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Check out our matcha brand, Sisters Matcha at ⁠https://www.sistersmatcha.com⁠  Sign up for our newsletter here: https://tigersisters.substack.com/  What really goes on behind the scenes of a $6.7 billion deal? This week on Tiger Sisters, we're joined by Amy Burroughs, the biotech executive who led Terns Pharmaceuticals through its $6.7 billion acquisition by Merck, following a more than 15x increase in the company's market cap during her tenure as CEO.  Amy takes us inside the negotiations and strategic decisions behind the deal, while also reflecting on her unconventional career journey.  Tune in for lessons on: ✅ Why the power to walk away can be your greatest advantage in any negotiation ✅ How to identify your competitive advantage and make tough strategic decisions ✅ How to build your own "Personal Board of Directors" of trusted advisors ✅ The difference between mentors and sponsors, and why you need both 00:00 - Episode Intro 00:54 - Introducing Amy Burroughs 02:00 - The ups and downs of Amy’s nonlinear career path 06:08 - Hiring for potential, not just experience 06:55 - Doing well by doing good 09:51 - Working in Executive Search to become a better CEO 16:40 - Taking over Terns after the previous CEO's passing 27:40 - Inside the $6.7 billion deal  29:18 - How raising $750 million gave Terns the power to walk away 30:30 - An unexpected phone call  39:00 - Managing the pressure of a multibillion-dollar deal 43:40 - Being a CEO doesn’t have to be a lonely job 45:35 - How to build your own personal board of directors 50:46 - The difference between mentors and sponsors 56:40 - Why your career is a marathon, not a sprint  59:30 - Choosing a life partner is one of your biggest career decisions  1:00:40 - What’s next for Amy  1:01:50 - 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: [email protected] 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. 🛍️ Items: 🍵 Sisters Matcha — http://www.sistersmatcha.com 🌀 Everything else — https://amzn.to/3z0dx5b  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sign up for our newsletter here: https://tigersisters.substack.com/   Check out our matcha brand, Sisters Matcha at ⁠https://www.sistersmatcha.com⁠  What if some of the most valuable friendships in your life could be with people decades older (or younger) than you? In Part 3 of our friendship series, we’re diving into intergenerational friendships and discussing why having friends of all ages can expand the way you think about what’s possible for your life. Tune in for lessons on: ✅ Why friendships across generations can make our lives richer ✅ What younger and older generations can teach each other ✅ How intergenerational friendships can naturally evolve into mentorship ✅ Why curiosity is one of the best ways to build relationships with people different from you ✅ Our exercise for auditing your inner circle & becoming intentional about your friendships If you’re looking to expand your circle, learn from people outside your generation, or simply become more intentional about who you surround yourself with, this episode is for you.  00:00: Cold open  01:12: Why you need friends of all ages 02:03: The benefits of intergenerational friendships 03:45: What older generations can teach us 06:17: What Gen Z & Gen Alpha are teaching us 12:43: How different generations communicate 14:08: Turning age-gap connections Into real friendships 16:50: Learning from women in different life stages 23:10: Why your friends shouldn’t all be your age 23:40: How intergenerational friendships can help your career 25:42: The power of being curious about people 26:40: Why older friends can change how you see your future 27:27: Mini Exercise: Audit Your Inner Circle 28:10: 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: [email protected] 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. 🛍️ Items: 🍵 Sisters Matcha — http://www.sistersmatcha.com 🌀 Everything else — https://amzn.to/3z0dx5b  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Check out our matcha brand, Sisters Matcha at ⁠https://www.sistersmatcha.com⁠  Sign up for our newsletter here: https://tigersisters.substack.com/  How much does your environment shape your success, and can putting yourself in the right rooms change what you believe is possible for your future? This week, we're coming to you from Khanference in Dallas, surrounded by some of the world's most influential founders, CEOs, investors, and leaders. Inspired by the conversations happening around us, we're exploring the power of proximity and how exposure to different people, environments, and opportunities can open doors you didn't even know existed. Tune in for lessons on: ✅ What a Harvard study reveals about friendships and economic mobility ✅ How our school district exposed us to opportunities we didn't know existed ✅ Why who you work with can matter more than your job title or salary ✅ How to absorb the habits and perspectives of people you admire ✅ Why being the least knowledgeable person in the room can actually be an advantage ✅ Leading with generosity and building lasting relationships Whether you're looking to advance your career, expand your perspective, or create new opportunities for yourself, this episode is a reminder that the people you surround yourself with can dramatically shape how you envision what’s possible for your future. 00:00 - Episode Intro  01:12 - The importance of proximity  01:45 - How being in the right rooms expands your perspective 05:37 - What Harvard research reveals about economic mobility 08:35 - How our school district shaped our future 11:40 - The opportunities that come from exposure 14:50 - How friendships introduce us to different worlds 20:43 - Why who you work with matters more than your job title 21:35 - Surrounding yourself with people who inspire you 25:11 - Why you should be the least knowledgeable person in the room 26:20 - Learning through osmosis 28:50 - Leading with generosity and building lasting relationships 35:40 - Cherie’s mentor and the importance of mentorship  39:20 - Free-maxxing learning opportunities  40:00 - Wrap up and 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: [email protected] 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. 🛍️ Items: 🍵 Sisters Matcha — http://www.sistersmatcha.com 🌀 Everything else — https://amzn.to/3z0dx5b  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sign up for our newsletter here: https://tigersisters.substack.com/   Check out our matcha brand, Sisters Matcha at ⁠https://www.sistersmatcha.com⁠  How do you know when a friendship is worth repairing, when it’s time to let go, and how to actually move forward once it does end? In Part 2 of our friendship series, we’re diving into the complicated, painful, and rarely talked-about world of friendship breakups. Tune in for lessons on: ✅ Why friendship breakups can feel so painful (especially between women) ✅ The framework for deciding whether to repair, distance yourself from, or end a friendship ✅ The difference between active and passive friendship endings ✅ How to “compartmentalize” a friendship with personal examples ✅ How to grieve a friendship while still making room for new relationships ✅ Our “What Do I Take With Me?” exercise for post-friendship breakup healing Friendship endings can be messy, emotional, and deeply personal. But they can also teach us a lot about who we are and what we need from the people in our lives. If you’re navigating a friendship breakup, questioning whether a friendship still belongs in your life, or simply trying to make peace with one that ended, this episode is for you. 00:00: Cold Open  02:00: Introducing friendship breakups and episode agenda 02:28: Why friendships matter for our well-being  05:05: The Friendship Dissolution Framework 07:50: Active vs. passive friendship breakups 14:04: Three ways friendships can end 14:50: How to compartmentalize a friendship 22:07: Why female friendship breakups hit differently 23:27 How men and women approach friendship differently 27:05: Cherie’s friendship breakup story 31:48 Can a friendship be repaired? 33:16: The mixed emotions after a friendship breakup 34:20: What therapy taught Cherie about friendship 37:58: Mini Exercise: What Do I Take With Me? 39:10: Making room for new friendships 39:22: 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: [email protected] 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. 🛍️ Items: 🍵 Sisters Matcha — http://www.sistersmatcha.com 🌀 Everything else — https://amzn.to/3z0dx5b  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Thank you to Granola for sponsoring this video. Try it for free at https://www.granola.ai/tigersisters  Check out our matcha brand, Sisters Matcha at ⁠https://www.sistersmatcha.com⁠  Sign up for our newsletter here: https://tigersisters.substack.com/  Some of the most important relationships in our lives aren’t romantic…they're our friendships. The friends who see us through career changes, breakups, marriages, divorces, moves, reinventions, and all the versions along the way. Today we’re kicking off a multi-part series on friendship, beginning first with the complex world of female friendships.  Tune in for lessons on: ✅ How to find the friends who genuinely match your personality and values ✅ What girls’ trips can teach us about our friends (and ourselves) ✅ How friendships change when people enter different stages of life ✅ Our Friendship Audit: the questions to ask yourself about the relationships in your life ✅ How to think about what you could do to become a better friend And this is only Part 1! Next week, we’re diving into the other side of friendship: friendship breakups: why they happen, why they hurt, and how to move forward. Stay tuned! 00:00: Cold Open  00:53: Agenda for the episode  02:35: Bachelorette Takeaways: Finding Your Tribe 11:00: Girls Trips: Vacation vs. Holiday 17:42: How girls trips can deepen friendships 21:13: Few close friends vs. big friend groups 24:15: Being in different life stages than your friends 27:53: Sister dynamics & friendship 30:51: The Friendship Audit 35:20: Can friendships survive different seasons of life? 36:12: How can you be a better friend? 37:48: 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: [email protected] 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. 🛍️ Items: 🍵 Sisters Matcha — http://www.sistersmatcha.com 🌀 Everything else — https://amzn.to/3z0dx5b  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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