Tiger Sisters

• Private Equity 101: Everything You Need to Know to Be Dangerous in 20 Minutes

  🎯 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: www.read.ai/tigersisters👀 Sign up for our newsletter: https://cherieluo.substack.com/ 🎁 NEW SURVEY!! Win a $100 gift card — and help shape our partnerships: https://forms.gle/9kn41hU9wspCGjzm6💌 Want to partner with us? Sponsorships and brand deals: [email protected] PE destroying your favorite brands – or quietly saving them? In this crash course, Jean & Cherie unmask the most mysterious corner of capitalism in five binge‑able bites.𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂’𝗹𝗹 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗲𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗱𝗲:◦ PE 101 – Why firms buy entire companies instead of a few Robinhood shares.◦ The Money Machine – “2 & 20,” carried interest, and jaw‑dropping payouts.◦ Leveraged Buyouts – House‑flipping on a billion‑dollar scale (RIP Toys “R” Us).◦ Bad‑Guy Narrative – Layoffs, asset‑stripping, and the Hilton comeback you missed◦ What It Means for YOU – As founder, employee, or customer when a PE firm moves in.Get hot‑girl clarity on money, power, and the incentives that shape everything from your salad chain to your hospital.🎙️ Subscribe to Tiger Sisters on Spotify, Apple, and YouTube📩 Fill out our NEW SURVEY for a chance to win a $100 gift card💌 Share this with a friend who’s learning and growing alongside you⏰ Timestamps00:00:00 PE just bought your fave store – here’s why00:01:10 Private equity in 30 seconds – no MBA needed00:03:35 The “2 & 20” fee that mints millionaire managers00:05:25 LBOs: buy with debt, profit with someone else’s cash00:06:47 Toys ‘R’ Us autopsy: debt vs. nostalgia00:08:22 Four red flags that tag PE as the villain00:09:58 Hilton glow‑up: how one PE deal made $14 B00:11:15 Job watch i.e. three clues your company just got touched by PE00:12:20 Higher prices or shockingly better service for customers00:14:05 Verdict time: PE – evil empire or misunderstood fixer?❤️ Check out this video's meeting report and transcript by Read AI: https://app.read.ai/analytics/meetings/01K11EQM9YH4BAGG89C8WC4YEK?utm_source=Share_Nav🐯👯‍♀️ Tiger Sisters — Your Wall Street & Silicon Valley Big SistersDecoding Money • Power • Love ✨ New episodes every Monday | Shorts all week ✨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 workWhy 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 • billion-dollar product lines • two startups — decoded for you👉 Tap “Follow,” turn on 🔔 notifications, and leave us a ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ rating if you enjoyed the episode!💛 LET'S CONNECT:~ CHERIE ~🤳🏻 Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/cherie.brooke📱 TikTok – https://www.tiktok.com/@cherie.brooke✍🏻 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 by Sammy Signal – https://open.spotify.com/artist/2HsyknHuxhT8RoZfn5rqMS🛍️ Sisters Matcha & Merch – www.sistersmatcha.com🌀 Everything else – https://amzn.to/3z0dx5b👀 Read AI's free downloadable guide to Agentic AI and Generative AI — https://shop.beacons.ai/cherie.brooke/e60ea9c0-0630-4d48-81c6-70708b2c205c

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• Reset Your Life with These 3 Proven Frameworks (No Matter Your Age)

  🎯 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: www.read.ai/tigersisters 👀 Sign up for our newsletter: https://cherieluo.substack.com/ 🎁 Win a $100 gift card — and help shape our next episodes: https://forms.gle/jJWK219wzztjRc8W9💌 Want to partner with us? Sponsorships and brand deals: [email protected]—🌀 Starting over isn’t failure. It’s power.In this vulnerable, tactical episode, we walk you through the 3-part toolkit for reinvention — with wisdom from James Clear, Brené Brown, and Esther Perel.Whether you're recovering from heartbreak, making a big move, or just feeling lost, this episode will help you hit reset with confidence.𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂’𝗹𝗹 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗲𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗱𝗲:◦ James Clear’s 4-step formula for habit change that sticks◦ How to become the kind of person you want to be◦ Vulnerability as a tool for connection, not weakness (feat. Brené Brown)◦ How to rewrite your romantic or personal story after setbacks (Esther Perel-style)◦ The real story behind Jean’s broken engagement — and how she reframed it🎙️ Subscribe to Tiger Sisters on Spotify, Apple, and YouTube📩 Fill out our listener survey for a chance to win a $100 gift card💌 Share this with a friend who’s rebuilding something in their life right now—⏰ Timestamps00:00:00 Starting over at 29 and 3600:03:05 Why atomic habits work when you feel stuck00:04:53 Jean’s “Don’t Break the Chain” habit system00:06:05 Saying yes to social invites → dating success?!00:08:39 Why starting over doesn’t need to wait until January00:10:33 How to use vulnerability as a career superpower00:12:39 LinkedIn layoffs, social accountability, and owning your story00:15:07 Weakness or strength? The mindset shift that changes everything00:17:51 Rewriting your narrative — Esther Perel’s framework00:22:19 The real story behind Jean’s broken engagement00:25:12 Bonus exercise: say it out loud for the first time00:26:42 Final mini exercise — and how to reframe the old story❤️ Check out this video's meeting report and transcript by Read AI: https://app.read.ai/analytics/meetings/01K0HVZ5GE4GM4HM3PY3MCH7E5?utm_source=Share_CopyLink—🐯👯‍♀️ Tiger Sisters — Your Wall Street & Silicon Valley Big SistersDecoding Money • Power • Love ✨ New episodes every Monday | Shorts all week ✨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 Time Hacks that actually workWhy trust us?▫️ Cherie Brooke Luo – 100M+ views demystifying big tech, finance & MBAs▫️ Jean Luo – ex-Goldman, ex-Snapchat exec, 50+ AI patents, startup investor—💛 LET'S CONNECT:~ CHERIE ~🤳🏻 Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/cherie.brooke📱 TikTok – https://www.tiktok.com/@cherie.brooke✍🏻 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 by Sammy Signal – https://open.spotify.com/artist/2HsyknHuxhT8RoZfn5rqMS🛍️ Sisters Matcha – www.sistersmatcha.com🌀 Everything else – https://amzn.to/3z0dx5b👀 Read AI's free downloadable guide to Agentic AI — https://shop.beacons.ai/cherie.brooke/e60ea9c0-0630-4d48-81c6-70708b2c205c🗓️ Habit Tracker free downloadable — https://shop.beacons.ai/cherie.brooke/c42691a4-a8be-4a74-bf44-05e3fd329537

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• VC 101: How Venture Capital Really Works (No Finance Degree Needed)

  🎯 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 for free for 30 days here: www.read.ai/tigersisters 👀Sign up for our newsletter: https://cherieluo.substack.com/ 🎁 Win a $100 gift card — and help shape our next episodes: https://forms.gle/jJWK219wzztjRc8W9💌 Want to partner with us? Sponsorships and brand deals: [email protected]🧠 Think venture capital is just for tech bros and finance guys? Think again.In this Tiger Sisters episode, we break down how venture capital really works — and how you can borrow the frameworks VCs use to make billion-dollar bets (and apply them to your own career, finances, and love life).𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂’𝗹𝗹 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗲𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗱𝗲:◦ What VCs actually do (explained in plain English)◦ How investors evaluate startups — and how to evaluate yourself the same way◦ Why venture capital is a power game, not just a money game◦ The dark side of VC nobody talks about (and the pressure that comes with it)◦ 3 frameworks you can steal from investors to level up your own life decisions🎙️ Subscribe to Tiger Sisters on Spotify, Apple, and YouTube📩 Fill out our listener survey (linked above!) for a chance to win a $100 gift cardSubscribe & tap the 🔔 so you never miss a new episode. And if you love it, drop a review and rate us ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ on Spotify and Apple Podcasts!⏰ Timestamps00:00:00 What even is venture capital? 00:01:14 Case studies from HBS, GSB & real angel deals 00:03:35 Pre-seed to Series E: The VC funding ladder 🪜 00:05:53 Airbnb’s $600K seed round to $100B IPO 00:09:40 How VCs really evaluate startups (3-part framework) 00:13:06 TAM: Total Addressable Market vs. actual market 00:14:29 Why VC is a power game (not just a money game) 00:17:48 Burn book of venture capital 😈 00:19:10 The real pressure that comes with raising VC money 00:21:23 The biggest mistake founders make, according to Stanford 00:26:07 3 ways to apply VC thinking to your own life 00:29:56 “I turned down Harvard Business School” 🤯 00:30:46 Your mini-exercise: Make the bet you’re scared to make ❤️ Check out this video's meeting report and transcript by Read AI: https://app.read.ai/analytics/meetings/01K04XRBE4G4HQ6Q0ATCSETWHY?utm_source=Share_Nav🐯👯‍♀️ Tiger Sisters — Your Wall Street & Silicon Valley Big Sisters Decoding Money • Power • Love✨ New episodes every Monday | Shorts all 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 Time Hacks that actually workWhy 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💛 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 by Sammy Signal: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2HsyknHuxhT8RoZfn5rqMS🍵 Sisters Matcha & SISTERS Merch – www.sistersmatcha.com🌀 Everything else – https://amzn.to/3z0dx5b👀 Read AI's downloadable guide to Agentic AI and Generative AI: https://shop.beacons.ai/cherie.brooke/e60ea9c0-0630-4d48-81c6-70708b2c205c

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• The Self-Made Billionaire Playbook: No Trust Fund. No Connections. Just Guts.

  🎁 Win a $100 gift card – and help us grow! Take our quick audience survey: https://forms.gle/jJWK219wzztjRc8W9We're building Tiger Sisters with you, not just for you. Your answers help shape future guests, episodes, and big ideas. It takes 2 minutes and we read every single one!💌 Want to partner with us? Sponsorships and brand deals: cheriebrookepartnerships@gmail.com------------------------------------------------------------------ 💰 From zero to $2.8 billion – no trust fund, no elite connections, no safety net. Just grit, leverage, and a deep love for family.Fernando de Leon is one of the few people on the Forbes list with a 10/10 self-made score – a title shared with Oprah and George Soros. In this episode, he shares the real playbook for building a fortune from nothing – and what it actually takes to keep it.𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂’𝗹𝗹 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗲𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗱𝗲: ▫️ How he closed his first real estate equity deal at age 15 on the back of a napkin ▫️ The one mindset shift that separates billionaires from everyone else ▫️ Why fear is fuel – and how to train your brain to run toward it ▫️ Hot takes on Mark Cuban, Harvard, crypto, and elite credentials ▫️ What kind of partner it takes to build an empire – and how love fuels legacyThis is the Tiger Sisters blueprint for money, power, and love – straight from a billionaire who built his own empire brick by brick.🎙️ Follow Tiger Sisters on Spotify, Apple, and YouTube 📩 Fill out our listener survey (linked above!) to win a $100 gift card 💌 Share this episode with someone building from scratchSubscribe & tap the 🔔 so you don’t miss the next episode, and write a review and rate us ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. ------------------------------------------------------------------ ⏰ Timestamps00:00 He built a $2.88B empire – with no safety net02:41 Why Forbes gave Fernando the same score as Oprah 🐐06:18 “I want equity.” His first deal at 14 💼12:54 The most underrated secret in American capitalism14:54 How he ‘owned’ Chick-fil-A – without a single share 🍗20:38 Fear as fuel: the mindset that built his empire29:21 Tactics to create opportunities and build wealth39:00 The moment we finally talk about love on Tiger Sisters41:00 When he wanted to quit, her words changed everything45:22 🔥 Mark Cuban, Harvard, crypto – overrated or not?------------------------------------------------------------------ 🐯👯‍♀️ Tiger Sisters — Your Wall Street & Silicon Valley Big SistersDecoding Money • Power • Love✨ New episodes every Monday | Shorts all week  ✨ We turn Harvard and Stanford MBA case studies and hard‑won tech & finance lessons into frameworks you can use this week.What you’ll get (and keep) ▫️ 🚀 Ivy League Cheat Sheets in 30 min – no $250 K tuition required ▫️ Personal Finance Rules – salary jumps, automated investing, psychology of money ▫️ Networking Scripts  – DMs behind job offers, $100M+ deals, & Fortune 500 partnerships ▫️ Exclusive Sit‑downs with billionaire investors, unicorn founders, & media powerhouses ▫️ Mindset & Life Design Resets – growth mindset drills minus the pricey career coach ▫️ Wellness • Fashion • Habit Hacks that survive 12‑hour workdays, travel, and funWhy trust us? ▫️ Cherie Brooke Luo – 100 M+ views demystifying tech, finance, entrepreneurship, MBA life ▫️ Jean Luo – ex‑Goldman, ex‑Snapchat exec, 50+ AI patents, startup investor & advisor💛 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: ⁠www.sistersmatcha.com⁠🌀 Everything else: ⁠https://amzn.to/3z0dx5b⁠

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• Body Language Expert Reveals Why You’re Still Invisible

  In this Tiger Sisters episode, we sit down with the best-selling author of Unforgettable Presence and LinkedIn Top Voice Lorraine K. Lee to unpack the unspoken rules of communication, visibility, and executive energy. You’ll learn:◦ The one word that makes people 93% more likely to say yes◦ Subtle body language mistakes that instantly kill your credibility◦ The fix for “Resting Business Face” (yes, it’s a real thing)If you’ve ever felt overlooked, talked over, or underestimated at work—this episode is your playbook. Lorraine breaks down how to command a room, speak with magnetic clarity, and build presence (even over Zoom).🎙️🐯 Hit play. By the end, you won’t just sound more confident – you’ll be the person people remember.Connect with Lorraine here:👩🏻‍💻 LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/lorraineklee/📱 Website – https://lorraineklee.com/🤳🏻 Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/lorraineklee/Subscribe & tap the 🔔 so you don’t miss the next episode.Audience survey: https://forms.gle/jJWK219wzztjRc8W9------------------------------------------------------------------ ⏰ Timestamps00:00:00 The invisible rules of presence that no one teaches you00:02:30 The 0.1-second first impression: what you’re getting wrong00:05:15 The Resting Business Face trap (and how to fix it)00:08:21 How to talk about your accomplishments without bragging00:09:55 “We” vs “I” – the secret language of seniority00:12:23 Why posting on LinkedIn feels cringe (and how to fix it)00:14:41 The 3 types of content that go viral on LinkedIn00:17:24 One word that makes people 93% more likely to say yes00:21:31 The “email haiku” every executive secretly loves00:24:31 This body language trick boosts memory recall by 33%00:30:00 Stop saying “Does that make sense?” – say this instead00:32:12 Does your boss need to like you to get promoted?Subscribe & tap the 🔔 so you don’t miss the next episode, and drop a comment and rate us ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. ------------------------------------------------------------------ 🐯👯‍♀️ Tiger Sisters — Your Wall Street & Silicon Valley Big SistersDecoding Money • Power • Love✨ New episodes every Monday | Shorts all week  ✨We turn Harvard and Stanford MBA case studies and hard‑won tech & finance lessons into frameworks you can use this week.What you'll get:▫️ 🚀 Ivy League Cheat Sheets in 30 min – no $250 K tuition required▫️ Recession‑Proof Personal Finance Rules – salary jumps, automated investing, psychology of money▫️ Networking Scripts that Work – DMs behind Goldman offers, $100M+ deals, & Fortune 500 partnerships▫️ Exclusive Sit‑downs with billionaire investors, unicorn founders, & media powerhouses▫️ Mindset & Life Design Resets – growth mindset drills minus the pricey career coach▫️ Wellness • Fashion • Habit Hacks that survive 12‑hour workdays, travel, and fun▫️ ⬇️ Free Templates & Worksheets linked in episodesWhy trust us?▫️ Cherie Brooke Luo – 100 M+ views demystifying big tech, finance, entrepreneurship,  & MBA life▫️ Jean Luo – ex‑Goldman, ex‑Snapchat exec, 50+ AI patents, startup investor & advisor▫️ Together: 4 Ivy degrees • built billion‑dollar product lines • two startups – translated into plain English so anyone can level‑up.Share this channel with your friends & let’s level up together.------------------------------------------------------------------ 💛 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 & Merch: https://⁠www.sistersmatcha.com ⁠ 🌀 Everything else: ⁠https://amzn.to/3z0dx5b⁠

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