#042
Building a Billion-Dollar Company from Zero
Sarah Chen — Founder & CEO, Nexus Ventures
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From bootstrapping in a garage to leading a $2B enterprise — the real story behind the headlines.
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Every week, I sit down with Arizona's most ambitious founders doing seven to nine figures, operators who've scaled through chaos, and investors who are betting big on the Southwest's future.
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