My guest today is Mike Curry, who acquired a medical physics business in 2014. Mike goes deep in this conversation about the reality of becoming the CEO of a small business. It is not easy, as you've heard over and over from guests on Acquiring Minds — especially during the transition, when not only is there a learning curve to understand the business you just acquired, but many searchers are also becoming CEOs for the first time in that moment. And then always there's the challenge of earning the trust of your new employees. Mike puts this beautifully in the interview: you acquire the business, you don't acquire the hearts and minds of the employees. Strong words. So Mike and I got so deep during the conversation that I never had him define what the business he acquired actually does. So I'm putting it here: Apex Physics Partners provides support services to medical physicists and physics practices. And medical physics generally is the part of healthcare related to radiation and radiation safety. Now that you know what Mike acquired and runs to this day, here he is, Mike Curry.