General Partner at Lightspeed Ventures: Founder and Career Advice [Nicole Quinn]

#1 Career Advice He Followed to Become JetBlue Chairman & Private Equity Founder [Joel Peterson]

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

From India to Stanford MBA: Vishal Sahoo

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!

LinkedIn Product Manager, Stanford MBA, Podcast Host: Cherie Luo

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. Let's dive in!

Ex-Google Startup Founder to Business School: Zach Boyette

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/ [https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqa0JlaGZyY1pvdGZ1dVQ2RllxbVZJWVB6dldnd3xBQ3Jtc0trX2NUMXZONEphTlFEU25NdWtXVzUwWGtVWHpuOHIzYVB4Y0QyQlhWSE5JWlgtM2tDNnN1ek5wQUVJazRoNDJWNFY3Z0tKYThtMHF3dWx3cjZqTmVyZmMwUkk3UXJPOEwwdVRYMjY5TGNJMlEyMVE2Yw&q=https%3A%2F%2Fzachboyette.com%2F&v=WqsK0xB8IEk]

General Partner at Lightspeed Ventures: Founder and Career Advice [Nicole Quinn]

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!