Acquiring an SMB can often be the catalyst for professional satisfaction. Our next guest for Private Market Insights is entering our space with one of the most interesting angles yet: he’s an active professional football player, most recently as a quarterback with the Cleveland Browns. ^redacted‌ believes that acquiring small businesses can be a meaningful pathway for professional athletes and can serve as a way to help them preserve and build wealth long after they retire. In this episode, we’ll discuss the challenges of searching while playing professional sports, the promise of SMB acquisitions for athletes, and how talented people with any professional background should be thinking about maximizing their professional outcomes over a long-term horizon.