The Northern Trust Institute

The Road to Why

Business EN ↓ 28 episodes

From start-up entrepreneurs to multi-generational family business owners, most founders are driven to succeed for reasons well beyond making money. Whether it’s a passion for reshaping their industry, building a family legacy or advancing the causes they care most about — or, in many cases, all of the above — exploring the larger “why” of their life’s work offers insights into how successful leaders operate and what is really important to them. On The Road to Why, host Eric Czepyha, Director of Business Services at Northern Trust, speaks with business owners, entrepreneurs and visionaries abou...

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Turning Grit into Legacy, With Vanessa Troyer and Chris Farentinos (Architectural Mailboxes) 14.07.2023 30:24

Twenty years ago, entrepreneurs Vanessa Troyer and Chris Farentinos founded Architectural Mailboxes on the conviction that a small online company by the name of Amazon would one day deliver packages to doorsteps across America. In this episode, Vanessa and Chris share how they built their business and redefined their industry through creativity and grit, their decision to sell the business after...

Letting Kids Be the Boss, With Gerry Laybourne (Nickelodeon, Oxygen) 15.06.2023 39:12

As President of Nickelodeon, Gerry Laybourne turned a tiny children's network into a multi-billion dollar television empire. Later in her career, Gerry was inspired to co-found a new network for women, Oxygen Media. Join us on the season premiere of The Road to Why , where we learn how understanding the perspectives of the younger generation helped to shape the trajectory of an entire industry. ...

Introducing The Road to Why 05.06.2023 1:51

Join our host, Eric Czepyha, Director of Business Services at Northern Trust, as he speaks with business owners, entrepreneurs and visionaries about business, family, wealth and legacy and shares advice and life lessons from those who have found success in ways expected and unexpected. Coming soon.