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What really goes on behind the scenes of a $6.7 billion deal? This week on Tiger Sisters, we're joined by Amy Burroughs, the biotech executive who led Terns Pharmaceuticals through its $6.7 billion acquisition by Merck, following a more than 15x increase in the company's market cap during her tenure as CEO.

Amy takes us inside the negotiations and strategic decisions behind the deal, while also reflecting on her unconventional career journey.

Tune in for lessons on:

✅ Why the power to walk away can be your greatest advantage in any negotiation

✅ How to identify your competitive advantage and make tough strategic decisions

✅ How to build your own "Personal Board of Directors" of trusted advisors

✅ The difference between mentors and sponsors, and why you need both

00:00 - Episode Intro

00:54 - Introducing Amy Burroughs

02:00 - The ups and downs of Amy’s nonlinear career path

06:08 - Hiring for potential, not just experience

06:55 - Doing well by doing good

09:51 - Working in Executive Search to become a better CEO

16:40 - Taking over Terns after the previous CEO's passing

27:40 - Inside the $6.7 billion deal

29:18 - How raising $750 million gave Terns the power to walk away

30:30 - An unexpected phone call

39:00 - Managing the pressure of a multibillion-dollar deal

43:40 - Being a CEO doesn’t have to be a lonely job

45:35 - How to build your own personal board of directors

50:46 - The difference between mentors and sponsors

56:40 - Why your career is a marathon, not a sprint

59:30 - Choosing a life partner is one of your biggest career decisions

1:00:40 - What’s next for Amy

1:01:50 - Closing thoughts

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Why trust us?

▫️ Cherie Brooke Luo — 100M+ views demystifying tech, finance & MBAs

▫️ Jean Luo — ex-Goldman Sachs, ex-Snapchat exec, 50+ AI patents, startup investor

▫️ Together: 4 Ivy League degrees • built billion-dollar products • two startups — decoded for you

What you’ll get (and keep):

▫️ 🚀 Ivy League cheat sheets — no $250K tuition

▫️ Personal finance playbooks (salary, investing, negotiation)

▫️ Networking scripts behind $100M+ deals & job offers

▫️ Real conversations with CEOs, operators & investors

▫️ Mindset resets — clarity without the pricey coach

▫️ Systems for career, money, and long-term growth

💛 LET’S CONNECT

~ CHERIE ~

Instagram — /cherie.brooke

TikTok — /cherie.brooke

Substack — cherieluo.substack.com

LinkedIn — /cherie-luo

~ JEAN ~

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What if some of the most valuable friendships in your life could be with people decades older (or younger) than you? In Part 3 of our friendship series, we’re diving into intergenerational friendships and discussing why having friends of all ages can expand the way you think about what’s possible for your life.

Tune in for lessons on:

✅ Why friendships across generations can make our lives richer

✅ What younger and older generations can teach each other

✅ How intergenerational friendships can naturally evolve into mentorship

✅ Why curiosity is one of the best ways to build relationships with people different from you

✅ Our exercise for auditing your inner circle & becoming intentional about your friendships

If you’re looking to expand your circle, learn from people outside your generation, or simply become more intentional about who you surround yourself with, this episode is for you.

00:00: Cold open

01:12: Why you need friends of all ages

02:03: The benefits of intergenerational friendships

03:45: What older generations can teach us

06:17: What Gen Z & Gen Alpha are teaching us

12:43: How different generations communicate

14:08: Turning age-gap connections Into real friendships

16:50: Learning from women in different life stages

23:10: Why your friends shouldn’t all be your age

23:40: How intergenerational friendships can help your career

25:42: The power of being curious about people

26:40: Why older friends can change how you see your future

27:27: Mini Exercise: Audit Your Inner Circle

28:10: Closing thoughts

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Why trust us?

▫️ Cherie Brooke Luo — 100M+ views demystifying tech, finance & MBAs

▫️ Jean Luo — ex-Goldman Sachs, ex-Snapchat exec, 50+ AI patents, startup investor

▫️ Together: 4 Ivy League degrees • built billion-dollar products • two startups — decoded for you

What you’ll get (and keep):

▫️ 🚀 Ivy League cheat sheets — no $250K tuition

▫️ Personal finance playbooks (salary, investing, negotiation)

▫️ Networking scripts behind $100M+ deals & job offers

▫️ Real conversations with CEOs, operators & investors

▫️ Mindset resets — clarity without the pricey coach

▫️ Systems for career, money, and long-term growth

💛 LET’S CONNECT

~ CHERIE ~

Instagram — /cherie.brooke

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Substack — cherieluo.substack.com

LinkedIn — /cherie-luo

~ JEAN ~

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LinkedIn — /jeanluo

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How much does your environment shape your success, and can putting yourself in the right rooms change what you believe is possible for your future? This week, we're coming to you from Khanference in Dallas, surrounded by some of the world's most influential founders, CEOs, investors, and leaders. Inspired by the conversations happening around us, we're exploring the power of proximity and how exposure to different people, environments, and opportunities can open doors you didn't even know existed.

Tune in for lessons on:

✅ What a Harvard study reveals about friendships and economic mobility

✅ How our school district exposed us to opportunities we didn't know existed

✅ Why who you work with can matter more than your job title or salary

✅ How to absorb the habits and perspectives of people you admire

✅ Why being the least knowledgeable person in the room can actually be an advantage

✅ Leading with generosity and building lasting relationships

Whether you're looking to advance your career, expand your perspective, or create new opportunities for yourself, this episode is a reminder that the people you surround yourself with can dramatically shape how you envision what’s possible for your future.

00:00 - Episode Intro

01:12 - The importance of proximity

01:45 - How being in the right rooms expands your perspective

05:37 - What Harvard research reveals about economic mobility

08:35 - How our school district shaped our future

11:40 - The opportunities that come from exposure

14:50 - How friendships introduce us to different worlds

20:43 - Why who you work with matters more than your job title

21:35 - Surrounding yourself with people who inspire you

25:11 - Why you should be the least knowledgeable person in the room

26:20 - Learning through osmosis

28:50 - Leading with generosity and building lasting relationships

35:40 - Cherie’s mentor and the importance of mentorship

39:20 - Free-maxxing learning opportunities

40:00 - Wrap up and closing thoughts

🐯👯‍♀️ We’re the Tiger Sisters — your Wall Street & Silicon Valley big sisters Decoding Money • Power • Love

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Why trust us?

▫️ Cherie Brooke Luo — 100M+ views demystifying tech, finance & MBAs

▫️ Jean Luo — ex-Goldman Sachs, ex-Snapchat exec, 50+ AI patents, startup investor

▫️ Together: 4 Ivy League degrees • built billion-dollar products • two startups — decoded for you

What you’ll get (and keep):

▫️ 🚀 Ivy League cheat sheets — no $250K tuition

▫️ Personal finance playbooks (salary, investing, negotiation)

▫️ Networking scripts behind $100M+ deals & job offers

▫️ Real conversations with CEOs, operators & investors

▫️ Mindset resets — clarity without the pricey coach

▫️ Systems for career, money, and long-term growth

💛 LET’S CONNECT

~ CHERIE ~

Instagram — /cherie.brooke

TikTok — /cherie.brooke

Substack — cherieluo.substack.com

LinkedIn — /cherie-luo

~ JEAN ~

Instagram — /jeanluo_

LinkedIn — /jeanluo

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How do you know when a friendship is worth repairing, when it’s time to let go, and how to actually move forward once it does end? In Part 2 of our friendship series, we’re diving into the complicated, painful, and rarely talked-about world of friendship breakups.

Tune in for lessons on:

✅ Why friendship breakups can feel so painful (especially between women)

✅ The framework for deciding whether to repair, distance yourself from, or end a friendship

✅ The difference between active and passive friendship endings

✅ How to “compartmentalize” a friendship with personal examples

✅ How to grieve a friendship while still making room for new relationships

✅ Our “What Do I Take With Me?” exercise for post-friendship breakup healing

Friendship endings can be messy, emotional, and deeply personal. But they can also teach us a lot about who we are and what we need from the people in our lives. If you’re navigating a friendship breakup, questioning whether a friendship still belongs in your life, or simply trying to make peace with one that ended, this episode is for you.

00:00: Cold Open

02:00: Introducing friendship breakups and episode agenda

02:28: Why friendships matter for our well-being

05:05: The Friendship Dissolution Framework

07:50: Active vs. passive friendship breakups

14:04: Three ways friendships can end

14:50: How to compartmentalize a friendship

22:07: Why female friendship breakups hit differently

23:27 How men and women approach friendship differently

27:05: Cherie’s friendship breakup story

31:48 Can a friendship be repaired?

33:16: The mixed emotions after a friendship breakup

34:20: What therapy taught Cherie about friendship

37:58: Mini Exercise: What Do I Take With Me?

39:10: Making room for new friendships

39:22: Closing thoughts

🐯👯‍♀️ We’re the Tiger Sisters — your Wall Street & Silicon Valley big sisters Decoding Money • Power • Love

✨ New episodes every Monday | Shorts all week ✨

💌 Want to partner with us?

Sponsorships: partnerships@tigersisters.co

Why trust us?

▫️ Cherie Brooke Luo — 100M+ views demystifying tech, finance & MBAs

▫️ Jean Luo — ex-Goldman Sachs, ex-Snapchat exec, 50+ AI patents, startup investor

▫️ Together: 4 Ivy League degrees • built billion-dollar products • two startups — decoded for you

What you’ll get (and keep):

▫️ 🚀 Ivy League cheat sheets — no $250K tuition

▫️ Personal finance playbooks (salary, investing, negotiation)

▫️ Networking scripts behind $100M+ deals & job offers

▫️ Real conversations with CEOs, operators & investors

▫️ Mindset resets — clarity without the pricey coach

▫️ Systems for career, money, and long-term growth

💛 LET’S CONNECT

~ CHERIE ~

Instagram — /cherie.brooke

TikTok — /cherie.brooke

Substack — cherieluo.substack.com

LinkedIn — /cherie-luo

~ JEAN ~

Instagram — /jeanluo_

LinkedIn — /jeanluo

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Some of the most important relationships in our lives aren’t romantic…they're our friendships. The friends who see us through career changes, breakups, marriages, divorces, moves, reinventions, and all the versions along the way. Today we’re kicking off a multi-part series on friendship, beginning first with the complex world of female friendships.

Tune in for lessons on:

✅ How to find the friends who genuinely match your personality and values

✅ What girls’ trips can teach us about our friends (and ourselves)

✅ How friendships change when people enter different stages of life

✅ Our Friendship Audit: the questions to ask yourself about the relationships in your life

✅ How to think about what you could do to become a better friend

And this is only Part 1! Next week, we’re diving into the other side of friendship: friendship breakups: why they happen, why they hurt, and how to move forward. Stay tuned!

00:00: Cold Open

00:53: Agenda for the episode

02:35: Bachelorette Takeaways: Finding Your Tribe

11:00: Girls Trips: Vacation vs. Holiday

17:42: How girls trips can deepen friendships

21:13: Few close friends vs. big friend groups

24:15: Being in different life stages than your friends

27:53: Sister dynamics & friendship

30:51: The Friendship Audit

35:20: Can friendships survive different seasons of life?

36:12: How can you be a better friend?

37:48: Closing thoughts

🐯👯‍♀️ We’re the Tiger Sisters — your Wall Street & Silicon Valley big sisters Decoding Money • Power • Love

✨ New episodes every Monday | Shorts all week ✨

💌 Want to partner with us?

Sponsorships: partnerships@tigersisters.co

Why trust us?

▫️ Cherie Brooke Luo — 100M+ views demystifying tech, finance & MBAs

▫️ Jean Luo — ex-Goldman Sachs, ex-Snapchat exec, 50+ AI patents, startup investor

▫️ Together: 4 Ivy League degrees • built billion-dollar products • two startups — decoded for you

What you’ll get (and keep):

▫️ 🚀 Ivy League cheat sheets — no $250K tuition

▫️ Personal finance playbooks (salary, investing, negotiation)

▫️ Networking scripts behind $100M+ deals & job offers

▫️ Real conversations with CEOs, operators & investors

▫️ Mindset resets — clarity without the pricey coach

▫️ Systems for career, money, and long-term growth

💛 LET’S CONNECT

~ CHERIE ~

Instagram — /cherie.brooke

TikTok — /cherie.brooke

Substack — cherieluo.substack.com

LinkedIn — /cherie-luo

~ JEAN ~

Instagram — /jeanluo_

LinkedIn — /jeanluo

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When it comes to skincare and aesthetics, there’s no shortage of advice online. But how do you know what actually works, what’s just marketing, and what might be doing more harm than good? This week, we’re joined by Dr. Sarmela Sunder, a double board-certified facial plastic surgeon in Beverly Hills, to cut through the noise.

Tune in for lessons on:

✅ Why some at-home LED masks may be a waste of money

✅ What to look for when choosing an aesthetics provider

✅ How much sunscreen you should actually be using

✅ The difference between lasers, radio frequency, ultrasound and other aesthetic devices

✅ Dr. Sunder’s own “high maintenance to be low maintenance” beauty routine

✅ Fact or fiction on collagen supplements, retinol, skincare, “Ozempic face” and more

Whether you’re already deep in the skincare rabbit hole or don’t know your Morpheus from your microneedling, consider this your Skincare & Aesthetics 101.

Quick Disclaimer: This episode is for educational purposes only and is not medical advice. Botox, filler, lasers, surgery, skincare, and other treatments are personal medical decisions that should be discussed with a qualified medical professional. Tiger Sisters is not suggesting that anyone needs aesthetic treatments to look beautiful, age well, or feel confident.

00:00: Cold Open

01:18: Introducing Dr. Sarmela Sunder

04:50: Investigating LED technology

08:50: Demystifying Botox in all its forms

14:20: Hannah Bener’s Botox mishap

16:33: What should you ask your injector?

23:55: All about sunscreen use

36:07: Cherie’s Sephora encounter

37:25: What shouldn’t you combine in skincare?

37:55: The science behind facials

39:24: Breaking down all types of laser treatments

44:17: What should a consumer do with all of these options?

52:03: “High maintenance to be low maintenance” routine

53:57: Fact or Fiction game

57:29: Closing thoughts

🐯👯‍♀️ We’re the Tiger Sisters — your Wall Street & Silicon Valley big sisters Decoding Money • Power • Love

✨ New episodes every Monday | Shorts all week ✨

💌 Want to partner with us?

Sponsorships: partnerships@tigersisters.co

Why trust us?

▫️ Cherie Brooke Luo — 100M+ views demystifying tech, finance & MBAs

▫️ Jean Luo — ex-Goldman Sachs, ex-Snapchat exec, 50+ AI patents, startup investor

▫️ Together: 4 Ivy League degrees • built billion-dollar products • two startups — decoded for you

What you’ll get (and keep):

▫️ 🚀 Ivy League cheat sheets — no $250K tuition

▫️ Personal finance playbooks (salary, investing, negotiation)

▫️ Networking scripts behind $100M+ deals & job offers

▫️ Real conversations with CEOs, operators & investors

▫️ Mindset resets — clarity without the pricey coach

▫️ Systems for career, money, and long-term growth

💛 LET’S CONNECT

~ CHERIE ~

Instagram — /cherie.brooke

TikTok — /cherie.brooke

Substack — cherieluo.substack.com

LinkedIn — /cherie-luo

~ JEAN ~

Instagram — /jeanluo_

LinkedIn — /jeanluo

👉 Hit Subscribe & tap the 🔔, then leave a ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ review on Spotify & Apple Podcasts. It takes 10 seconds and makes a massive difference in helping new people discover Tiger Sisters.

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Graduating from school doesn’t mean graduating from learning. As we continue our Back-to-School series, we’re exploring why learning should be a lifelong pursuit, and how to intentionally keep growing, experimenting, and following your curiosity well into adulthood.

Tune in for lessons on:

✅ How to build your own “adult curriculum” around what you actually want to learn

✅ Why being a beginner (and being bad at something again) is good for you

✅ The difference between learning for your career and learning purely for curiosity

✅ How adult classes, retreats, and conferences can expand the way you think

✅ Why it’s okay to quit something when it no longer serves you

✅ How we’re bringing continuous learning into our own lives

Whether you want to take an art history class, learn a new skill, revisit an old hobby, or explore something completely outside your comfort zone, consider this episode your reminder (and blueprint!) for becoming a lifelong student.

Timestamps:

00:00: Cold Open

01:55: You don’t need to be in school to be a student again

03:53: Learning for work vs learning for the sake of curiosity

06:08: Why learning through adulthood is good for brain health

07:38: Developing the skill of being a beginner again

10:24: Mini-exercise: build your own learning curriculum

11:23: Who, what, where, when and why (applied to learning)

12:12: Our upcoming wellness retreat (retreats for continued learning)

16:27: Why changing your environment helps you learn

18:53: Learning through classes and personal training

22:45: Cherie’s acting class journey

24:48: “Free-maxing” your education

27:14: Community college classes and student perks

29:30: Why we love conferences

31:45: What we learned at the Milken Global Conference

33:05: Being in the room when it happens (Rahm Emanuel’s debate)

36:14: Mini exercise: What would you learn just for fun?

39:24: Revisiting skills you used to be good at

42:35: How to become a lifelong student

43:15: Closing thoughts

✨ New episodes every Monday | Shorts all week ✨

💌 Want to partner with us?

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Why trust us?

▫️ Cherie Brooke Luo — 100M+ views demystifying tech, finance & MBAs

▫️ Jean Luo — ex-Goldman Sachs, ex-Snapchat exec, 50+ AI patents, startup investor

▫️ Together: 4 Ivy League degrees • built billion-dollar products • two startups — decoded for you

What you’ll get (and keep):

▫️ 🚀 Ivy League cheat sheets — no $250K tuition

▫️ Personal finance playbooks (salary, investing, negotiation)

▫️ Networking scripts behind $100M+ deals & job offers

▫️ Real conversations with CEOs, operators & investors

▫️ Mindset resets — clarity without the pricey coach

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There’s something about back-to-school season that makes us want to sharpen our pencils, buy a fresh notebook, and get our lives together. And with roughly 100 days left in 2026, we’re channeling that energy into a full Q4 reset. Harness that back-to-school energy to set some new goals.

In this episode, we’re revisiting the goals we set back in January, taking stock of what’s working, and figuring out where we actually want to focus our energy for the rest of the year.

Tune in for lessons on:

✅ Why fall might be the perfect time for a fresh start

✅ A mid-year check-in on Cherie’s 2026 Bingo Board and Jean’s annual goals

✅ How to decide which goals to keep, revise, or let go

✅ Why overly prescriptive goals can sometimes make things less fun

✅ How to turn your intentions for the rest of the year into actual commitments

✅ A simple 20-minute exercise to reset your goals for the final 100 days of 2026

Whether you’re heading back to school, starting a new job, or simply wondering where the heck 2026 went, consider this your permission slip to revisit the plan. Let’s make the next 100 days count.

Timestamps:

00:00: Cold Open

01:16: Hot take: the fall is the best time to revisit your resolutions

05:32: Key questions to help you reflect on your goals

06:05: Cherie revisits her 2026 bingo card

06:50: The importance of slowing down

14:50: Cherie’s golf goal (chipping away at your goals)

17:00: Discussing “external” goals

18:00: Jean’s “37 Goals While I’m 37”

23:50: Taking time off for social engagements

24:50: Mini Exercise: Visiting your new years goals

25:35: Closing thoughts

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When was the last time you wrote an email that actually stood out? Glenn Kramon spent 37 years as an editor at The New York Times and now teaches Winning Writing, one of Stanford GSB’s most popular and competitive courses. In this episode, we talk with Glenn about the top writing strategies that can make your emails, pitches, and professional communication “one in a million” instead of “one of a million.”

Tune in for lessons on:

✅ Why you should never begin an email with “Hope you are well”

✅ The two big qualities that make your writing stand out

✅ How to write a cold email people actually respond to

✅ Glenn’s 12 essential rules for writing better emails (and cold emails)

✅ What to write when someone ignores your outreach

✅ The power of a thoughtful gratitude note

Whether you’re applying for a job, pitching an idea, reaching out to someone you admire, or just trying to communicate more effectively at work, this is your masterclass on winning writing.

Timestamps:

00:00: Cold Open

03:55: How to be one in a million not one of a million

05:10: Why you should never say “hope you are well” at top of an email

07:09: Personalizing the beginning of an email

09:10: Why Glenn’s class is so popular

11:40: How to avoid AI “slop”

14:30: What makes a great email from a mediocre one

14:57: How warmth and competence goes a long way

18:20: How to be targeted in your strategy for cold emails

22:22: Golden Rules for writing emails

25:02: Unpacking the “sh*t sandwich” approach

28:37: Start with what your audience doesn’t know, not what it does know

32:40: Golden Rules for writing cold emails

33:18: It’s not about you, it’s about them

36:15: How to create a connection with the recipient of your email

43:10: How to be persistent with your follow-ups

48:00: How to write a great gratitude letter

53:08: Closing thoughts

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What separates a LinkedIn profile that gets ignored from one that creates opportunities? In Part 2 of our LinkedIn Masterclass, we’re putting real Tiger Fam profiles under the microscope, sharing actionable feedback, easy-to-implement improvements, and insider tips from Cherie’s five years at LinkedIn, and the LinkedIn workshop she teaches every year at Stanford’s GSB.

Tune in for:

✅ Live reviews and makeovers of real Tiger Fam LinkedIn profiles

✅ Lessons on how to optimize your headline, banner, profile photo, and ‘About Me’

✅ The hidden LinkedIn features most people never use

✅ Common mistakes that make profiles feel generic or AI-generated

✅ A roast (with love) of some legendary LinkedIn Lunatics posts

✅ Cherie's biggest rule for writing LinkedIn content people actually want to read

Whether you're a student, founder, executive, job seeker, or someone who hasn't updated their profile in years, this episode is packed with actionable advice you can implement immediately.

Timestamps:

00:00: Cold Open

01:06: Welcome to Part 2 (And reviewing Part 1)

01:28: What to expect in this episode

02:24: Reviewing Tiger Fam profiles

03:18: How to include name pronunciations in your profile

04:12: The importance of refining your headline

09:34: Leveling up a beginner profile

12:54: Advanced tactic: adding a voice welcome to your profile

15:05: Tip: have a nice visible photo of you looking at camera

17:28: Make your ‘About Me’ easy to scan with clear sections

18:28: Tip: use concrete numbers to separate text blocks

19:30: Use first person language to sound more personable

22:00: Lovingly roasting LinkedIn Lunatics reddit

27:35: Adding value to your audience

28:55: Closing thoughts

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When was the last time you revamped your LinkedIn profile? As a LinkedIn Top Voice who also spent five years working on the company’s Profile and LinkedIn Learning teams, Cherie knows what makes a profile stand out. In Part 1 of this LinkedIn Masterclass, we share the top lessons from the class Cherie teaches each year at Stanford’s Business School.

Tune in for lessons on:

✅ Cherie’s framework for a standout "About Me"

✅ How to build your About Me section (beginner, intermediate, and advanced)

✅ Why your profile should make you “one in a million” instead of “one of a million”

✅ How LinkedIn uses metadata and how to make your profile more searchable

✅ The biggest mistakes that make your LinkedIn sound generic or AI-generated

✅ Why writing in first person can make your profile feel stronger and more authenticPull up your profile and follow along!

And stay tuned for Part 2, where we roast the wild world of the LinkedIn Lunatics Reddit thread and give real Tiger fam profiles a makeover.

Timestamps:

00:00: Cold Open

01:01: Introducing: Our Linkedin Masterclass Series

02:15: Why you’re underutilizing LinkedIn right now

03:58: Why it’s important to have a filled-out LinkedIn

06:27: The Three S’s of a great ‘About Me’ Section

08:56: Beginner profiles: something is better than nothing

10:15: Great examples of ‘About Me’ sections

18:22: Top Tier Beginner ‘About Me’ takeaways

19:00: Diving into the “Intermediate’ profiles

21:58: How to use emojis without sounding like AI

26:00: Analyzing Cherie’s ‘About Me’ section

30:40: Advanced: LinkedIn SEO and keywords

33:05: How LinkedIn search actually works

34:30: How to avoid sounding AI-generated

35:08: The importance of writing in first-person

36:43: Mini exercise: one-sentence LinkedIn test

37:13: Closing thoughts

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What you’ll get (and keep):

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▫️ Personal finance playbooks (salary, investing, negotiation)

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▫️ Systems for career, money, and long-term growth

💛 LET’S CONNECT

~ CHERIE ~

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AI is everywhere, but how are you actually using it to make your work more productive? This week, we sit down with Cat Goetze, aka CatGPT. She's an AI expert, founder, and content creator.

We discuss how she used AI to help turn her company, Physical Phones, into a million-dollar business, and dive into her playbook for going from basic chatbot prompts to AI that actually gets sh*t done.

Tune in for lessons on:

✅ How to graduate from using AI as a chatbot to building AI agents and automations

✅ Cat’s best meta-prompting techniques for getting better and more thoughtful results

✅ How to use AI to challenge your assumptions instead of simply validating your beliefs

✅ Why you should still double-check AI’s work, and how to train it when it makes mistakes

✅ How being more direct (with AI and people) can lead to clearer and better outcomes

And! Stay tuned for a special “Roommate Revelations” segment where we spill what we learned about each other after a week of living together in the South of France for Cannes. Whether you’re AI-curious or already deep in the rabbit hole, this episode will level up the way you use it.

Timestamps:

0:00: Cold Open

1:15: Introducing Cat Goetze

3:15: How cat used AI to build a million-dollar business

7:15: Turning AI from a chatbot into an agent

9:05: Cat’s brand deal automation

11:07: How to set personalized automations

13:27: Which AI platform should you use?

15:37: Should you pay for an AI platform?

16:38: How Can automates accounts receivables

19:15: How to train AI when it gets something wrong

24:10: Cat’s best prompting hack: ask AI to interview you

27:24: Why voice and dictation is the future

31:42: Cherie’s AI voice mode hack

34:20: Using AI in your personal life

36:00: How to Stop AI From Just Validating You

38:00: AI’s environmental impact

40:48: Cat’s best meta-prompting techniques

45:45: Why AI literacy matters right now

51:36: How to give AI more direct feedback

56:53: Roommate Revelations: Cannes edition

1:01:45: Closing thoughts

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▫️ Together: 4 Ivy League degrees • built billion-dollar products • two startups — decoded for you

What you’ll get (and keep):

▫️ 🚀 Ivy League cheat sheets — no $250K tuition

▫️ Personal finance playbooks (salary, investing, negotiation)

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You know who you are. Now what kind of life are you going to build? We continue exploring one of the most transformative courses Cherie took at Stanford’s GSB by the late and great Professor Joel Peterson. This is Part 2 of Cherie's Masterclass on Engineering a Remarkable Life. In this episode, we dive into the final two pillars of Joel's framework: Someone to Love and Work to Do.

Tune in for lessons on:

✅ How to intentionally build stronger relationships

✅ The "Operationalizing Love" framework for turning good intentions into lasting habits

✅ How to identify your life partner via must-haves vs.nice-to-haves

✅ Building meaningful work beyond a paycheck and surviving vs. thriving

✅ Why "rain will fall on your fields" and how to prepare for the difficult seasons of life

From choosing a life partner to finding meaningful work, these are the questions that shape the course of a lifetime. We hope these lessons inspire you to approach life with more intention, purpose, and agency.

Timestamps:

00:00: Cold Open

01:50: Recap: The Three Pillars of a Remarkable Life

02:08: The next two pillars and what to expect

03:20: Second Pillar: Someone To Love

03:30: The Harvard case study on what makes us happy in life

05:05: How choosing a life partner affects your entire life

10:21: The “Operationalizing Love” framework

11:40: Mini Exercise: Operationalizing Love

13:30: Cherie’s example on operationalizing love

19:30: Mini Exercise: Must-Have’s vs Nice-to-Haves

22:30: Third Pillar: The Work to Do

24:46: Empowering others to find meaning in work

25:20: Surviving vs. Thriving

27:45: Rain will fall on your fields

29:30: Memorizing meaningful passages for resilience

32:33: Final reflections and Joel Peterson’s legacy

34:00: Closing thoughts

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▫️ Together: 4 Ivy League degrees • built billion-dollar products • two startups — decoded for you

What you’ll get (and keep):

▫️ 🚀 Ivy League cheat sheets — no $250K tuition

▫️ Personal finance playbooks (salary, investing, negotiation)

▫️ Networking scripts behind $100M+ deals & job offers

▫️ Real conversations with CEOs, operators & investors

▫️ Mindset resets — clarity without the pricey coach

▫️ Systems for career, money, and long-term growth

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~ CHERIE ~

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How do you build a remarkable life, and not just a remarkable career? In this special installment of Cherie's Masterclass series, we’re sharing Part 1 of the most transformative course Cherie took at Stanford’s GSB: Engineering a Remarkable Life, taught by the late, great Professor Joel Peterson.

Tune in for lessons on:

✅ The three pillars of building a remarkable life

✅ Why mapping your family history can help you better understand yourself

✅ A framework for identifying your personal assets and liabilities

✅ The powerful "time, money, and mindshare" exercise that reveals your true values

✅ How to create personal mantras to reshape your habits through neuroplasticity

✅ Why the best life plans are written in pencil

Whether you're navigating a career transition, trying to become more intentional, or simply looking for frameworks to live a richer, more meaningful life, this episode is filled with timeless lessons you'll come back to again and again.

Timestamps:

00:00: Cold Open

00:59: Introducing Cherie’s Masterclass series

01:19: Engineering a Remarkable Life overview

03:05: All about Joel Peterson

05:00: Why this class changed Cherie’s life

06:00: The three pillars of a remarkable life

08:20: Understanding where you came from

10:16: Mini exercise #1: mapping your family history

14:51: Mapping out your assets and liabilities

15:51: Mini exercise #2: building your assets & liabilities chart

22:31: Time, money, and mindshare to understand your values

25:31: Mini exercise #3: creating your values breakdown

27:57: The importance of mantras to rewire your brain

29:40: Joel’s Top 4 favorite mantras

32:43: Always have a plan.. but write it in pencil

33:10: Closing thoughts and tease for Part 2

34:44: Outro

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How do you build something that lasts on the Internet? This week, we're joined by Jen Wong, the COO of Reddit, who helped transform one of the internet's most influential communities into a public company. Recorded live from the Reddit Deli at Cannes Lions, this conversation explores what it takes to build enduring products, navigate career reinvention, and lead through one of the biggest technological shifts of our generation.

Tune in for more on:

✅ How Reddit grew from "the front page of the internet" into a public company

✅ Why the strongest communities are built on trust and not algorithms

✅ The surprising career advice that led Jen to becoming Reddit's COO

✅ How Reddit approaches AI, data licensing, and partnerships with OpenAI and Google

✅ The biggest mistake people make when trying to build community online

✅ Why career paths are rarely linear and how to embrace reinvention instead

Timestamps:

00:00: Episode introduction

00:58: Introducing Jen Wong

02:43: Why Jen left Time Inc. and joined Reddit

05:35: Career advice: always take the recruiter call

05:55: Reddit's path to becoming a public company

09:12: How Reddit built an advertising business without personal data

12:35: How Reddit communities work so differently from other social platforms

15:20: Balancing free speech, safety, and community moderation

19:14: How founders should (and shouldn't) use Reddit to market their startups

23:00: Why Reddit has survived while MySpace, Vine, and Clubhouse disappeared

26:40: How AI made Reddit one of the internet's most valuable data sources

29:33: Reddit's AI partnerships with OpenAI and Google

35:41: Education, career reinvention, and embracing nonlinear paths

39:33: Closing thoughts

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How much of your future is determined by your circumstance, and how much is determined by what you're willing to learn? In this Director's Cut episode, we revisit our conversation with former 7-Eleven and Blockbuster CEO Jim Keyes, whose journey from growing up in a three-room house without plumbing to leading two Fortune 500 companies is one of the most remarkable stories we've ever featured.

Tune in for lessons on:

✅ How to stop fearing uncertainty

✅ The philosophy behind the phrase "Prepare to win"

✅ How neuroplasticity can help you break old patterns and create new ones

✅ Why education is one of the greatest tools for freedom and upward mobility

✅ The surprising truth behind Blockbuster's collapse

✅ The importance of curiosity, creativity, and lifelong learning at any age

Whether you're building a business, navigating a career change, or trying to become more confident, this conversation is full of practical wisdom you can apply right away.

Timestamps:

03:10: How to watch this episode

05:10: Introducing Jim Keyes (Former CEO of 7-Eleven & Blockbuster)

06:24: The 3 C’s of Success: Change, Confidence & Clarity

09:53: "Prepare to Win"... the secret to confidence

11:52: Neuroplasticity & Rewiring Your Brain

15:30: Relentless positivity over toxic positivity

17:07: Why education = freedom

19:53: Are Americans becoming dumber?

21:24: The real story behind Blockbuster's collapse

26:15: Leading 7-Eleven through Japanese ownership

34:17: Staying Curious at 70+

38:05: Director's Cut Takeaways

40:31: Cherie’s reflection on ‘embracing change’

41:17: Reflecting on the three C’s

45:45: Mythbusting the Blockbuster collapse

47:50: Closing thoughts

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In this Tiger Sisters Remix episode, we're bringing together some of the most valuable lessons Cherie learned during her time at Stanford Graduate School of Business. From decision-making and career strategy, to influence, communication, and designing a remarkable life, these are the mental models that have continued to shape how we think, work, and navigate big life choices.

Tune in for lessons on:

✅ How Design Thinking helps you solve the right problem

✅ Why "test and learn" beats waiting for the perfect plan

✅ Jeff Bezos' framework for faster decision-making

✅ The hidden reasons people choose certain products and services

✅ Decision Trees and Expected Value for life's biggest choices

✅ Using OKRs to build a roadmap for your goals

✅ The Stanford feedback framework that improves communication

✅ Power Mapping and how influence really works

✅ Why decisions are more reversible than you think

Whether you're plotting a career move, building a business, managing relationships, or simply trying to make better life decisions, this episode will give you the frameworks and confidence to do so.

Consider this your Stanford Business School crash course… without the admissions process, case studies, or the $250,000 tuition bill.

Timestamps:

00:43: Introduction and how to watch these episodes

03:02: Design Thinking Explained

05:12: Snapchat's Beauty Shopping Experiment

07:24: Test & Learn: The Stanford Startup Mindset

08:37: How Tiger Sisters Pivoted from TV Show to Podcast

10:59: Dropbox, Zappos, ClassPass & DoorDash

13:25: Reversible and Irreversible Decisions

13:40: The “Bezos” Framework

18:28: Part 1 Debrief & Biggest Takeaways

19:50: The Harvard-to-Stanford Transfer Story

23:18: Part 2: Overview

24:08: Jobs To Be Done Explained

26:28: Decision Trees & Expected Value Thinking

31:08: Using OKRs to Design Your Life

40:55: Cherie’s reflections on Part 2

41:17: Reflecting on Engineering a Remarkable Life

51:27: Part 3: Frameworks on Soft Skills

53:10: The SBI Model Explained

01:02:34: Power Mapping Explained

01:06:54: Sheryl Sandberg's Masterclass in Influence

01:09:15: The Carol Bartz Cautionary Tale

01:10:28: Power Mapping Exercise

01:13:46: How to Communicate with Clarity

01:17:14: Part 3 Debrief & Power Mapping Takeaways

01:18:31: How to Network Without Feeling Transactional

01:21:48: Building an Abundance Mindset

01:25:19: Dream Guests & Closing Thoughts

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▫️ Together: 4 Ivy League degrees • built billion-dollar products • two startups — decoded for you

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▫️ Personal finance playbooks (salary, investing, negotiation)

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In this Director's Cut episode, we're revisiting one of our more vulnerable conversations with Jane Marie Chen, a Harvard and Stanford graduate and the founder of Embrace, the organization that helped save over one million babies around the world.

Tune in for new thoughts on:

✅ How achievement can become a trauma response

✅ Why children of immigrants feel the pressure to prove themselves

✅ How trauma lives in the body and why healing isn't linear

✅ Why surrender may be the key to sustainable success

If you’re struggling with depression or mental health issues, you’re not alone: Call 800-950-6264 or text “NAMI” to 62640. If you’re in crisis, call or text 988

📚Jane’s book recs: The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk and No Bad Parts by Richard Schwartz

Timestamps:

00:49: Introducing Jane Marie

03:45: How to watch the episode

06:22: Why Jane wrote ‘Like a Wave We Break’

09:39: Achievement as a coping mechanism

15:50: How trauma lives in the body

27:29: How to stay open and have boundaries

36:19: How to tune into your body

39:48: Why control is an illusion

50:25: Cherie on slowing down

54:40: How ‘My pain became my purpose’

56:28: Starting your own healing journey

57:15: Closing thoughts

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▫️ Together: 4 Ivy League degrees • built billion-dollar products • two startups — decoded for you

What you’ll get (and keep):

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What if the reason you're stuck in life isn't a lack of talent, ambition, or opportunity, but the fact that you've been living someone else's definition of success?

In this Director's Cut episode, we're revisiting one of our more impactful conversations with Dr. Suzy Welch, a bestselling author, NYU professor, and creator of the Values Bridge framework (link below).

Tune in for lessons on:

✅ How to identify your core values and spot your "authenticity gap"

✅ Why so many people end up living someone else's version of success

✅ The surprising role values play in relationships, dating, and compatibility

✅ How to know if you're settling in your career or personal life

✅ The framework Suzy uses to make better financial decisions

✅ The power of cutting your losses and avoiding the sunk-cost fallacy

✅ Why there is no such thing as a "last best deal"

✅ The wisdom Suzy gained from grief, resilience, and starting over

Whether you're questioning your career path, rebuilding after a setback, or simply trying to understand yourself better, this episode will leave you with powerful questions and action items to apply right away.

Follow Suzy @suzywelch and check out The Values Bridge at https://thevaluesbridge.com/

Timestamps:

00:51: Introduction

01:47: How to watch this episode

04:50: Introducing Dr. Suzy Welch

06:35: 3 main data sets of Suzy’s ‘Becoming You’ class

07:20: Calculating your authenticity gap

08:12: Suzy analyzes Cherie and Jean’s core values

11:50: Breaking down the “eudemonia” value

17:40: Analyzing Jean’s top value (“beholderism”)

24:29: Analyzing the “belovedness” value

29:34: The 4 things that destroy you living your own life

35:20: How to know if you’re living a B+ Life

39:20: The meaning of “balance” for each person

43:00: Suzy’s top 2 pieces of money advice

48:30: How Suzy balanced working with her partner

53:36: Suzy’s re-entrance to the dating scene

59:00: Reinventing yourself as the world reinvents

1:02:51: Jean and Cherie look back on Suzy’s frameworks

1:05:30: Cherie’s biggest takeaway (“who’s life did I just live?”)

1:09:24: Jean’s biggest takeaway on beholderism

1:16:27: Taking the Values Bridge each year

1:18:40: Fostering an abundance mindset

1:21:30: The importance of cutting your losses

1:24:14: Cherie’s mantra of DILMO

1:25:18: Closing thoughts

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▫️ Together: 4 Ivy League degrees • built billion-dollar products • two startups — decoded for you

What you’ll get (and keep):

▫️ 🚀 Ivy League cheat sheets — no $250K tuition

▫️ Personal finance playbooks (salary, investing, negotiation)

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▫️ Real conversations with CEOs, operators & investors

▫️ Mindset resets — clarity without the pricey coach

▫️ Systems for career, money, and long-term growth

💛 LET’S CONNECT

~ CHERIE ~

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Not every lesson from Harvard Business School came from a case study.

In this special Remix episode, we're bringing together some of the most valuable lessons Jean learned during her time at HBS. From strategy and marketing to leadership and networking, these are the frameworks and mental models that continue to shape how we make decisions today.

Tune in for in-depth breakdowns on:

✅ Porter's Five Forces and how companies build lasting competitive advantages

✅ Why the best brands don't try to serve everyone

✅ The marketing framework behind companies like Warby Parker

✅ How Netflix uses testing, customer feedback, and iteration to build better products

✅ The finance concepts every business leader should understand

✅ The difference between revenue, profit, cash flow, and valuation

✅ Four leadership styles (and when each one works best)

✅ How networking creates opportunities long before you need them

✅ The leadership lessons that can shape your career, team, and company culture

Timestamps:

00:00: Introduction & Why We're Revisiting These HBS Lessons

02:06: Overview of Parts 1 and 2 and what to expect

04:52: Strategy 101: Porter's Five Forces Explained

06:00: Starbucks Case Study: Competitive Advantage

10:50: Cost Leadership vs. Differentiation

13:12: Sisters Matcha & Building a Premium Brand

15:08: Marketing 101: STP (Segmentation, Targeting, Positioning)

15:42: Warby Parker's Billion-Dollar Marketing Strategy

20:40: The Rise of Conscious Consumer Brands

21:52: Product Development & Innovation

27:20: Revenue vs. Profit

28:56: Understanding Unit Economics

30:32: Runway, Forecasting & Valuation Metrics

32:48: Jean & Cherie’s reflections on Part 1

33:17: Revisiting the Starbucks Case Study

38:12: Blank Street Coffee & Gen Z Consumer Trends

39:28: Jean reflects on Threat of Substitutes

41:55: Part 2: Leadership & Networking Lessons from HBS

43:33: The 4 Major Leadership Styles

43:55: Servant Leadership (Howard Schultz & Starbucks)

48:23: Transformational Leadership (Steve Jobs & Apple)

51:20: Transactional Leadership (Jack Welch, Goldman Sachs & Sales Teams)

57:16: Laissez-Faire Leadership (Valve & Radical Ownership)

01:03:55: Choosing the Right Leadership Style

01:10:30: Why Networking Is the Biggest MBA Advantage

01:18:25: Jean’s reflections on Part 2 and leadership archetypes

01:20:42: Reflecting on the importance of networking

01:22:25: Closing thoughts

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▫️ Cherie Brooke Luo — 100M+ views demystifying tech, finance & MBAs

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▫️ Together: 4 Ivy League degrees • built billion-dollar products • two startups — decoded for you

What you’ll get (and keep):

▫️ 🚀 Ivy League cheat sheets — no $250K tuition

▫️ Personal finance playbooks (salary, investing, negotiation)

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▫️ Mindset resets — clarity without the pricey coach

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💛 LET’S CONNECT

~ CHERIE ~

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