EP44 Building Character and Becoming Tougher with Bob Eisiminger ‘88, Entrepreneur and Founder and Former CEO of Knight Point Systems

This episode features a conversation with Bob Eisiminger ‘88, Entrepreneur, and Founder and Former CEO of Knight Point Systems. He is also a member of the Board of Directors at Chaminade University of Honolulu and Patriapps Software Venture Studio, and Board of Experts at Birthing of Giants Fellowship Program. Bob is a serial entrepreneur, an investor in veteran led companies, and a former CEO. In 2005, he founded Knight Point Systems, after graduating from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. While in the United States Army, Bob was an Air Defense Artillery Platoon Leader/Tactical Control Officer in Germany, a Public Affairs Officer at Fort Bliss in Texas, and an Airborne and Jungle Operations Expert. Bob is a graduate of the Birthing of Giants Fellowship Program, where post-exit entrepreneurs teach business owners how to grow companies for the purpose of acquisition, and is the recipient of the EY Entrepreneur of the Year Award for the Mid-Atlantic Region in the category of Government Services. In this episode of On Point, Bob discusses how his West Point and Army experiences helped him develop his hundred million dollar business, what it’s like to work alongside the United States government, and the importance of surrounding yourself with people that will help make you a better person. He also talks about what it was like serving in Germany during the cold war and fall of the Berlin Wall, and how giving back to West Point graduates continues the same cycle that ultimately afforded him great success in business. ----------- Key Quotes "I see my role now as if anyone reaches out to me, I'm going to go meet with them. Young west point graduates, guys getting outta the service, they wanna talk about, you know, whether they should go work for a big or small. I will offer up my time to anybody, because people offered up their time to me. And, I think giving back to the community that you came from, that you grew up in so important." - Bob Eisiminger ----------- Episode Timestamps (02:19) Segment: AAR (04:00) Experience at West Point (07:00) Mentorship at the academy (08:40) Experience in the Army (10:30) Transitioning out of service (16:00) Starting Knight Point Systems (20:30) How the military prepared Bob for business (27:05) Startup tips (31:10) Segment: SOP (34:05) Mentorship (36:30) Segment: Giving Back ----------- Links Bob’s LinkedIn West Point Association of Graduates We’d love your feedback—take a minute to complete our short podcast survey and help us make future episodes even better!