Acquiring Minds

Behind Every Great Searcher: A Wife's Journey with Search


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Cliff & Christine Nelson navigated him buying a big but remote business while she was pregnant, then a first-time mom.

Topics in Cliff and Christine’s interview:

  • Highs and lows of the 2-year search
  • Cliff quitting his job right before Covid
  • Becoming parents and closing on a business the same week
  • What Cliff liked about the traditional search model
  • Acquiring a business with 100 employees
  • Being alone in an unfamiliar city as a new mom
  • Christine getting very sick during the move
  • Feeling like a bad father and a bad CEO at the same time
  • Experiencing the J curve
  • “I wouldn’t live through it again, but I’m glad we did it.”

References and how to contact Cliff and Christine:

  • Cliff LinkedIn
  • Christine LinkedIn
  • PsychoGeriatric Services

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Edited by Anton Rohozov
Produced by Pam Cameron

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