VINCUE: CUE The Next Leader

About VINCUE: CUE The Next Leader

Hosted by VINCUE Chief Marketing Officer, Michael Hopkins, Cue the Next Leader is a series of conversations designed to share a common journey to help automotive leaders go further, faster. Go beyond what your team is achieving today with valuable lessons from other managers and owners in our industry. “We study the successes of others deeply, so that together we rise.” – Danny Zaslavsky. For more information on VINCUE, go to https://vincue.com/podcast.

Publisher

VINCUE

Category

business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

6 May 2022

Latest episode

4 Mar 2026

Latest episodes

71 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   4 Mar 2026

   Ryan Junek of Junek CDJR Triples Appraisal Volume and Expands to New Markets with VINCUE

   In this episode of Cue the Next Leader, VINCUE CMO Michael Hopkins sits down with Ryan Junek, owner and GM of Junek CDJR in Spearfish, South Dakota, to talk fourth-generation dealership legacy, used car acquisition in one of the most isolated markets in the country, and how data changed everything. With nearly 30 years behind the dealer's desk and a family business rooted in the Black Hills since the 1930s, Ryan brings a perspective on rural dealership survival that every independent operator...

2. 

   26 Feb 2026

   Michelle Hutchinson, SYCN Auto Logistics: The Logistics Mistakes Costing Dealers Thousands

   In this episode of Cue the Next Leader, VINCUE CMO Michael Hopkins sits down with Michelle Hutchinson, Director of Strategic Accounts at SYCN Auto Logistics and founder of Leveling Up Logistics, to talk vehicle transport, dealer inefficiencies, and the hidden costs most dealerships never see coming. With nearly two decades of experience across automotive logistics, Michelle brings a perspective that every dealer moving cars across the country needs to hear.

3. 

   18 Feb 2026

   Ed Hyde of Legacy Auto Group Found His Competitive Edge with VINCUE

   In this episode of Cue the Next Leader, VINCUE CMO Michael Hopkins sits down with Ed Hyde, dealer principal at Legacy Nissan, Legacy Ford, Legacy GMC Chevrolet, and Tinker Williams Chevrolet out of London, Kentucky — and one of VINCUE's longest-tenured customers. Ed's path to dealer principal is anything but conventional: it winds through a family grocery store, his dad's transmission shop, the Marine Corps, and a used car lot he opened in 1997 before landing his first franchise store three ...

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 31 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

51

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

27

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