The Kind of Success You Don’t Have to Escape From with Cindy Brown

Описание: Cindy Brown, CEO of the iconic Boston Duck Tours and Mother, joined the company more than 30 years ago after leaving a fast-track career in finance to take a chance on what she calls “the duck thing.” She never looked back.

In this conversation, Cindy reflects on building a deeply rooted, wildly successful business without chasing scale. And how designing her life around proximity, partnership, and values made both leadership and motherhood more sustainable.

We talk about:
🚀 leaving the finance fast-track for an unconventional career leap
🌊 why “bigger” isn’t always better and when depth wins
🗓️ what a 4-day workweek has looked like since 1994
🏙️ how city living and a 5-minute commute have been essential to making it all work
🧠 the moment every mother knows: when a partner realizes “wait, that this doesn’t just happen?”

A thoughtful, grounded conversation about success, ambition, and building a life that actually works.

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