Joel Peterson is a business leader, author, and professor. He is the former chairman of JetBlue Airways and a professor at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Peterson received his MBA from Harvard University in 1973, founded the private equity firm Peterson Partners, and served on the board of over 35 companies. Joel has authored two books on business culture and leadership I am so excited for this podcast episode!! It is so good, guys and gals. We are learning from a titan of this industry, one of my favorite professors at Stanford, Joel Peterson. Do you know how lucky we are? We learn through his peaks and his valleys through his 70+ years and the wisdom that he so openly shares with me and with us. I love chatting with icons like Joel because obviously his career success is something we can see on the outside, but understanding who they are on the inside and how they think, how they make decisions to get to where they are today; what matters to them – that’s what’s exciting to me. Let’s dive in! *************************** 🍿 WATCH NEXT: - LinkedIn Senior Product Manager, Stanford MBA [Cherie Luo] https://youtu.be/N6tFDkVj_Is LET'S CONNECT 🤳🏻 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/cherie.brooke 🌍 My website - https://www.cherieluo.com 📱 TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@cherie.brooke ✍🏻 My Substack - https://cherieluo.substack.com/ 👩🏻💻 Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/cherie-luo/ Ｘ Twitter - https://twitter.com/cherie_luo ⌚️Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 03:01 Podcast starts 04:38 Joel’s favorite audiobooks 06:46 How Joel started walking 10k steps a day 07:29 Engineering a remarkable life 12:07 Joel’s plans at 28 14:04 Adaptive plans 16:51 Joel’s assets & liabilities 19:05 The importance of gratitude 21:39 Common pitfall people make in their career 24:26 “Thriver” vs “Striver” 26:11 How Joel became chairman of JetBlue 29:05 Was joining JetBlue’s board daunting? 31:25 Importance of mentorship 34:10 The “never enough” mentality 35:46 Comparison is the thief of joy 36:52 Mitt Romney & Ray Dalio 40:17 Conversations from titans of the industry 42:10 Learning from valleys and peaks 45:40 Joel’s lessons from losing parents 49:50 Stanford vs Harvard 50:30 Smart trust 54:45 Emotions at work 57:05 What’s next for Joel? 59:50 Cherie’s Stanford experience 01:03:40 Closing thoughts ABOUT ME Hello friends, thanks for watching! My name is Cherie and I'm a content creator, Stanford MBA student, & former LinkedIn senior product manager 👋🏻 I share personal career stories on Cherie's Corner Podcast via YouTube and Instagram, so you can learn from my friends and our successes and failures, all while owning our authentic selves and living happier lives. Music produced by Sammy Signal https://open.spotify.com/artist/2HsyknHuxhT8RoZfn5rqMS?si=SGH_SbD_SBStH2wJHcBXrg
In this episode, I interview my Stanford GSB classmate, Vishal Sahoo. Vishal talks about his career in edTech, growing up in India and coming to Stanford, and the challenging time of applying to MBA programs. I hope you enjoy; let’s dive in!
In this episode, we have a different setup: this time I am the guest on my podcast and I answer questions about my career and life. The guest host is my best friend, Jennifer Hwang, who was on season 3 of Cherie’s Corner (you guys should go watch her episode on decoding Wall Street and Finance). I hope you enjoy this episode and get to know me a little better.
I am a podcast host, educational content creator, and TEDx speaker with over 300K followers and 100 million views on Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube. Through my content, I help people navigate the complex world of career development and emerging technology trends. Before pursuing my MBA at Stanford University, I was a senior product manager at LinkedIn, where I led engineering and UX design teams to develop social video learning products. While at Bain Capital Ventures, I pioneered the VC fund’s outreach and work with creator economy startup founders, bridging the gap between venture capital, creators, startups, and technology.
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In this episode, I speak with Zach Boyette. Zach is the founder of Galactic Fed, an award-winning marketing agency with over 150 employees, and has been a digital nomad for over 6 years. He has worked for notable companies like Google and Proctor & Gamble before starting his own venture. Zach is also an advocate for remote work and intends to speak on the future of the traditional working model in his upcoming TedX talk. Let’s dive in! Zach's contact info: https://zachboyette.com/
In this episode, I speak with Nicole Quinn. Nicole is the General Partner of Lightspeed Venture Partners. She’s invested in iconic consumer companies like Calm, Goop, Rothy’s, and Cameo. Nicole started her career on the equity sales and research side of Morgan Stanley where she worked on the IPOs for companies like Facebook, Groupon, and Pandora. She’s a Stanford Graduate Business School alum and we talk all things entrepreneurship and career advice. I’m so excited for you to join this convo. Let’s dive in!
I speak with my Stanford classmate, Mike Peng. He studied chemical engineering at UT Austin and started his career at McKinsey before coming to Stanford GSB. In this episode, Mike decodes management consulting and the allure of MBB: McKinsey, Bain, BCG. What exactly do consultants do everyday? What are the hours like? What are the pros and cons of the consultant lifestyle? Mike speaks with so much candor and talks through his frameworks of figuring out his dream job and experimenting along the way. I’m so excited for you to hear this conversation, let’s dive in.
In this episode, I speak with Stanford Lecturer, Glenn Kramon. Glenn was an editor at the New York Times for 37 years and now teaches a flagship class at Stanford Business School called Winning Writing — students say it’s one of their most useful and favorite classes at Stanford. Glenn shares his tips on how to become a one in a million writer. He has such an interesting perspective on life and the long horizon of our careers and I’m so excited to share his story with you. In this episode, I experienced some video technical difficulties in the middle of the podcast which I didn’t realize until after the recording. I would recommend listening to this episode rather than watching the full video due to the frame moving in and out of focus. Truthfully, I was going back and forth on whether to even publish this episode because of the poor video quality, but Glenn has such thoughtful insights, I definitely wanted to get this out there for people to learn from. Thanks for your patience and I will try to do better because this video and sound is not up to my quality bar, yet Glenn’s advice is spectacular. I hope you enjoy this episode.
In this episode, I speak with my Stanford classmate Jennifer Hwang. She’s an absolute boss in the professional finance world and she gives the download on recruiting for and working in investment banking, private equity, and hedge funds. Jenn also balances warmth, kindness, and silliness, which is why she is one of my closest friends that I met at business school. I am so excited for you to join our conversation. Let’s dive in!
In this episode, we hear from one of my best friends at Stanford, KG. We explore her path from dropping out of college, working and funding her own way through undergrad, and carving a path from the corporate world to now her own women’s-health focused startup. KG is one of those friends who’s obviously brilliant, incredibly thoughtful, and will always be in my corner, rooting me on and celebrating our wins together. I feel really grateful to not only have her a classmate, but a close friend in my life. Let’s dive in. Here is the link to KG’s startup, Verdant: https://joinverdant.com/
Roelof Botha is the Managing Partner at Sequoia Capital and he led early investments in iconic companies like YouTube, Instagram, 23&Me, MongoDB and more. In this episode he gives career and life advice and talks about the different chapters of his career from being hired by Elon Musk to join Paypal to the early days of joining Sequoia.
ABOUT ME
Hello friends, thanks for watching! I'm a content creator, Stanford MBA student, & former LinkedIn senior product manager 👋🏻 I share personal career stories on Cherie's Corner Podcast via YouTube and Instagram, so you can learn from my friends and our successes and failures, all while owning our authentic selves and living happier lives.
In this episode, I interview my Stanford classmate, Terry Baggett, who studied at Westpoint and shares his lessons from his time in the military. Terry talks through the peaks and more importantly the valleys of his life and how he applies his disciplined work ethic to all facets of his life. Let’s get started!
In this episode, I interview my former LinkedIn coworker and recent Harvard Business School grad, Emily Carrolo. We worked together on different teams, but at the same company for 3 years. We discuss if it is okay to cry at work: where to cry, does crying diminish your power in the workplace, and is it safe to cry? We also talk about her favorite classes at Harvard, and if her HBS degree is worth it. I love this conversation with Emily because it’s advice that I wish I had known when I was 22. I hope you enjoy; let’s dive in.
LET'S CONNECT
🤳🏻 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/cherie.brooke
🌍 My website - https://www.cherieluo.com
📱 TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@cherie.brooke
✍🏻 My Substack - https://cherieluo.substack.com/
👩🏻💻 Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/cherie-luo/
Ｘ Twitter - https://twitter.com/cherie_luo
00:00 Cold open
00:54 Intro
02:09 Which five liquids would you drink for the rest of your life?
07:29 Emily’s off-brand trait
08:41 Emily’s serial killer trait
10:08 My serial killer trait
11:17 What would you want to know about your future?
15:37 Rapid fire Q’s
16:05 What did you study?
19:04 How we met
21:08 Lessons from working at LinkedIn
23:03 Crying at work
36:39 Why did Emily want to get an MBA?
39:15 Pros and cons of big class size
40:26 Application process
43:24 Was business school worth it?
50:07 Closing thoughts
ABOUT ME
Hello friends, thanks for watching! My name is Cherie and I'm a content creator, Stanford MBA student, & former LinkedIn senior product manager 👋🏻 I share personal career stories on Cherie's Corner Podcast via YouTube and Instagram, so you can learn from my friends and our successes and failures, all while owning our authentic selves and living happier lives.
Music produced by Sammy Signal https://open.spotify.com/artist/2HsyknHuxhT8RoZfn5rqMS?si=SGH_SbD_SBStH2wJHcBXrg
In this episode, I interview my Stanford GSB classmate, Grant McNaughton. Grant is a 2+2 MBA student, which means he applied and was accepted to business when he was in undergrad in college. He talks about his time working as a Bain consultant, his chaotic (but successful) application process, and what community has meant for him over the last year. I am so excited for this season of the podcast – as you can tell we’re bringing in a little more spice, personality, and vulnerability to the conversation. I hope you enjoy; let’s dive in!
Music produced by Sammy Signal https://open.spotify.com/artist/2HsyknHuxhT8RoZfn5rqMS?si=SGH_SbD_SBStH2wJHcBXrg
I interview my Stanford GSB classmate, Ty Greenberg, and he kind of interviews me! Ty worked in legal tech and toyed with the idea of either going to law school or business school. He shares his application journey and how he applied to MBA programs TWICE. He wasn’t admitted into his target school the first year so he redid his application and applied the next year. He was then admitted into Harvard, Stanford, and MIT business schools. I hope you enjoy this last episode of the season. Let’s dive in! You can learn more about Ty’s summer project here: https://www.cfoadvisors.com/
In this episode, I interview my Stanford GSB classmate, Katie Dickinson. Katie studied petroleum engineering in college and her first job after graduation was on an oil rig. We talk about what life is like on the rig, what it’s like being the youngest person on her team and what it’s like being a woman in a heavily male-dominated field. She shares her lightbulb moment that made her want to pivot into clean energy after working in heavy oil for years. Finally, Katie gives us insight into her application process - she applied to 6 schools- and how her fiancée Ricky keeps her grounded on campus. Let’s dive in.
In this episode, I interview my Stanford classmate, Chad Janis. He’s a serial entrepreneur who’s now working on his 3rd startup. We talk about lessons he learned from finance and entrepreneurship, his 3 week MBA application process (yes, that is very quick), and life on campus with his wife and their toddler. Finally, Chad provides a different, and maybe unpopular, point of view of Stanford’s curriculum and classes. Listen to the end to hear my podcast and life updates.
Use my special link to support Chad's gummy startup, Grüns: https://gruns.co/pages/vip?snowball=CHERIE15931
In this episode, I interview my colleague from Bain Capital Ventures, Ayushi Sinha. Ayushi just finished her first year at Harvard Business School. Previously, she had roles in big tech, startups, and venture capital. Ayushi gives us the tea on what life is really like at HBS, discusses the ups and downs of her application process, and breaks open the gatekept industry of venture capital. Let’s jump in.
In this episode, I interview my friend Emily Tang, a senior product manager at LinkedIn, who she leads teams of software engineers and designers. Emily gives tips to break into product management, talks about dealing with imposter syndrome, and shares her story of high pressure situations of presenting to LinkedIn’s CEO. LET'S CONNECT 🤳🏻 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/cherie.brooke 🌍 My website - https://www.cherieluo.com 📱 TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@cherie.brooke ✍🏻 My Substack - https://cherieluo.substack.com/ 👩🏻💻 Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/cherie-luo/ Ｘ Twitter - https://twitter.com/cherie_luo ABOUT ME Hello friends, thanks for watching! My name is Cherie and I'm a content creator, Stanford MBA student, & former LinkedIn senior product manager 👋🏻 I share personal career stories on Cherie's Corner Podcast via YouTube and Instagram, so you can learn from my friends and our successes and failures, all while owning our authentic selves and living happier lives.
Hi friends, in this next episode of Cherie's Corner, I speak with my Stanford MBA classmate, Gabriela Forter. She’s a dual admit to Harvard and Stanford MBA programs. She talks about choosing Stanford and also still ending up going to Harvard, not for her business degree, but for her Masters in Public Policy. Despite having a successful career in consulting at Deloitte and product management at Meta, she still finds value in pursuing two masters degrees; she explains her reasoning and thinking behind this decision. Gabriela discusses her multi-year strategy and plan she took when applying to MBA programs. She also gives advice to people who are currently in their application process. Finally, Gabriela is one of the most mindful people I know and we discuss how journaling and meditation led her to figure out her career goals and deal with imposter syndrome and not feeling FOMO. Let’s get started.
A discussion with my Stanford MBA classmate, Jae Yu. We talk about his career in the U.S. military before coming to Stanford's Business School, serving in South Korea, and being one of the main organizers of Former President Trump’s Visit to North Korea. Jae is a dual admit to both Harvard Business School and Stanford Graduate School of Business and he talks about how he made the decision to attend Stanford and what he wrote about in his application essay. Finally, Jae gives his perspective on the MBA application process, his favorite classes, and what it’s like to experience graduate school life with his wife. Let’s jump in.
