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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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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 ~
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Substack — cherieluo.substack.com
LinkedIn — /cherie-luo

~ JEAN ~
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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
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📚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
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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
🐯👯‍♀️ 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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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 

🐯👯‍♀️ 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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Welcome back to another episode of Tiger Sisters: Director's Cuts: the series where we revisit some of our standout conversations and reflect on the lessons that have stayed with us long after the cameras stopped rolling.
Today we're resurfacing one of our favorite episodes with our friend Fernando De Leon. Raised on the Texas-Mexico border, Fernando went from translating for real estate developers as a teenager to building a multi-billion-dollar business empire. Today, he is a self-made billionaire and is listed alongside Oprah (and others!) on Forbes 250: The Greatest Self-Made Living Americans.

Tune in for lessons on: 
✅ Asset ownership and how to build long-term wealth
✅ How to create opportunities when you don't have capital or connections
✅ Why value creation is the foundation of success
✅ Turning adversity into an advantage
✅ Leveraging fear instead of avoiding it
✅ The connection between ambition, family, and purpose
✅ Fernando's unexpected advice on love and relationships
This episode is packed with practical wisdom, entrepreneurial frameworks, hilarious moments, and a powerful reminder that some of the most successful people started with far less than you think.

Timestamps:
00:45: Intro to Director’s Cut format 
02:20: How to watch this episode 
02:44: Introducing Fernando De Leon
06:09: Fernando’s upbringing in South Texas
07:19: Three ingredients to generate wealth
09:06: Fernando’s earliest money memory
12:45: How Fernando closed his first deal 
15:40: Why you’re never too young to own an asset 
17:38: What’s an overlooked industry to invest in? 
18:45: How Fernando got involved with Chick-fil-A 
24:40: How to understand and leverage your fear for good
32:55: The first real move to build wealth 
42:50: How driven people can find love and support one another 
50:03: Rapid fire hot takes 
57:35: Post mortem reflection: new updates and news
1:04:26: Reflecting on the pressure of the immigrant experience
1:08:43: How to give yourself permission to seek wealth
1:11:15: Building wealth by creating value
1:20:15: The importance of “Information shortcuts”
1:23:34: Closing thoughts

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🐯👯‍♀️ 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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