Key Takeaways

After years in executive leadership, the author chose to buy a business instead of starting one from scratch to gain entrepreneurial freedom with less risk.

Acquisition entrepreneurship offers mid-career professionals a faster, more stable path to ownership by leveraging their experience, networks and financial capital.

After nearly two decades as a healthcare executive and practicing physician — including serving as Tennessee’s Commissioner of Health during the pandemic — I found myself at a professional crossroads.

Like many mid-career leaders, I wanted more autonomy, more impact and the freedom to shape my own path. Naturally, I assumed that meant launching a startup. But when I looked closer, building something from scratch didn’t align with my reality.

I had a famil

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