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Leadership Playbook Episodes

May 8, 2025

Leadership Redefined: Inside the Playbooks of AANHPI Founders and Funders

In this AANHPI Heritage Month special, we go beyond the headlines to uncover the real strategies behind extraordinary leaders who happen to be Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander. From billion-dollar founder...
April 2, 2025

The Power of Diverse Leadership in Driving Billion-Dollar Growth w/ SISTAFUND, Korelya Capital, Xtramile, & Dell Technologies

In this insightful episode, we sit down with industry leaders dive deep into the challenges and opportunities for women in the venture capital realm. From the evolving investment landscape in Europe, strategies for securing f...
March 6, 2025

Women, Wealth, & Innovation: Female Founders and Funders Driving the Future

In today’s world, the conversation around meritocracy and diversity remains more critical than ever. Last November at The Billion Dollar Brew (London Edition) , hosted at RUSI, we tackled these pressing issues head-on with fe...
Feb. 6, 2025

The Billionaire Mindset: Robert Herjavec on Risk, Wealth & Scaling to $1B

From a small Croatian village to building billion-dollar businesses, Robert Herjavec knows what it takes to turn risk into reward. In this special episode, recorded at Biban 2024 and brought to you by Monsha’at, we dive into ...
Dec. 12, 2024

[REPLAY] Rise from Failure: Living Your Purpose w/ Suneel Gupta, Best-Selling Author, Everyday Dharma

As the year comes to a close, it’s the perfect time to reflect on the lessons learned, the challenges faced, and the habits that have shaped our journey. This week, we are revisiting an episode that dives deep into these them...
Guest: Suneel Gupta
Oct. 31, 2024

Unicorns, Legacy, and The Billion-Dollar Boom: Inside Australia’s Venture Revolution

In this episode, we’re thrilled to bring you an inspiring panel discussion from The Billion Dollar Series by Beyond The Billion, in partnership with Dell Technologies. On this global tour to fuel women-led innovation, we dive...
Sept. 26, 2024

Unveiling the Power Shift: Private Wealth’s Impact on Venture Capital

This week, we’re bringing you an exclusive panel discussion from the Arctic15 LP Summit 2024. Moderated by Sarah Chen-Spellings, this conversation dives deep into the evolving venture capital landscape, driven by the influx o...
Sept. 12, 2024

[BITE] $5Bn Supply Chain Giant Building Under the Radar w/ Johanna Småros, RELEX Solutions

This week, we are resurfacing our conversation with Johanna Småros, co-founder of RELEX Solutions, one of Finland's leading unicorns. In our conversation, we delve into the unique path of RELEX Solutions, which was bootstrapp...
Aug. 29, 2024

[REPLAY] Faith, Finance, & Technology w/ Fara Abdullah, Bitsmedia

Muslims are projected to constitute more than 25% of the world's total population this year. To many in the industry, this isn't just a statistic; it represents a vast array of opportunities for the markets. This week, we are...
July 25, 2024

Liquidity Crunch Fuels $100Bn Secondary Market: Here's What You Need To Know

"Secondaries are just deals with a discount?" Think again. In this episode, we explore how the secondary market has surged to a staggering $100 billion in transaction volume, driven by the pressing need for liquidity. Featuri...
July 11, 2024

The Power of Multigenerational Female Leadership w/ Ida Liu, Global Head, Citi Private Bank

This week’s episode comes to you from the Wharton Women in Investing Conference 2024 . On January 26, Wharton Women in Investing held its third annual conference at Convene in New York City. The conference theme was growth an...
Guest: Ida Liu
July 4, 2024

[REPLAY] The Power of Making Big Bets with Dr. Rajiv Shah, Rockefeller

Dr. Raj Shah's journey comprises numerous transformative endeavors, spanning his roles at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, USAID, to his current position as President of the Rockefeller Foundation. In his publication, "...
Guest: Dr Rajiv Shah
June 27, 2024

Beyond ChatGPT: AI Insights and Impact w/ OpenAI, Google DeepMind, and Trill Impact

This week’s episode is fresh out of the oven! The Family Office Alliance Stockholm Symposium took place about a week ago. In one of the panels titled "Purposeful Investing in AI," Sarah Chen-Spellings moderated a discussion o...
June 6, 2024

Funding Founders Forward: Fueling Women-Led Innovation

Let’s make things tangible - how do we challenge the status quo with actions? Beyond The Billion returned to Austin earlier this year in partnership with Dell Technologies, Dell Women’s Entrepreneur Network, Dell For Startups...
April 18, 2024

LP Panel: Deployment in Private Equity w/ Tomi Viia, OP Financial Group & Marko Hara, Decile Capital

Revisiting a clip from the LP Summit co-hosted by Beyond the Billion and Arctic15 in Helsinki in 2023, we have curated this brief but insightful episode for GPs, LPs, or even founders. This week’s guests are two European LP v...
Guests: Tomi Viia , Marko Hara