we went deep on the growing pains of a startup, from PR nightmares to co-founder breakups, the challenge of shifting from a scarcity to growth mindset, and so much more with Jack Smith, serial entrepreneur & investor. @_jacksmith has co-founded multiple startups: Vungle, Coin, Shyp and advised many others. We talk everything from his startup outgrowing him to his lack of focus getting hi...

Big Tech & The Global Entrepreneurial Revolution with Chris Schroeder 11.06.2021 36:22

This week, we went deep on the Global Entrepreneurial Revolution shaping our future with renowned American investor & entrepreneur, Christopher Schroeder. From the dominance of big tech, to the digital divide to startups rising in the Middle East - we cover it all with Chris. Chris is the co-founder of Next Billion Ventures, a venture capital (VC) fund focused on the next billion digital consumers...

{EXTENDED} Big Tech & The Global Entrepreneurial Revolution with Renowned American Investor, Chris Schroeder 11.06.2021 51:08

[BONUS] Includes the post-show discussion on Clubhouse this week where we went deep on the Global Entrepreneurial Revolution shaping our future with renowned American investor & entrepreneur, Christopher Schroeder. From the dominance of big tech, to the digital divide to startups rising in the Middle East - we cover it all. Chris is the co-founder of Next Billion Ventures, a venture capital (VC) f...

TRAILER: Billion Dollar Moves: Get from underestimated to iconic. 01.06.2021 1:42

Get smarter, get inspired. From the growing pains of a unicorn journey to IPO, scaling a venture capital firm, to building empires in new markets; all of these efforts require vision from the leaders at the helm. Join venture capitalist & strategist, Sarah Chen-Spellings as she asks the hard questions, and learn through the triumphs, failures and hard lessons of the crème de la crème — so you too,...