Red Apple Group CEO John Catsimatidis

The LEAP into Business podcast takes its show on the road a hosts Sean Stein Smith and Lawrence Fauntleroy travelled to WABC 770 to record this episode of LEAP Into Business to talk with Red Apple Group CEO and self-made billionaire John Catsimatidis, author of, "How Far Do You Want To Go." In March, Mr. Catsimatidis visited Lehman College, spoke to a packed room of Lehman College students, and donated and signed a hundred of his books. He had so much fun he invited the School of Business to his renowned WABC studio to continue the conversation. Time Stamps: 0:00 Intro with Music 1:10 You're doing numbers 2:34 Traveled the same spaces our students have traveled 11:07 My parents only spoke Greek 15:10 Leadership and Ethics are critically important 20:55 We cashed checks in the community 26:28 No substitute for hard work 30:02 Three metaphorical bones in business 33:27 Use your brain as a sponge Lehman College: ⁠https://www.lehman.edu/⁠ School of Business: ⁠https://www.lehman.edu/business/