Billion Dollar Moves™ with Sarah Chen-Spellings | Global Venture Capital
Sarah Chen-Spellings
159 episodes
3 weeks ago
Lead, build, and invest better.
Join us as we hit the streets globally to uncover billion dollar ventures of unicorn founders & funders.
In venture, every move can make—or break—a billion-dollar outcome.
Hosted by Sarah Chen-Spellings, award-winning entrepreneur, investor, and venture insider, Billion Dollar Moves pulls back the curtain on the strategies, stumbles, and breakout moments that define the world’s most iconic companies.
From boardroom power plays to investor backchannels, you’ll hear the untold stories behind iconic companies like YouTube, Canva, and Vimeo, and go inside the minds of those moving capital at firms like Sequoia, Lightspeed, and beyond.
Whether you're chasing your first $10M—or your next billion—this show is your front-row seat to how the smartest founders and funders win. Think raw, unfiltered, no-BS insight—designed to help you move faster, smarter, and bolder.
Billion Dollar Moves is proud to be part of the Hubspot Podcast Network with 10 million downloads a month as a group.
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Lead, build, and invest better.
Join us as we hit the streets globally to uncover billion dollar ventures of unicorn founders & funders.
In venture, every move can make—or break—a billion-dollar outcome.
Hosted by Sarah Chen-Spellings, award-winning entrepreneur, investor, and venture insider, Billion Dollar Moves pulls back the curtain on the strategies, stumbles, and breakout moments that define the world’s most iconic companies.
From boardroom power plays to investor backchannels, you’ll hear the untold stories behind iconic companies like YouTube, Canva, and Vimeo, and go inside the minds of those moving capital at firms like Sequoia, Lightspeed, and beyond.
Whether you're chasing your first $10M—or your next billion—this show is your front-row seat to how the smartest founders and funders win. Think raw, unfiltered, no-BS insight—designed to help you move faster, smarter, and bolder.
Billion Dollar Moves is proud to be part of the Hubspot Podcast Network with 10 million downloads a month as a group.
[REPLAY] Melinda French Gates $1Bn for Women | Erin Harkless Moore, Pivotal Ventures
Billion Dollar Moves™ with Sarah Chen-Spellings | Global Venture Capital
41 minutes
1 month ago
[REPLAY] Melinda French Gates $1Bn for Women | Erin Harkless Moore, Pivotal Ventures
Named one of Forbes’ Most Powerful Women, Melinda French Gates needs no introduction. Over the last twenty years through her work at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, one thing has become clear to her: If you want to lift a society up, you must invest in women.
This week's replay featured Erin Harkless Moore, Senior Director of Investment for Pivotal Ventures, a Melinda French Gates company created to do exactly that. To accelerate social progress in the U.S by investing in women’s power and influence. As a member of Pivotal’s Executive Leadership Team, Erin leads the organization’s fund, and direct investment decisions, overseeing a diverse portfolio of investments that drive breakthrough innovations and drive impact for people in the US.
With nearly 20 years of investment experience, building customized portfolios for endowed institutions and family offices, serving most recently as Managing Director at Cambridge Associates, we talk about everything from challenging the status quo to her investment strategy. You don’t want to miss this!
TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 - Intro
02:04 - Erin's career, passion, profit, purpose
05:53 - The premium of 'track record'
07:58 - Investment in diversity initiatives under attack
10:53 - Where does the resistance come from?
12:30 - The role of consultants
16:01 - Melinda French Gates' point of impact
18:20 - Investing in women is not charity
24:24 - Getting to a 'yes' as an LP
30:22 - Cracking the patterns of history
Pivotal Ventures | A Melinda French Gates Company
Investing | Pivotal Ventures
Breaking With Tradition | Pitchbook
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Billion Dollar Moves™ with Sarah Chen-Spellings | Global Venture Capital
Lead, build, and invest better.
Join us as we hit the streets globally to uncover billion dollar ventures of unicorn founders & funders.
In venture, every move can make—or break—a billion-dollar outcome.
Hosted by Sarah Chen-Spellings, award-winning entrepreneur, investor, and venture insider, Billion Dollar Moves pulls back the curtain on the strategies, stumbles, and breakout moments that define the world’s most iconic companies.
From boardroom power plays to investor backchannels, you’ll hear the untold stories behind iconic companies like YouTube, Canva, and Vimeo, and go inside the minds of those moving capital at firms like Sequoia, Lightspeed, and beyond.
Whether you're chasing your first $10M—or your next billion—this show is your front-row seat to how the smartest founders and funders win. Think raw, unfiltered, no-BS insight—designed to help you move faster, smarter, and bolder.
Billion Dollar Moves is proud to be part of the Hubspot Podcast Network with 10 million downloads a month as a group.
