One, what would you say that you've kind of discovered about Nick in this process and your particular way of approaching the client and approaching the deal and those kinds of things? And then where do you want to go from here?

Well, what I've... found that I truly love about working with lower middle market businesses is being that resource for my client in more ways than just the deal.

Regularly I'll be on the phone at 8 o'clock at night with a client talking about issues in their business or advice that they want that may not even be deal related.

And I really like being that resource.

And what I found is that being a business owner is actually truly a lonely profession, right? The people that work for them don't understand the plight of the business owner and that the risk that they bear every day and the decisions that they make that impact their company and their families.

And so...

I've found that I really love being that resource for clients and business owners during one of the most pivotal moments of their lives.

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