The transition from searcher to CEO happens overnight, and the first hundred days are mostly spent fighting fires nobody scheduled. Panelists will walk through the ones that recur: an owner transition that goes sideways, problems that never surfaced in diligence, a key customer or supplier testing the new owner, and market disruption that arrives at the worst possible moment. They will also cover the people work — earning credibility with a team that did not choose you, and deciding which inherited employees to invest in, reposition, or replace. Attendees will learn how to triage competing emergencies, sequence early moves, and make people changes without destabilizing the business.