How To Take Over and Run a Successful Business With Keith Burns of Apex Physics Partners
Episode's Guest
Keith Burns
Keith Burns is the President and Director of Apex Physics Partners, which provides expert, patient-focused, and relationship-driven partnerships that empower patient care. The mission at Apex Physics Partners is to transform the health and safety of its communities by providing comprehensive medical physics and radiation safety solutions to its clients throughout the country.
Keith is the former President of Krueger-Gilbert Health Physics, Inc., where he directed the company’s strategy, operations, finance, and administration. He is a board member at Palatiumcare and is also a JD in law through Columbia Law School.
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In this episode…
After starting or purchasing a business, how do you make it a success? What fundamentals do leaders need to know to make their businesses thrive?
In 2019, Keith Burns and his partner Michael Curry accrued some capital and decided to buy a business. Once they made the purchase and started running it, they discovered there were problems, and the seller hadn’t been truthful by painting a much rosier picture of the company. They faced many challenges in stabilizing operations, including getting to know their employees and making them feel comfortable with the transition and convincing their clients that the business would continue successfully. Within two years, business was thriving. Keith learned many lessons and gained a lot of wisdom that other entrepreneurs can benefit from to become successful.
Here’s a glimpse of what you’ll learn:
- Keith Burns talks about Apex Physics Partners and how it began
- Challenges Keith and his partner, Michael Curry, faced after buying their first business
- Keith explains how they discovered solutions to the problems they faced once they took over
- Resources they used to increase their knowledge and understanding of how to clean up operations
- The lessons Keith and his partner learned through running their newly bought business
- Why Keith and his partner decided to start podcasting
Resources Mentioned in this episode
- Apex Physics Partners
- Keith Burns on LinkedIn
- Michael Curry on LinkedIn
- Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone by Brené Brown
- The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers by Ben Horowitz
- The Courage To Be Disliked: How to free yourself, change your life and achieve real happiness by Ichiro Kishimi and Fumitake Koga
Show Credits
Hosted by: Chad Franzen
Special Guest: Keith Burns
Produced by: Lullwater & Co.
Edited by: Rise25
Sponsorship
This episode is brought to you by Lullwater.
Lullwater is a private family holding company where we focus on small business investing and operations.
We invest in entrepreneurs who are changing the world, one small business at a time.
This is not just another investing podcast but rather a conversation around building a more just, diverse, fruitful, and thriving world.
Explore the site to learn more about Lullwater & Co., their mission, and who they serve.
Apex Physics Partners
This episode is brought to you by Apex Physics Partners.
At Apex Physics Partners, we provide expert, patient-focused, and relationship-driven partnerships that empower patient care and allow physicists to be physicists.
We provide diagnostic and radiation safety solutions to ensure your practice is regulated and compliant, so your patients are cared for safely.
We partner with medical physics practices to oversee business management and administration, and we offer exciting career opportunities for people in the medical physics industry.
To learn more about Apex Physics Partners, go to apexphysicspartners.com, or you can email us at apexinfo@apexphysicspartners.com.