Amazon Executive: I Had No Roadmap, No Connections, And Nothing To Lose | Mimi Swain

🧪 1N Labs — consciously formulated nicotine products for adults who already use oral nicotine, made with high-quality ingredients and tested in UK labs. 👉 https://www.1nlabs.comNicotine is a highly addictive substance and is for adult consumers only, 18+.Disclaimer: Any sponsor messages included in this episode are arranged by At Work With only and do not imply affiliation with, endorsement by, or partnership with the guest.In this video, Mimi Swain shares how growing up as the daughter of Vietnamese immigrants shaped her ambition, work ethic, and sense of responsibility.She reflects on growing up in the Midwest, feeling pressure to choose a stable path, learning to move through rooms where few people looked like her, and building confidence by taking action before she felt ready.Mimi also opens up about the cold email that changed her career, her decade at Ring, stepping into leadership at Amazon Devices & Services, working motherhood, prioritization, identity, and the advice she would give to women who are trying to grow into the next version of themselves.Connect with Mimi Swain🔗 LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/in/mimiswain🌐 Website — https://www.mimiswain.comThank you to 1N Labs for sponsoring this episode.🧪 1N Labs — consciously formulated oral nicotine products for adults who already use oral nicotine, made with high-quality ingredients and tested in UK labs. 👉 https://www.1nlabs.comNicotine is a highly addictive substance and is for adult consumers only, 18+.Disclaimer: Any sponsor messages included in this episode are arranged by At Work With only and do not imply affiliation with, endorsement by, or partnership with the guest.TIMESTAMPS00:00 💌 One Cold Email Changed Everything00:20 👋 Meet Mimi Swain — CMO at Amazon Devices & Services01:45 🪑 Moving in Rooms Where Few People Look Like You03:11 🇻🇳 Growing Up as a Child of Vietnamese Immigrants04:29 🧱 The Pressure to Choose Stability06:14 🌾 Growing Up Vietnamese-American in Kansas06:37 🫥 Wanting to Blend In08:34 👨‍👧 Her Dad’s Rules for Life and Work11:41 👶 Raising Kids With Empathy and Perspective12:41 🏢 Did She Ever See Herself in Corporate America?16:53 💌 Cold Emailing Ring’s Founder19:22 🚀 10 Years of Nonlinear Growth20:39 🧩 Startup, Acquisition, and Scaling at Amazon21:00 🤰 Pregnancy, Leadership, and Building Systems That Don’t Need You24:12 📅 What a Normal Week Looks Like at Amazon25:37 🎯 Prioritization, Identity, and Voice26:44 📣 What People Get Wrong About Marketing27:40 👩‍👧 Motherhood, Ambition, and the “Three-Hour Mom” Debate30:23 🧸 Weekends, Family Time, and Presence31:29 ⚖️ Feeling Stretched Between Work and Home32:41 🪞 What She Wants Her Kids to See33:49 🧭 Advice to Her Younger Self35:06 🔎 The Life Audit for Mid-Career Women35:50 ⚡ Quick-Fire RoundMusic: "Palms Down" by Blue Dot Sessions (https://www.sessions.blue)License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/