282 | Greg Cumiskey | Persistence and Focus: The Keys to Becoming Successful

In today's episode of Leaders of Tomorrow, Chris interviews Greg Cumiskey, one of our alumni who is today a highly successful and passionate entrepreneur with an extensive experience in buying and selling businesses, integrating acquisitions, executing successful roll-ups, and executive management of both private and publicly traded firms. 

 

You will find out who Greg Cumiskey was before he got involved in our program and what were the biggest lessons he took from his experience with Student Works.

 

He will share more details about his career path after he left our program.

 

He will talk about how he started Simmba Systems and what the company was doing as well as about his experience as an Executive Chairman at ExamWorks. He will also share more details about his involvement with Idealab. 

 

You will find out what is the difference between managing a small to medium-sized business and running a larger one.

 

You will learn about Greg’s biggest failures and mistakes and the lessons he learned from them, as well as what are some of the key habits a leader should have.

 

Join Chris and Greg for another fascinating discussion about some of the key secrets to a successful business career.

 

What You Will Learn In This Show:

• Who was Greg Cumiskey before he got involved in our program
• Greg’s biggest lessons and takeaways from the program
• Greg’s career path after he left Student Works
• Managing a small to medium-sized business versus running a larger one
• Failures and mistakes in Greg’s career and the lessons he took from them
• Some key habits a leader should have
• And so much more...

 

Resources:

Student Works

Greg’s Linkedin

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