The Sydcast

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The Sydcast is all about intimate and informative conversations with fascinating people you may not know. Until now. Because everyone has a story.

Listen in as Syd talks to entrepreneurs, community leaders, professional athletes, politicians, academics, authors, musicians, and many more about who they are and how they got there.

Sydney Finkelstein is an award winning professor at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College, and a best-selling author of Superbosses and 25 other books. He’s written for the Harvard Business Review, the BBC, Fortune, Forbes, the Wall Street Journal, and more academic journals than you’d care to know about. He spends his time asking questions, and sometimes, even answering them.

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Episodes

Jane Watson Stetson: Stories of Obama, Paris, IBM, and Vermont

Have you ever wondered how the money behind political parties actually works? Meet Jane Stetson - Obama fundraiser and philanthropist. As the former finance chair of the Democratic National Committee, Jane Watson Stetson understands how to get people behind a cause. She is a master fundraiser and has used her tireless work ethic to help fund numerous political campaigns from local Vermont elections, to the race for the presidency. As it turns out, she’s also the granddaughter of the founder of I...

Mar 18, 2019•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 4

Deb Shinnlinger: The Owner of the Best Coffee Shop North of Boston

Entrepreneur, coffee lover, small business owner, emergency room worker, teacher, and mom. Meet Deb Shinlinger owner of Lucky's Coffee Shop in Lebanon, NH. The Sydcast loves coffee, so you can imagine how excited we were to discover a world-class espresso joint just down the road. We had to invite the creator of Lucky’s Coffee Garage, Deb Shinnlinger, to be our guest. An entrepreneur, artist, emergency room worker, school teacher, and a mom, Deb has a great story you’ll want to hear about, and l...

Mar 11, 2019•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 3

Gillian Apps: Life as a 3-time Olympic Gold Medalist

An olympic gold medal? - A dream for millions of people. How about 3 gold medals from your native country’s most popular sport? Meet Gillian Apps, world-class athlete and budding businesswoman. I grew up watching hockey - I’m a Canadian after all - so having a chance to talk to my guest today is such a treat. Gillian Apps is a three-time Olympic gold medalist for the Canadian women’s ice hockey team. She also happens to be one of my students at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth. In her sp...

Mar 04, 2019•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 2

Howard Anderson: The Entrepreneur

We all have friends, but Howard has some very interesting friends. Like Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, among others. Meet Howard Anderson, the guy who almost single-handedly invented the technology consulting industry. When Howard was 24 years old, a story broke on the front page of the New York Times about a technology report he had written. There was only one problem: there was no report. His analysis was on the money; the report, well, that came afterwards. Almost 50 years later, Howard has a ven...

Feb 21, 2019•1 hr 25 min•Ep. 1

Trailer: The Sydcast with Professor Sydney Finkelstein

The Sydcast is all about intimate and informative conversations with fascinating people you may not know. Until now. Because everyone has a story. Listen in to meet the professor and hear live clips as Syd talks to a host of community leaders, professional athletes, politicians, academics, authors, musicians, and many more about their personal and professional lives.

Feb 20, 2019•3 min

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