All right, Cougs, you’re in for a treat today!   If you enjoy football, business, and finding success in failures, consider this your sign to tune in to today’s episode!    Today, I’m talking to WSU alumni (class of ‘82) Greg Porter, Certified Public Accountant, Certified Valuation Analyst, and Master Analyst in Financial Forensics and Managing Director in the CBIZ Berntson Porter Bellevue office.    But Greg’s story involves so much more than the accolades behind his name.   From emancipation to concussions and building successful businesses to upstream mergers, Greg shares his unique journey through his college (+ grad school) football career and professional career, where the common thread involves him defying the odds at every opportunity.    If you’re ready to hear a crazy story about a Coug’s resilience, why success always comes with risk, and how to build relationships throughout your life, this episode is for you!   Leave a 5 star review on iTunes or Spotify!   What we discussed: [2:00] How he got a lot of press as an emancipated high school footballer [3:34] What he did with 13 athletic scholarship offers [7:02] How two concussions led to a lesson learned about business and life [10:04] Why you shouldn’t make rash decisions in the state of confusion [11:32] How he navigated playing football while attending graduate school [14:00] Building up his Kirkland, Washington-based CPA firm [16:18] What an upstream merger looks like and why he decided it was the right decision [19:10] How he built a firm that was attractive to the top CPA firms in the US [20:24] What it’s been like to move to a publicly traded CPA firm with a large market cap [22:00] Why success always comes with risk [23:39] How to build relationships whether you’re from the area or not [25:13] Why doing good work is the key to building a great business [27:48] How to find a mentor if you’re starting a business today Links: Website: https://www.cbiz.com/about-us/locations/company-details/cbiz-berntson-porter LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cbiz/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/cbz   Find out more about our community via the CougsFirst! website:  https://www.cougsfirst.org/    Want to find all of the CougsFirst! businesses? Checkout our directory https://cougsfirst.org/cougsfirst-businesses/    Connect with us on social media: Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cougsfirst/  Connect with us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cougsfirst/ Tweet us: https://twitter.com/CougsFir

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