Tiger Sisters

Two introverts share their secrets for successful networking without the cringe factor. Learn how to prep for events, including tips for ‘pre-gaming’ and maximizing hotel lobbies instead of pricey badges. They discuss mindset shifts from FOMO to best-case thinking, making conversations with executives flow smoothly by delivering value quickly. Plus, discover graceful exit lines that don't sound awkward. With personal anecdotes and actionable advice, this guide redefines networking as an authentic and enjoyable experience.

Dive into insider wisdom as the hosts unveil quirky yet impactful rules from Goldman Sachs. Discover how to truly own your career with practical hacks like the 'wins folder.' Learn the art of challenging yourself to beat intellectual boredom while building a diverse network. They share tales about maintaining high standards and the vital rule of discretion, especially in unexpected places like elevators. Get ready for an engaging blend of humor and actionable tactics that can elevate your career!

Feeling stuck? Discover how to hit 'reset' in just 30 days! The hosts share three transformative frameworks that can guide your personal journey. Learn about the vital role of the 'Neutral Zone' in embracing change. Explore the concept of a Growth Mindset and its impact on relationships. Dive into practical exercises to combat decision paralysis and design a fulfilling life. Real-life success stories, including career pivots and relationship reinventions, provide the motivation you need to start your own transformation!

In this Tiger Sisters sit-down, hosts Cherie Brooke Luo & Jean Luo grill People President Leah Wyar on the “7 Power Rules” that took her from junior beauty editor to running a billion-dollar magazine & media empire by using feelings as her secret weapon. You’ll hear:◦The lightning-fast pitch that won over “money-bags” advertisers◦Leah’s “rage-and-reset” ritual for turning harsh feedback into promotions◦The one “just say yes” moment that catapulted her into the C-suiteReady to out-think and out-earn? Listen now for the full blueprint. Rule #1 alone will change the way you show up to Monday’s meeting. 🎙️🐯------------------------------------------------------------------ 🐯👯‍♀️ Tiger Sisters Podcast | Career, Entrepreneurship, and LifeWelcome to Tiger Sisters, your go-to podcast about power, money, and love. Hosted by Cherie Brooke Luo and Jean Luo, we’re your Silicon Valley and Wall Street big sisters here to demystify the ups and downs of careers, tech, and entrepreneurship – all while staying healthy, stylish, and joyful along the way.Cherie is an influencer who has broken down the complexities of big tech, finance, and MBA programs for millions of viewers, with over 100M+ views across platforms. Jean is a tech product executive and investor, holding over 50 AI patents, who has built an impressive career in product management and institutional investment at companies like Goldman Sachs and Snapchat.Between the two of us, we’ve survived stints at top investment banks and big tech firms, founded startups, and earned four Ivy League degrees – if we’re counting Stanford! Yet, we still find time to focus on wellness, friendships, fashion, and skincare, always sharing the lessons we've learned along the way.Whether you’re here for career advice, stories about balancing life’s challenges, or just to hear our honest takes on what it means to pursue fun, wealth, and joy in all areas of life, we’ve got you covered.💛 LET'S CONNECT: ~ CHERIE ~🤳🏻 Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/cherie.brooke 📱 TikTok – https://www.tiktok.com/@cherie.brooke ✍🏻 My Substack – https://cherieluo.substack.com/ 👩🏻‍💻 LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/cherie-luo/ ~ JEAN ~🤳🏻 Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/jeanluo_/👩🏻‍💻 LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeanluo 🎵 Music produced by Sammy Signal https://open.spotify.com/artist/2HsyknHuxhT8RoZfn5rqMS🛍️ Items Referenced:🍵 Sisters Matcha & SISTERS Merch: www.sistersmatcha.com🌀 Everything else: https://amzn.to/3z0dx5b⏰ Timestamps00:01:14 Tiger Sisters episode intro 🐯💥00:03:26 Meet the iconic Leah Wyar 🎀00:03:56 #1 Follow the Money – understand every revenue vein 💰00:06:38 Pitching in real time when “money bags” want ideas on the spot 🎯00:11:36 #2 Build Work-Wife Alliances – success ≈ your circle 👯‍♀️00:19:05 #3 Say “Yes” Early & Often – the moment that led to the C-suite 🚀00:27:21 #4 Beauty in Being Naive – Google it, learn, repeat 🔄00:30:01 #5 Choose Respect Over Checks – why Leah walked away 🚪00:34:35 #6 Don’t let anyone weaponize you – emotion as an edge in the C-suite 🧠⚡️00:38:05 Using therapy as a tool to understand yourself 🔄 00:42:29 #7 Feel, Then Fix – poker-face in the room, “rage-and-reset” outside ♻️00:45:42 Following your dreams in parallel with your partner  ✅00:49:48 Being a mom, IVF dark days, and lessons for her younger self 👶00:55:17 Tiger Sisters wrap-up – like, comment, subscribe, and rate us ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️!

Discover how two self-made millionaires achieved financial success before 26. They share their secret strategies, including a game-changing 401(k) tweak and a four-bucket budgeting system to eliminate money guilt. Learn about advanced financial tactics specifically for tech professionals and hear their hilarious budget-friendly living stories in San Francisco. Reflecting on painful money mistakes, they emphasize the importance of discipline and continuous learning in building wealth. Get ready to adopt rich habits and secure your financial future!

What does Harvard really teach you about becoming a powerful leader? In Part 2 of our viral series, Cherie and Jean go beyond strategy and finance to break down the HBS soft skills that matter most: leadership, influence, and building a network that changes your life. We cover:- The 4 leadership styles taught at HBS (with real-world examples)- How leadership shapes company culture, innovation, and even stock price- Tactical tips on networking –how to build a circle of people who actually help you win- How Cherie and Jean used these skills to launch Tiger Sisters Podcast and Sisters MatchaIt’s the insights you don’t see on the HBS website, plus how to use these lessons whether or not you ever set foot in a classroom – no six-figure tuition required.------------------------------------------------------------------ 🐯👯‍♀️ Tiger Sisters Podcast | Career, Entrepreneurship, and LifeWelcome to Tiger Sisters, your go-to podcast about power, money, and love. Hosted by Cherie Brooke Luo and Jean Luo, we’re your Silicon Valley and Wall Street big sisters here to demystify the ups and downs of careers, tech, and entrepreneurship – all while staying healthy, stylish, and joyful along the way.Cherie is an influencer who has broken down the complexities of big tech, finance, and MBA programs for millions of viewers, with over 100M+ views across platforms. Jean is a tech product executive and investor, holding over 50 AI patents, who has built an impressive career in product management and institutional investment at companies like Goldman Sachs and Snapchat.Between the two of us, we’ve survived stints at top investment banks and big tech firms, founded startups, and earned four Ivy League degrees – if we’re counting Stanford! Yet, we still find time to focus on wellness, friendships, fashion, and skincare, always sharing the lessons we've learned along the way. Whether you’re here for career advice, stories about balancing life’s challenges, or just to hear our honest takes on what it means to pursue fun, wealth, and joy in all areas of life, we’ve got you covered.💛 LET'S CONNECT: ~ CHERIE ~🤳🏻 Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/cherie.brooke 📱 TikTok – https://www.tiktok.com/@cherie.brooke ✍🏻 My Substack – https://cherieluo.substack.com/ 👩🏻‍💻 LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/cherie-luo/ ~ JEAN ~🤳🏻 Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/jeanluo_/👩🏻‍💻 LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeanluo 🎵 Music produced by Sammy Signal https://open.spotify.com/artist/2HsyknHuxhT8RoZfn5rqMS🛍️ Items Referenced:🍵Sisters Matcha & SISTERS Merch: www.sistersmatcha.com♠️ Everything else: https://amzn.to/3z0dx5b⏰⏰ Timestamps00:00:00 Everything We Learned at HBS…Part 2! 💡 00:00:49 Meet the Tiger Sisters: Jean (Harvard) & Cherie (Stanford) 🐯 00:02:04 HBS’s secret sauce: Leadership (4 TYPES) 🧠 00:03:00 TYPE 1: Servant Leadership & why baristas got health care ☕ 00:07:35 TYPE 2: Steve Jobs & the cult of transformational leadership 🚀 00:09:45 Visionary downside: what happens when they leave? 🫥 00:10:47 TYPE 3: Transactional Leadership & the brutal “rank-and-yank” 🔥 00:12:58 “You eat what you kill” 🐅💰 00:16:42 TYPE 4: Laissez-faire leadership 🧑‍🎨 00:18:10 Cherie says this leadership type would never work in big tech 😅00:21:44 Leadership isn’t one-size-fits-all – great leaders remix styles 🎨 00:24:46 The 3 TYPES OF NETWORKS: The real reason people pay $250K for an MBA 🤝 00:27:52 Jean texts HBS friend → gets instant help from foremost industry expert 🛟 00:30:58 Cherie’s expert networking mindset 💌 00:33:58 How to network (& how NOT to network) 🙏00:36:52 If you haven’t watched Everything We Learned at HBS Part 1, go back now! 🌀00:37:43 Like, comment, subscribe, SHARE with a friend, and check out Sisters Matcha 🍵

Grab your notebooks (and maybe a matcha latte), because Cherie and Jean are cramming an entire Harvard MBA into one crash course! In this Season 4 opener, we zoom through classic frameworks – like Porter’s Five Forces and STP (segmentation, targeting, positioning) – and walk through real-world examples (Starbucks, Warby Parker, Netflix) to illustrate how these theories actually work in a known entity. From must-know finance terms to breaking down how to build a product people actually want, we’ve got you covered. Whether you’re launching a startup, side-hustling on DTC, or just refreshing your business IQ, this episode is well worth the 29 minutes – no six-figure tuition required. ------------------------------------------------------------------ 🐯👯‍♀️ Tiger Sisters Podcast | Career, Entrepreneurship, and LifeWelcome to Tiger Sisters, your go-to podcast for career mentorship and life guidance! Hosted by Cherie Brooke Luo and Jean Luo, we’re your internet big sisters here to demystify the ups and downs of navigating careers, tech, and entrepreneurship— all while staying healthy, stylish, and joyful along the way.Cherie is an influencer who has broken down the complexities of big tech, finance, and MBA programs for millions of viewers, with over 100M+ views across platforms. Jean is a tech product executive and investor, holding over 50 AI patents, who has built an impressive career in product management and institutional investment at companies like Goldman Sachs and Snapchat.Between the two of us, we’ve survived stints at top investment banks and big tech firms, founded startups, and earned four Ivy League degrees—if we’re counting Stanford! Yet, we still find time to focus on wellness, friendships, fashion, and skincare, always sharing the lessons we've learned along the way.Whether you’re here for career advice, stories about balancing life’s challenges, or just to hear our honest takes on what it means to pursue fun, wealth, and joy in all areas of life, we’ve got you covered.💛 LET'S CONNECT: ~ CHERIE ~🤳🏻 Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/cherie.brooke 📱 TikTok – https://www.tiktok.com/@cherie.brooke ✍🏻 My Substack – https://cherieluo.substack.com/ 👩🏻‍💻 LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/cherie-luo/ ~ JEAN ~🤳🏻 Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/jeanluo_/👩🏻‍💻 LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeanluo 🎵 Music produced by Sammy Signal https://open.spotify.com/artist/2HsyknHuxhT8RoZfn5rqMS🛍️ Items Referenced:🍵Sisters Matcha & SISTERS Merch: www.sistersmatcha.com♠️ Everything else: https://amzn.to/3z0dx5b⏰ Timestamps00:00:00 Intro: Everything We Learned at HBS…in 29 Minutes! ⚡️ 00:00:21 Meet the Tiger Sisters: Jean (Harvard MBA) & Cherie (Stanford MBA) 🏆 00:02:22 Strategy 101: Porter’s Five Forces 💥 00:03:10 Starbucks Case Study: brand power, real estate, supply chain ☕ 00:08:09 Cost Leadership vs. Differentiation: You can’t win on both, so choose wisely ⚖️ 00:10:30 Sisters Matcha: premium cultivar, premium pricing 🍵 00:12:32 Marketing 101: STP in Warby Parker Case Study 00:16:20 Positioning: Stand out or get lost – define your brand 🏹 00:19:47 Product Development 101: Netflix Case Study 🔧 00:20:46 Know your audience, A/B test, iterate  🔄 00:22:46 Finance 101: Decision making as the CEO 💸 00:24:06 Revenue vs. profit (Netflix’s hidden costs) 00:24:50 Cash flow, unit economics, runway & burn rate 🏃‍♀️ 00:27:44 P/E, EBITDA, and more: don’t fear the acronyms ⚙️ 00:28:43 Soft Skills, Hard Requirement: leadership & networking up next 🌱 00:28:55 You just got a mini MBA! Part 2 coming soon ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Cherie and Jean reflect on key insights from their season with top billionaires and CEOs. They discuss Imran Khan’s level-headed mindset and Vu Tran's unconventional approaches. Personal triumphs, like fitness achievements and dating dilemmas, add a relatable touch. They emphasize the power of honest conversations and the necessity of embracing simplicity for success. Finally, they tease an exciting new season, hinting at engaging topics and a fresh, interactive format.

In this bonus episode, Cherie and Jean dig deep and get more vulnerable than ever before as we discuss mental well-being. We cover everything from heartbreak-fueled therapy sessions to spiritual self-care methods to SSRIs. Join us for our experience with “therapist dating,” spirituality, finding mantras that stick, and tapping into something bigger than yourself. Missed our physical health episode? Head back for that one too, because mind and body go hand in hand. Don’t forget to subscribe and give us a five-star rating. Your support keeps the Tiger Sisters podcast going!------------------------------------------------------------------ 🐯👯‍♀️ Tiger Sisters Podcast | Career, Entrepreneurship, and LifeWelcome to Tiger Sisters, your go-to podcast for career mentorship and life guidance! Hosted by Cherie Brooke Luo and Jean Luo, we’re your internet big sisters here to demystify the ups and downs of navigating careers, tech, and entrepreneurship— all while staying healthy, stylish, and joyful along the way.Cherie is an influencer who has broken down the complexities of big tech, finance, and MBA programs for millions of viewers, with over 100M+ views across platforms. Jean is a tech product executive and investor, holding over 50 AI patents, who has built an impressive career in product management and institutional investment at companies like Goldman Sachs and Snapchat.Between the two of us, we’ve survived stints at top investment banks and big tech firms, founded startups, and earned four Ivy League degrees—if we’re counting Stanford! Yet, we still find time to focus on wellness, friendships, fashion, and skincare, always sharing the lessons we've learned along the way.Whether you’re here for career advice, stories about balancing life’s challenges, or just to hear our honest takes on what it means to pursue fun, wealth, and joy in all areas of life, we’ve got you covered.💛 LET'S CONNECT: ~ CHERIE ~🤳🏻 Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/cherie.brooke 📱 TikTok – https://www.tiktok.com/@cherie.brooke ✍🏻 My Substack – https://cherieluo.substack.com/ 👩🏻‍💻 LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/cherie-luo/ ~ JEAN ~🤳🏻 Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/jeanluo_/👩🏻‍💻 LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeanluo 🎵 Music produced by Sammy Signal https://open.spotify.com/artist/2HsyknHuxhT8RoZfn5rqMS🛍️ Items Referenced:🍵Sisters Matcha & SISTERS Merch: www.sistersmatcha.com♠️ Everything else: https://amzn.to/3z0dx5b⏰ Timestamps:00:00:00 Ambitious + Type A? You need mental well-being 😅 00:01:29 Cherie start with free campus therapy 🎓 00:03:25 “Therapist dating” 💘 00:04:17 Jean’s therapy journey 🚵‍♀️00:07:20 Jean’s optimal therapist type 🤠 00:09:10 Therapy = emotional squats (it’s hard) 🏋️‍♀️ 00:13:18 Paying for therapy: $10K budget vs. $10 copay 🤑00:17:32 Talk therapy vs. CBT (types of therapy) ✅ 00:24:21 Bro can’t think for herself 🫠 00:26:40 The spectrum of spiritual health ✨ 00:30:15 Mantras and praying for patience (God will test you) 🚨  00:36:19 SSRIs, zero shame 🙏 00:38:30 Final sign-off: Like, subscribe, and see you in SEASON 4!! 🎀🎀🎀

John Wu, President of Ava Labs and former investor at prestigious hedge funds, shares his journey from tech investment to the dynamic world of crypto. He offers valuable insights on the unique pressures faced by high achievers, especially in their mid-thirties. Emphasizing resilience, Wu challenges the black-and-white perceptions of the crypto landscape, highlighting its complexities. He reflects on the significance of personal growth and the lessons learned from his diverse career experiences, encouraging a more nuanced approach to success and legacy.