Across The Lines

S1 Ep 2 | Jen Weedn, Vice President of Business Development at LinkedIn on Turning Stereotypes into Strengths

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Jen Weedn is the Vice President of Business Development at Linkedin, where her team is responsible for partnerships with Samsung, Twitter, the New York Times, and many more. Jen has spent more than a decade leading business development at many of the biggest names in tech, where she’s seen the rise and fall of companies like AOL, Myspace, and Glam Media.

In this episode, we speak with Jen about:

  • Her love for creating movies while growing up in Chicago “Tawainese-American” style
  • Why people consider her one of the best negotiators at LinkedIn 
  • The intersectionality between being a woman of color in a high powered career

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    Episode resources:

    Follow Jen on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenniferyangweedn/

    Jen speaks about leading as a female executive: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6609863032006893568/

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