Following careers working in New York City government and law, Steve Isenberg sort of fell into the newspaper business.His first job in the industry was working as assistant to David Laventhol, the publisher of Newsday, then owned by Times Mirror Co. Isenberg eventually became the publisher of Greenwich Time and Stamford Advocate, where he was task…

This week’s show is about an advertising industry veteran who tells his story of leading a company through an unexpected turnaround. In 2013, Michael Duda left a firm he’d founded with Phoenix Suns basketball star Steve Nash to lead another. He began the week of Thanksgiving. By Christmas, he was weighing whether he’d stick it out. Several weeks in…

In 2009, just as the full effects of the recent financial crisis were being felt, two longtime friends decided to start a small business. Greenwich natives Ron Young and Bob Ostrander believed their business had huge growth potential, but some told them it was “just a fad.” Their company was premised on the growing LED-lighting industry. By 2010, t…

When longtime attorney Helene Godin gave up her legal career without a plan, she felt directionless. She’d turned away from it after feeling overworked yet content with everything she’d accomplished in the field. Her journey included working on copyright cases for famous novels, screening Saturday Night Live scripts for defamatory language and over…

Behind most bankruptcies is an exhausted CEO. Around 3 a.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2016, Rob Morrison, the CEO of New York City retailer Gracious Home was signing and sending bankruptcy documents to his attorneys. They filed for Gracious Home’s (second) bankruptcy in the middle of the night so Rob would have time to break the news to his staff befo…

Ample Hills Creamery owners Jackie Cuscuna and Brian Smith tell their story of grappling with success so overwhelming that they were afraid it would cost them their business before it even got off the ground. In this episode of Rally, a podcast about business leaders facing failure and bouncing back, we hear about how neglecting to plan for success…

In this season one trailer for Rally, a podcast about business leaders facing failure and bouncing back, we hear one teenage entrepreneur’s story about learning the importance of failing. Rally is a business podcast produced by Hearst Connecticut Media. The show’s first season will include weekly episodes highlighting stories from business executiv…