Tiger Sisters

We sit down with investor and founder of Hot Smart Rich, Maggie Sellers, who’s redefining what power, partnership, and purpose look like. From prenups to power moves, this episode is for people who want it all: clear boundaries, financial fluency, and relationships that scale your life instead of shrinking it.

We share:

 ✅ Why planning your prenup is more important than planning your wedding

 ✅ The subtle repeatable power move that will maximize your long term success

 ✅ The importance of choosing a life co-founder – not just a partner

 ✅ A daily practice that rewires toxic thoughts and self-doubt

 ✅ Why high-value women must stop competing and start collaborating

🐯👯‍♀️ We’re the Tiger Sisters — Your Wall Street & Silicon Valley big sisters

Decoding Money • Power • Love

✨ New episodes every Monday | Shorts all week ✨

🎯 This episode is sponsored by Read AI, a meeting co-pilot that takes notes, analyzes meeting sentiment, and shares smart next steps for you and your team. Try our favorite productivity tool free for 30 days: http://read.ai/tigersisters

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⏰ Timestamps

0:00 Marriage is a business relationship

1:08 Private wedding reveal

5:20 The prenup process and hard conversations

8:04 Why you should spend more time planning your prenup than the wedding

11:25 Couples therapy one month into dating

13:58 Marriage is your most important financial decision

14:52 Power move: remember names and write thank-you notes

17:09 Attention as currency — the gift of presence

22:37 Ad Break: Read AI

24:12 Rumors, Reddit, and knowing your worth

28:27 Being a "Purpose Couple"

32:08 The most expensive lesson: Ostriching (avoidance)

34:43 Journaling to rewire toxic thoughts

38:20 “It’s a privilege to be overwhelmed” 

39:36 Heartbreak as story fuel — turning pain into power

42:42 What truly motivates high-achieving women

45:26 The secret of the rich: slow down

45:53 If everything disappeared tomorrow… perseverance and purpose

48:08 Why sharing failures matters more than flaunting wins

49:30 Spotify Mash Ups & collaboration over competition

51:17 Wrap up 

👀 Newsletter: https://cherieluo.substack.com/

Why trust us?

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

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

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

What you’ll get (and keep):

▫️ 🚀 Ivy League cheat sheets – no $250K tuition required

▫️ Personal finance playbooks – salary jumps, investing, money psychology

▫️ Networking scripts – behind $100M+ deals, job offers & VC intros

▫️ Real talk with unicorn founders, VCs, and billionaires

▫️ Mindset resets – clarity minus the pricey life coach

▫️ Lifestyle, wellness, and productivity hacks that actually work

💛 LET'S CONNECT:

~ CHERIE ~

🤳🏻 Instagram – / cherie.brooke

📱 TikTok – / cherie.brooke

✍🏻 Substack – cherieluo.substack.com

👩🏻‍💻 LinkedIn – / cherie-luo

~ JEAN ~

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👩🏻‍💻 LinkedIn – / jeanluo

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If you led your love life like a business, you’d never settle again. In this episode of Tiger Sisters, we break down five powerful frameworks to help you date with clarity, confidence, and intention. From setting boundaries to building emotional equity, it’s time to make relationship decisions that truly help you grow.

We share:

✅ The truth about invisible labor and mixed signals

✅ Chemistry vs. compatibility and how to tell quickly

✅ Emotional equity — what balanced effort looks like

✅ Clean deal terms & boundary scripts that stick

✅ 3-question Litmus Test to stop over-giving yourself

🐯👯‍♀️ We’re the Tiger Sisters — Your Wall Street & Silicon Valley big sisters

Decoding Money • Power • Love

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⏰ Timestamps

0:00 Introduction

0:29 Framework #1: The CEO Shift

1:17 How women take on invisible labor

3:12 Carrying the emotional load in relationships

5:40 Mini Exercise: One way that I'm shrinking myself

6:07 Framework #2: Emotional Due Diligence

9:14 Ask better questions

11:09 Mini Exercise: How do they handle discomfort?

13:24 Ad Break: Square

14:04 Framework #3: Patterns Over Potential

19:19 Mini Exercise: Write down your relationship patterns

19:41 Framework #4: Define Your Deal Terms

21:00 Mini Exercise: Write your non-negotiables

22:48 Ad Break: OneSkin

23:58 Framework #5: Emotional Equity

25:12 Litmus Test

29:10 Three steps to repair your relationship

30:50 Power Move for this week

👀 Newsletter: https://cherieluo.substack.com/

Why trust us?

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

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

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

What you’ll get (and keep):

▫️ 🚀 Ivy League cheat sheets – no $250K tuition required

▫️ Personal finance playbooks – salary jumps, investing, money psychology

▫️ Networking scripts – behind $100M+ deals, job offers & VC intros

▫️ Real talk with unicorn founders, VCs, and billionaires

▫️ Mindset resets – clarity minus the pricey life coach

▫️ Fashion, wellness, and productivity hacks that actually work

💛 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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💸 Should you ever date for money? What’s the most ridiculous purchase we’ve made (and don’t regret)? And what’s the single money habit that sets the wealthy apart?

Money rules everything, yet no one talks about it. In this unfiltered Ask Us Anything episode of Tiger Sisters, we get real about money — answering your top questions on love, power, investing, and what true financial freedom actually looks like.

We share:

✅ The truth about dating or marrying for money (and the strings attached)

✅ Why every woman needs her own money + autonomy

✅ Our most “ridiculous” purchases (and why experiences are everything)

✅ The wealth habit billionaires swear by (compounding + playing offense)

✅ How to lend money to friends & family without losing the relationship

✅ The #1 money mistake in your 20s & 30s — and how to avoid it

📖 Book mentioned: “I Will Teach You to Be Rich” by Ramit Sethi

⚠️ Disclaimer: The views in this episode are our personal experiences and opinions, not financial advice. Please consult a qualified professional for financial guidance.

🐯👯‍♀️ We’re the Tiger Sisters — Your Wall Street & Silicon Valley big sisters

Decoding Money • Power • Love

✨ New episodes every Monday | Shorts all week ✨

🎯 This episode is sponsored by Read AI, a meeting co-pilot that takes notes, analyzes meeting sentiment, and shares smart next steps for you and your team. Try our favorite productivity tool free for 30 days: http://read.ai/tigersisters

💌 Want to partner with us? Sponsorships: [email protected]

⏰ Timestamps

00:00 Breaking the money taboo

01:46 Should you date or marry for money?

03:42 Why you should have your own money

07:00 The “lakehouse” story & hidden strings

07:53 If you do date for money — how to protect yourself

08:32 What’s the most ridiculous purchase we’ve ever made?

10:56 Angel investing + MBAs as “investments in yourself”

14:39 The money habit that separates the wealthy (feat. Fernando DeLeon)

18:16 Why you should start investing today

19:49 Should you lend money to friends or family?

20:54 Sponsor Break: ReadAI

22:30 The easiest money mistake in your 20s & 30s

26:16 Wrap-up

👀 Newsletter: https://cherieluo.substack.com/

🎁 Survey: https://forms.gle/rXpQtbpwU3qShHW26

Why trust us?

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

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

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

What you’ll get (and keep):

▫️ 🚀 Ivy League cheat sheets – no $250K tuition required

▫️ Personal finance playbooks – salary jumps, investing, money psychology

▫️ Networking scripts – behind $100M+ deals, job offers & VC intros

▫️ Real talk with unicorn founders, VCs, and billionaires

▫️ Mindset resets – clarity minus the pricey life coach

▫️ Fashion, wellness, and productivity hacks that actually work

💛 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 quiet superpower do most people miss? How do you read the room – and use it to your advantage? And how do you know when “excellence” is actually keeping you from your Zone of Genius? ⚡👀

In this second unfiltered “Ask Us Anything” episode of Tiger Sisters, we get real about power – in life, love, and work. From decoding nonverbal cues to rebuilding your inner circle and choosing purpose over prestige, nothing is off the table.

We share:

✅ How to read the room – and act on what you see

✅ Zone of Excellence vs. Zone of Genius (and knowing when to leap)

✅ A practical productivity stack: sleep, food, therapy, gym, less alcohol

✅ Why your energy is a luxury good – givers vs. takers

✅ Where to meet aligned friends + the power of the follow-up

✅ The “friends, fans, and lessons” framework to protect your circle

🐯👯‍♀️ We’re the Tiger Sisters — Your Wall Street & Silicon Valley big sisters

Decoding Money • Power • Love

✨ New episodes every Monday | Shorts all week ✨

🎯 This episode is sponsored by Read AI, a meeting co-pilot that takes notes, analyzes meeting sentiment, and shares smart next steps for you and your team. Try our favorite productivity tool free for 30 days: http://read.ai/tigersisters

💌 Want to partner with us? Sponsorships: [email protected]

⏰ Timestamps

00:00 Welcome to our Power AMA ⚡

01:34 Secret power: reading the room (nonverbal cues)

05:00 How to build this skill through fiction, TV, reality TV

08:16 Zone of Excellence vs. Zone of Genius (why Jean left Snapchat)

12:38 Sponsor Break: ReadAI

14:15 Productivity: passion you can monetize + life pillars

16:51 Finding motivated, aligned, passionate friends

17:19 Mini exercise: audit your five (+ one trait you admire)

23:43 Where to meet your people

26:05 The power of the follow-up

28:45 Wrap-up + thanks to Spotify for Creators

👀 Newsletter: https://cherieluo.substack.com/

🎁 Survey: https://forms.gle/rXpQtbpwU3qShHW26

Why trust us?

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

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

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

What you’ll get (and keep):

▫️ 🚀 Ivy League cheat sheets – no $250K tuition required

▫️ Personal finance playbooks – salary jumps, investing, money psychology

▫️ Networking scripts – behind $100M+ deals, job offers & VC intros

▫️ Real talk with unicorn founders, VCs, and billionaires

▫️ Mindset resets – clarity minus the pricey life coach

▫️ Style, wellness, and productivity hacks that actually work

💛 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 WRITE A REVIEW and rate us ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ on Spotify & Apple Podcasts!

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In this first-ever unfiltered “Ask Us Anything” episode of Tiger Sisters, we finally spill it ALL on dating, love, and the wild questions you sent us. From red flags to the most romantic thing a date has done recently, nothing is off the table. 👀

We share:

✅ Our biggest turn-offs

✅ The reasons we’ve refused second dates

✅ The romantic gestures that made us melt

✅ The mistake we kept repeating in relationships until we finally learned

✅ Ghosting confessions

✅ Why dating at work almost always ends in disaster

✅ The brutally honest titles our exes’ group chats would have

🐯👯‍♀️ We’re the Tiger Sisters — Your Wall Street & Silicon Valley big sisters

Decoding Money • Power • Love

✨ New episodes every Monday | Shorts all week ✨

Today’s episode is sponsored by:

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⏰ Timestamps

00:00 Welcome to our Love AMA 💕

01:12 What’s your instant “ick”?

10:04 Pettiest reasons we’ve refused a second date

16:01 Sponsor Break: Square

17:08 The most romantic thing someone’s ever done for us

22:46 The #1 mistake we kept making in relationships

25:42 Sponsor Break: One Skin

27:01 Ghosting confessions (including one that came back years later)

31:24 Is it ever okay to date someone you work with?

38:08 If our exes formed a group chat… what it would be called

42:33 Wrap-up + like, comment & subscribe

👀 Newsletter: https://cherieluo.substack.com/

🎁 Survey: https://forms.gle/rXpQtbpwU3qShHW26

Why trust us?

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

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

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

What you’ll get (and keep):

▫️ 🚀 Ivy League cheat sheets – no $250K tuition required

▫️ Personal finance playbooks – salary jumps, investing, money psychology

▫️ Networking scripts – behind $100M+ deals, job offers & VC intros

▫️ Real talk with unicorn founders, VCs, and billionaires

▫️ Mindset resets – clarity minus the pricey life coach

▫️ Style, wellness, and productivity hacks that actually work

💛 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 WRITE A REVIEW and rate us ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ on Spotify & Apple Podcasts!

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Women are silently losing over half a million dollars across their careers — not from big mistakes, but from three subtle traps: Delay, Doubt, and Default.

In this episode of Tiger Sisters, we expose how these invisible money leaks happen, why women are disproportionately affected, and the practical tools you can use to reclaim your wealth. Backed by research, real stories, and the frameworks we’ve tested ourselves, this episode will change how you think about money.

We share:
 ✅ How delaying investments or salary moves can cost ~$500K+ — and the automation trick to stop it
 ✅ Why women are 29% more likely to feel “not investment ready” — and the role-play method that flips doubt into confidence
 ✅ The danger of defaulting to the first offer, 0% 401k contributions, or cash hoarding — and how wealth circles can boost savings by 45%
 ✅ Case studies from missed Bitcoin to comp transparency spreadsheets
 ✅ A mini exercise to identify your money story: survival, victim, or creator

If you’ve ever felt behind, avoided your finances, or wondered why money feels harder than it should — this one’s for you.

🐯👯‍♀️ We’re the Tiger Sisters — Your Wall Street & Silicon Valley big sisters

Decoding Money • Power • Love

✨ New episodes every Monday | Shorts all week ✨

🎯 Sponsored by mbaMission, the #1 MBA admissions consulting firm (Poets&Quants). Their expert team has helped 15,000+ applicants get into top schools. Start with a free 30-minute consultation at https://www.mbamission.com/consult and select “Tiger Sisters.” Use code “TIGERSISTERS30” for 30% off onTrack, their guided MBA application platform.

💌 Want to partner with us? Sponsorships: [email protected]

⏰ Timestamps00:00 Why women lose $500K+ in invisible wealth

02:01 Delay – The cost of waiting & power of compounding
03:42 How to beat Delay: automate & reward yourself
07:50 Quick Break: mbaMission 

09:08 Doubt – Mindset traps & the 3 money stories

13:24 Mini Exercise: Survival, Victim, Creator
14:40 How to beat Doubt: role play & mock negotiations
17:27 Default — Autopilot money decisions & UBS study
21:02 How to beat Default: create a Wealth Circle
22:04 Case study: salary transparency & collective bargaining
27:07 Wrap-up + survey & subscribe

👀 Newsletter: https://cherieluo.substack.com/

🎁 Survey: https://forms.gle/rXpQtbpwU3qShHW26

Why trust us?

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

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

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

What you’ll get (and keep):

▫️ 🚀 Ivy League cheat sheets – no $250K tuition required

▫️ Personal finance playbooks – salary jumps, investing, money psychology

▫️ Networking scripts – behind $100M+ deals, job offers & VC intros

▫️ Real talk with unicorn founders, VCs, and billionaires

▫️ Mindset resets – clarity minus the pricey life coach

▫️ Fashion, wellness, and productivity hacks that actually work

💛 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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After spending $250,000 on a Stanford MBA, I realized the most valuable lessons were the invisible soft skills — the mental operating systems that help you build trust, influence, and actually lead everyone around you.

In this episode of Tiger Sisters, we share the 3 most powerful frameworks from Stanford GSB that transformed how we show up as leaders — and how you can apply them immediately.We share:

✅ The SBI feedback model from “Touchy Feely” — used by Netflix, Microsoft, Adobe

✅ Power mapping from Jeffrey Pfeffer’s Paths to Power — why influence beats titles

✅ Executive communication with the SCQA framework — clarity is stronger than being “smart”

✅ Real company case studies (Sheryl Sandberg at Google/Facebook, Amazon product launches)

✅ Mini exercises to practice each framework today

🐯👯‍♀️ We’re the Tiger Sisters — Your Wall Street & Silicon Valley big sisters

Decoding Money • Power • Love

✨ New episodes every Monday | Shorts all week ✨

🎯 Sponsored by mbaMission, the #1 MBA admissions consulting firm (Poets&Quants). Their expert team has helped 15,000+ applicants get into top schools. Start with a free 30-minute consultation at www.mbamission.com/consult

and select “Tiger Sisters.” Use code “TIGERSISTERS30” for 30% off onTrack, their guided MBA application platform.

💌 Want to partner with us? Sponsorships: [email protected]

⏰ Timestamps

00:00 Doing everything “right” but not seen as a leader

00:08 $250,000 Stanford MBA & invisible soft skills

00:23 The mental operating systems behind leadership

00:33 Today’s 3 frameworks from Stanford

00:41 Meet the Tiger Sisters — Top 10 Business Podcast

01:08 This is Part 3 of our Stanford GSB series

01:32 What to expect: case studies + mini exercises

01:44 Sponsor: mbaMission

03:02 Framework 1: Giving feedback the right way (SBI model)

06:11 Why specificity matters — workplace & personal examples

11:08 Mini exercise: practice situation → behavior → impact

13:22 Framework 2: Power Mapping (Paths to Power)

18:19 Case study: Sheryl Sandberg’s power map

20:37 Case study: Carol Bartz at Yahoo

22:05 Mini exercise: map your own power web

23:21 Framework 3: Executive Communication (SCQA model)

25:10 Example: marketing spend pitch & SCQA breakdown

27:00 Case study: Amazon press releases & clarity

28:12 Mini exercise: write & test your SCQA pitch

28:41 How these frameworks changed our careers

29:03 Wrap-up, reviews, newsletter, and next episode

👀 Newsletter: https://cherieluo.substack.com/

🎁 Survey: https://forms.gle/rXpQtbpwU3qShHW26

Why trust us?

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

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

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

What you’ll get (and keep):

▫️ 🚀 Ivy League cheat sheets – no $250K tuition required

▫️ Personal finance playbooks – salary jumps, investing, money psychology

▫️ Networking scripts – behind $100M+ deals, job offers & VC intros

▫️ Real talk with unicorn founders, VCs, and billionaires

▫️ Mindset resets – clarity minus the pricey life coach

▫️ Fashion, wellness, and productivity hacks that actually work

💛 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 WRITE A REVIEW and rate us ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ on Spotify & Apple Podcasts!

Share this with someone who deserves to be seen as a leader.

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We’ve uncovered the real daily habits that set the top 1% apart. In this episode of Tiger Sisters, we break down five habits that actually move the needle — not lemon water or 5 a.m. wakeups, but science-backed methods used by the most powerful women in the world (and tested by us). Each comes with case studies and mini exercises you can apply today.

✅ Separate fact from feeling to stay clearheaded

✅ Audit your calendar so it reflects your real priorities

✅ Language shifts that make you own any room

✅ Why top women ask for feedback before they’re ready

✅ Identity habits — the “I am” statements that rewire action

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Decoding Money • Power • Love✨

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⏰ Timestamps

00:00 Why do some women seem unshakable?

00:18 The 5 habits that actually work

01:38 Habit 1: Separate fact from feeling

02:59 Case study: Indra Nooyi

04:12 Mini exercise: Fact vs. Feeling

05:42 Habit 2: Ruthless calendar alignment

07:00 Case study: Sheryl Sandberg

07:18 Mini exercise: Color-code your calendar

08:50 Habit 3: Own the room with language

10:41 Case study: Michelle Obama

12:08 Mini exercise: Record yourself

12:42 Habit 4: Ask for feedback early

14:08 Case study: HBS class participation

15:23 Why women must ship before it’s perfect

16:29 Habit 5: Identity habits

17:11 Case studies: Beyoncé & Simone Biles

19:00 Mini exercise: Daily “I am” mantra

20:21 Wrap-up & recap👀 Newsletter: https://cherieluo.substack.com/

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

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

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

What you’ll get (and keep):

▫️ 🚀 Ivy League cheat sheets – no $250K tuition required

▫️ Personal finance playbooks – salary jumps, investing, money psychology

▫️ Networking scripts – behind $100M+ deals, job offers & VC intros

▫️ Real talk with unicorn founders, VCs, and billionaires

▫️ Mindset resets – clarity minus the pricey life coach

▫️ Fashion, wellness, and productivity hacks that actually work

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Most of us were never taught how to make life’s biggest decisions — not in school, not in our first jobs. At Stanford GSB, we learned frameworks that rewired how we think about careers, relationships, and life itself.

This episode is Part 2 of our most downloaded series (“Everything We Learned at Harvard & Stanford”), where we break down three powerful tools from Stanford Business School and show you how to apply them — with real company case studies and mini exercises you can try right now.

We share:

✅ Jobs to Be Done — why people really “hire” products (LinkedIn, Netflix, Sisters Matcha)

✅ Mini exercise: uncover what people are hiring you for at work

✅ Decision Trees & Expected Value — how billion-dollar companies (and you) make better choices without spiraling

✅ “I may be wrong, but I’m not confused” — a decision-making mindset shift

✅ A 4-step method to evaluate job offers, entrepreneurship, or any life pivot

✅ Life as a Product Roadmap — how to use OKRs (Objectives & Key Results) to prioritize what matters

✅ Real examples of health, fitness, and creativity OKRs — and how accountability helps you follow through

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Decoding Money • Power • Love

✨ New episodes every Monday | Shorts all week ✨

🎯 Sponsored by mbaMission, the #1 MBA admissions consulting firm (Poets&Quants).

Their expert team has helped 15,000+ applicants get into top schools. Start with a free 30-minute consultation at www.mbamission.com/consult and select “Tiger Sisters.”

Use code “TIGERSISTERS30” for 30% off onTrack, their guided MBA application platform.

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⏰ Timestamps

00:00 Why no one teaches you decision-making

00:15 The 6-part Harvard & Stanford series

01:56 Framework 1: Jobs to Be Done

02:52 LinkedIn + Sisters Matcha case study

04:10 Mini exercise: What are you “hired” for?

05:37 Framework 2: Decision Trees & Expected Value

06:31 Real example: job offer vs. entrepreneurship

07:49 Case studies: Netflix, Amazon, VC firms

09:23 “I may be wrong, but I’m not confused” mindset

09:45 Mini exercise: Map your pending decision

11:04 Framework 3: Life as a Product Roadmap (OKRs)

12:04 LinkedIn + personal OKRs

13:18 Examples: health & hobby OKRs

14:34 How OKRs give focus + guardrails

18:45 Mini exercise: Set your personal OKR

19:24 Wrap-up & takeaways

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Why trust us?

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

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

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

What you’ll get (and keep):

▫️ 🚀 Ivy League cheat sheets – no $250K tuition required

▫️ Personal finance playbooks – salary jumps, investing, money psychology

▫️ Networking scripts – behind $100M+ deals, job offers & VC intros

▫️ Real talk with unicorn founders, VCs, and billionaires

▫️ Mindset resets – clarity minus the pricey life coach

▫️ Fashion, wellness, and productivity hacks that actually work

💛 LET'S CONNECT:

~ CHERIE ~

🤳🏻 Instagram – / cherie.brooke📱 TikTok – / cherie.brooke✍🏻 Substack – cherieluo.substack.com👩🏻‍💻 LinkedIn – / cherie-luo

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Are you settling in your career, relationships, or life — even if it all “looks good on paper”? In this episode of Tiger Sisters, we expose the hidden signs high achievers are wasting their prime years — and exactly how to break free without blowing up your life. From value drift that slowly pulls you off course to the sunk costs that keep you stuck, you’ll learn how to recognize settling in your career, love life, and personal identity — and the exact steps to get unstuck.

We share:

✅ #1 red flag you’re settling (and why “fine” is the danger zone)

✅ How high achievers talk themselves into staying small

✅ The psychology of staying too long: cognitive dissonance, sunk costs, fear of regret

✅ 3 clarity questions that tell you when it’s time to move on

✅ Mini exercises to stop settling — starting today!

✅ Reese Witherspoon’s career pivot from her “zone of excellence” to her genius

🐯👯‍♀️ We’re the Tiger Sisters — Your Wall Street & Silicon Valley big sisters

Decoding Money • Power • Love

✨ New episodes every Monday | Shorts all week ✨

🎯 This episode is sponsored by mbaMission, the #1 MBA admissions consulting firm five years in a row (Poets&Quants). Their expert team has helped 15,000+ applicants get into the world’s top business schools. Start with a free 30-minute consultation at www.mbamission.com/consult and select “Tiger Sisters” in the drop-down. And use code “TIGERSISTERS30” for 30% off onTrack, their personalized MBA application experience led by leading MBA expert Jeremy Shinewald.

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⏰ Timestamps

00:00 Are you settling without realizing it?

01:35 Symptoms of settling

02:47 Mini exercise: 12-month projection

03:07 Why high achievers settle

10:40 Dream job that still felt empty

12:35 Mini exercise: “I’m scared to walk away because…”

13:02 Sponsor: mbaMission

14:21 Cognitive dissonance & why we stay too long

15:25 Mini exercise: Rate career, relationships, identity

18:30 3 questions to know if it’s time to move on

19:11 Case Study: Reese Witherspoon & Hello Sunshine

22:21 Mini exercise: Letter from your future self

24:04 Practical steps to stop settling

26:05 Visualize your future in 1, 5, and 10 years

27:27 Find your “board of advisors”

28:03 Wrap up

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Why trust us?

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

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

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

We turn Harvard and Stanford MBA case studies + hard-won tech & finance lessons into frameworks you can use this week.

What you’ll get (and keep):

▫️ 🚀 Ivy League cheat sheets – no $250K tuition required

▫️ Personal finance playbooks – salary jumps, investing, money psychology

▫️ Networking scripts – behind $100M+ deals, job offers & VC intros

▫️ Real talk with unicorn founders, VCs, and billionaires

▫️ Mindset resets – career clarity minus the pricey life coach

▫️ Fashion, wellness, and productivity hacks that actually work

💛 LET'S CONNECT:

~ CHERIE ~

🤳🏻 Instagram – / cherie.brooke

📱/ TikTok – / cherie.brooke

✍🏻 Substack – https://cherieluo.substack.com/

👩🏻‍💻 LinkedIn – / cherie-luo

~ JEAN ~

🤳🏻 Instagram – / jeanluo_

👩🏻‍💻 LinkedIn – / jeanluo

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