Yesterday

How GEO Is Changing the Role of Brand Manager

AthenaHQ, a startup that helps brands monitor, protect, and optimize their visibility across conversational AI engines like ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini was founded in 2025. Co-founded by Andrew Yan, the company built a platform that enables major consumer brands, B2B software com ... Show More

31m 11s

Sep 1

Best of Cold Call: The Bumpy Road to Expanding a Fleet of Electric School Buses

How do you scale innovation in a fragmented system you don’t fully control? That is the challenge Highland Electric Fleets faced as it worked to replace diesel school buses with electric vehicles across the United States. In this episode from 2025, Harvard Business School profess ... Show More

32 m

Aug 18

Can an AI-Powered Scribe Curb Physician Burnout?

In 2024, Mass General Brigham, the largest health system in Massachusetts, piloted an AI-powered, ambient note-taking and transcription program among a subset of clinicians to address increasing rates of staff burnout and turnover -- largely driven by the administrative burden of ... Show More

24m 3s

Feb 2024

How Local Businesses Can Compete with Larger Rivals

In 2020, Kwame Spearman left his consulting job in New York City to take over an iconic independent bookstore, the Tattered Cover Book Store in Denver, Colorado—his hometown. Spearman saw an opportunity to reinvent the local business to build a community space after the pandemic. ... Show More

30m 1s

Jan 2025

Saving Barnes and Noble | Undaunted | 3

The COVID-19 pandemic forces the closure of 400 Barnes & Noble locations. James Daunt uses the downtime to accelerate the redesign of stores, and to usher in radical changes to Barnes & Noble’s business model.Be the first to know about Wondery’s newest podcasts, curated recommend ... Show More

32m 34s

Feb 2022

483: 6 Figures in 12 Months: Pivoting from Low-Ticket Products to a Productized Service

When the pandemic hit, Timmy Bauer from DinosaurHouse.com pivoted his business from being a traveling children’s book author to running a children’s book production company. Timmy was enjoying working as a traveling children’s book author, but he was forced to change directions w ... Show More

42m 27s

Mar 2024

Partners in Everything

For the past five years, Alex and Christina had been running a bookstore that is both their primary income as a couple and their passion. They opened A Novel Idea, bookshop in Philly, a year before the pandemic hit. And when the city closed all of its stores, they had to complete ... Show More

33m 1s

May 2024

Books and Business: The Evolution of Powell’s City of Books

Powell's City of Books is no mere bookstore; it's an institution, community, and treasure for bibliophiles. This literary haven offers new, used, and rare finds that beckon readers from every corner of the globe. Store Manager Bry Hoag helped Powell's flourish into a cultural ico ... Show More

34m 48s

Nov 2018

Personal Rebranding

Do you need a career makeover? Dan and Alison answer your questions with the help of Dorie Clark, the author of “Reinventing You.” They talk through how to change your coworkers’ perception of you, transition to a role outside your area of expertise, or be seen as a leader.

31m 32s

Jun 2022

#54: The Boutique Approach to Taking on the Big Box Stores

Stephanie’s cracked the hardest part – her Austin, TX, designer boutiques have seen record growth this past year despite the pandemic. She knows for a fact she’s taking sales away from the big hitters like Nordstroms, Revolve and Amazon - her customers just prefer the personal to ... Show More

31m 40s

Jun 2023

The Economy Changes But Your Profitability Doesn’t Have To (feat. INI Sips)

<p>By coming out of a pandemic and entering into a period of economic downpour, it has been a challenging time for many small businesses. Sometimes you have to adjust your plans during the ever changing economy. Co-founders of <a href="https://inisips.com/">INI Sips</a> and marri ... Show More

36m 28s

Jan 2025

Saving Barnes and Noble | The Emperor of Little Italy | 1

In the 1970s, Leonard Riggio buys the famous New York bookstore Barnes & Noble and turns it into a national chain. But as the decades pass and retail shifts around him, Leonard struggles to adapt to the digital age as a new rival emerges for Barnes & Noble’s crown.Be the first to ... Show More

34m 1s

Dec 2020

New Chapters

Is it time to do something different in your career? Dan and Alison answer your questions with the help of Bruce Feiler, a researcher and the author of Life Is in the Transitions. They talk through what to do when you’ve been out of work and can’t find a job the usual ways, you f ... Show More

30m 56s

Reinventing an Iconic Independent Bookst...