The Husky Effect
by Toni Boucher, Josh Young
Publisher
Amplify Publishing Group
Publication
Mar 18, 2025
Format
Hardback
Illustrated
No
Price
$19.95
Dimensions
5.74 x 8.74 x 0.49 in
ISBN
979-8891387089
ASIN
B0F18DXL6Z
Pages
120
Age
Adult 18+
Rights Sold
🌍 World Wide Rights Available
Description
Author(s)
Toni Boucher
Josh Young
Related Titles
| Publisher | Amplify Publishing Group |
| Publication | Mar 18, 2025 |
| Format | Hardback |
| ISBN | 979-8891387089 |
| Pages | 120 |
| Age | 18 - 99 |
| Price | $19.95 |
Categories
BISAC Codes
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Education
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Entrepreneurship
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Leadership
The Husky Effect
by Toni Boucher, Josh Young
Like the coaches and players on the storied University of Connecticut’s national champion men’s and women’s basketball teams, Toni Boucher knows firsthand how to compete and win—and occasionally how to fall short and get back up and bet on herself yet one more time.
In this overtly personal exploration of how to achieve business excellence, the former state legislator and long-standing executive lays out a recipe for entrepreneurs of any age to reach for their dreams.
She knows what she is talking about. Boucher has run in seventeen political campaigns (and won fifteen). She and her late husband, Bud, have been involved in many startups and business innovations. Each of these involved risk and belief in pursuit of an idea even when others lose faith. Bud and Boucher’s father, who brought the family to the United States when she was a little girl, have inspired her over a lifetime. Despite countless business failures, they never gave up until they found success.
That dogged determination and the incredible success of Bud’s final business allowed Boucher to name the Boucher Management & Entrepreneurship Department at the UConn School of Business in his honor, and also to support anyone on an entrepreneurial journey who is committed to learning the skills and work ethic that get meaningful results.
A long-time politician, Boucher believes the best social justice program is creating jobs so people can support themselves and their families. The Husky Effect is a deep dive into UConn’s innovative approaches to teaching entrepreneurship and the key figures who are reshaping the curriculum to emphasize hands-on experience, emotional intelligence, and a multidisciplinary approach. It is an invitation for you to discover how you can create your own winning story.
Authors

Toni Boucher
Toni Boucher is serving her first four-year term as Wilton’s First Selectman (mayor) after a lengthy career in public service for the state of Connecticut. Her positions have included board of education chairman, selectman, state board of education commissioner, state board of education member, advisory board member of the Connecticut Office of the Child Advocate, State Representative Minority Leader, and State Senate Chief Deputy Minority Leader.
An inductee into Marquis Who’s Who, Boucher’s career in the private sector includes executive leadership roles in large businesses where she developed billion-dollar budgets and led new business development and marketing initiatives. She recently retired as a director of a leading 30 billion asset management company. Boucher has founded several startups and is now helping the University of Connecticut School of Business grow its entrepreneurship and student-run investment programs.
She has held Series 7, 63, and 31 investment licenses and has an MBA from UConn. Boucher also published a white paper on “Ethics and the Nonprofit.” Sitting on numerous nonprofit boards that fund new programs and research, she is a forty-year resident of Wilton and has three children and six grandchildren.

Josh Young
Josh Young is a unique writer who not only has written five New York Times bestsellers, two additional Los Angeles Times bestsellers, five books that were made into feature documentaries, nineteen books that have been ranked No. 1 in their category on Amazon, and two novels, but he also has the distinction of writing books with and about leading experts in the worlds of Entertainment, Law, Science, Business, Comedy, Natural History, Sports, Exploration and Politics. Josh's diversity sets him apart from other collaborators as his New York Times Non-Fiction Best Sellers show. He co-authored Howie Mandel's HERE'S THE DEAL: DON'T TOUCH ME, a no-holds-barred look at the America's Got Talent host's struggle with OCD and ADHD, and he co-wrote Bob Newhart's landmark comedic memoir I SHOULDN'T EVEN BE DOING THIS. He co-authored with Colin Tudge THE LINK: UNCOVERING OUR OLDEST ANCESTOR, which tells the incredible story of the discovery and examination of a 47 million year-old primate fossil and its journey to the Museum of Natural History (and has been translated into five languages), and he co-authored with Dr. Sam Parnia ERASING DEATH: THE SCIENCE THAT IS REWRITING THE BOUNDARIES BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH, which brings together compelling stories with the latest research at the frontiers of resuscitation medicine to shed light on the ultimate mystery - what happens to human consciousness during and after death. In 2024, Josh will release two books. FLUID: A FASHION REVOLUTION, by Harris Reed with Josh Young, explores the world of the gender-defying fashion from GQ Breakthrough Designer of the Year Harris Reed, the creative director of the venerable French fashion house Nina Ricci whose pieces have been worn by Harry Styles, Adele, Sam Smith, Iman, and Beyoncé. THE FIXER: MOGULS, MOBSTERS, MOVIE STARS AND MARILYN, written by Josh and Manfred Westphal, takes readers inside the sensational and nefarious world of the man whose art imitating life inspired the private eye cha...
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