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

  • Feb 17 2025
  • Length: 1 hr and 52 mins
  • Podcast

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

  • Summary

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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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