{"podcast":{"title":"Harvard Business Review","slug":"harvard-business-review-7777387","podcast_index_feed_id":7777387,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/VG7900701114","website_url":null,"image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/980142f0-0d9c-11f1-9b6f-b39130a8b54a/image/fd144eac00da8bd04368206590cf5ad8.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"HBR","episode_count":511,"summary":"At Harvard Business Review, we believe in management. If the world’s organizations and institutions were run more effectively, if our leaders made better decisions, if people worked more productively, we believe that all of us — employees, bosses, customers, our families, and the people our businesses affect — would be better off. We try to arm our readers with ideas that help them become smarter, more creative, and more courageous in their work. We encourage comments, critiques, and questions. We expect our community to be a safe space for respectful, constructive, and thought-provoking discussion. We reserve the right to remove or turn off comments at our discretion. We do not tolerate bullying, name-calling, or abusive language related to identity, including race, gender, ethnicity, religion, sexuality, age, or region; spam; copyright violation; extreme profanity; or p*rnography.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-25T12:22:10.972032+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/harvard-business-review-7777387"},"episode":{"title":"Executing a Consumer Fintech Startup within Goldman Sachs | Cold Call","slug":"executing-a-consumer-fintech-startup-within-goldman-sachs-cold-call","published_at":"2026-06-14T19:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/harvard-business-review-7777387/executing-a-consumer-fintech-startup-within-goldman-sachs-cold-call","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/harvard-business-review-7777387","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/VG2078321406.mp3?updated=1778676615","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/VG2078321406.mp3?updated=1778676615","summary":"Running a Consumer Fintech Startup within Goldman Sachs | Cold Call 5 Jul 2023 --- Marcus by Goldman Sachs marked a dramatic shift for the 150-year-old financial institution, which historically had served only businesses and the wealthiest people. The fintech startup operated within Goldman Sachs, offering unsecured personal loans for the mass market, high-yield deposits, and a credit card in partnership with Apple. Harvard Business School associate professor Rory McDonald discusses the challenges of launching and operating a startup within an established company in his case, “Marcus by Goldman Sachs.” This episode originally aired on Cold Call on June 1, 2021. You can also listen to this episode on HBR.org, and wherever you listen to podcasts: - HBR.org (transcript available here): https://hbr.org/podcast/2021/06/running-a-consumer-fintech-startup-within-goldman-sachs?autocomplete=true - Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/running-a-consumer-fintech-startup-within-goldman-sachs/id1156646189?i=1000523781263 - Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5mhZtOsVi73h8REb3dTLWs?si=d2696f1dc191426d - Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/show/cold-call/episode/running-a-consumer-fintech-startup-within-goldman-sachs-84383250 - Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cDovL2ZlZWRzLmhhcnZhcmRidXNpbmVzcy5vcmcvaGFydmFyZGJ1c2luZXNzL2NvbGQtY2FsbA/episode/dGFnOmF1ZGlvLmhici5vcmcsMjAxNi0wOS0xNjpjb2xkLWNhbGwuMDE0OQ?sa=X&ved=0CAIQuIEEahcKEwjw7OHitOv_AhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQLA Series Description: Harvard Business School’s legendary case studies, distilled into podcast form. About Harvard Business Review: Harvard Business Review is the leading destination for smart management thinking. Through its flagship magazine, books, and digital content and tools published o…","meta_description":"Running a Consumer Fintech Startup within Goldman Sachs | Cold Call 5 Jul 2023 --- Marcus by Goldman Sachs marked a dramatic shift for the 150-year-old fi…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1773,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/harvard-business-review-7777387/episodes/executing-a-consumer-fintech-startup-within-goldman-sachs-cold-call/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/harvard-business-review-7777387/executing-a-consumer-fintech-startup-within-goldman-sachs-cold-call.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}