Tiger Sisters

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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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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
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~ JEAN ~
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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
🐯👯‍♀️ 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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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

🐯👯‍♀️ 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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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

🐯👯‍♀️ 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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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
🐯👯‍♀️ 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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