Shared Practices | Your Dental Roadmap to Practice Ownership

After uncovering a huge potential problem, George pauses and addresses Obi's underlying beliefs that led to some of his blindspots in the first place. We also take a deep dive into his metrics. Matt and George discuss why experience > advice.

Matt joins Tyler today. We get updates on Shared Practices' Mastermind a bit into the episode. But first, Tyler and Matt pick up their banter right where they left off as they discuss pinching pennies, astronomical debt, and the things that actually launch you out of it.

Richard's longtime inspiration and chance mentor Dr. David Maloley joins us. After cofounding Relentless Dentist, he's been able to reverse engineer some of his more successful thought patterns. Focusing on the 'practice' level, he applies his unique mental model to leadership and growth. Listen in.

There are essentially two numbers you can manipulate to grow your practice: new patients per month, and production per patient per year. Richard and George explore the in-house financing structures that help us grow the second number: production per patient.

Former super listener and current Director of Mastermind at Shared Practices joins George today. Their experiences collide as each shares his own digest of the best takeaways from listening to (and creating) Practice Under Water.

Tyler and Matt have a great morning conversation wherein Matt helps us understand the context and ultimate benefits of an education interrupted by COVID. We also discuss how Tyler and his Covid-era classmates are gauging their readiness to be dentists in the real world, Matt's lingering solo mindset, feeling farther from graduation than ever. Among all the madness we learn...everything will be okay.

Dentist Advisors' founder and CEO Reese Harper joins us today, with his financial advisor associate (and favorite person) Will Gochnour. For our season on Growth, Reese and Will explore conflicts that sabotage a group practice, the focus of dentistry-specific advisors, and the emotional weight of wondering whether your financial strategy is fighting itself.

We'll be back with guests next week, but as George and Matt finish up their four-part series together, they give us a comprehensive history of Shared Practices...so far. The time-sucking (but fun) project it was in the beginning, Matt coming onboard and giving Richard and George the kick in the butt they needed...all the way to the purposeful launch of meaningful resources for ambitious dentists everywhere.

Alex Sharp and Clay Schwinke catch up with Tyler and Payton. We get updates on Shared Practices' mastermind that Alex and Clay have been working on behind the scenes. Plus, we dive into avoiding the corporate hamster wheel, some of Alex's personal breakthroughs, and the advantages of being vulnerable with a trusted group.

In Part I Michael brought us great information about keeping the momentum of any table, booth, or conversation going. In Part II, Michael discusses business-specific approaches for senior centers, coffee shops, banks, and how to keep Michael himself in your corner. ** https://thedentalmarketer.site/

Pivots...plural. George wants you to know he's had multiple. Kidding aside, with all the positive feedback from our audience about PUW 62 (Matt's Career Pivot), George now gives us a comprehensive review of his own career. Starting way back with little baby pre-dental-school George, he and Matt continue their four-part series together--listen in.

Having had a well-rounded clinical experience in dental school and in his associateship, our guest "Wolverine" is now sniffing around for an acquisition. The rural one is $300k, and comes with the building. The other produces $2.2 million and costs as much, with a building purchase as an option. But is its production maxed out? Wincing at the diametric opposition between the two, Tyler and Payton dig to find which practice will actually help Wolverine have a happy future.

A recent Practice Under Water episode prompted Richard to have his friend Michael Arias on the show. Known as the Ground Marketer, Michael is an expert at advanced guerrilla marketing, and he's the founder of The Dental Marketer. He shares when to put down the facebook ads and SEO in favor of more immediate analog lead generation opportunities. Grab a pen and take notes as Michael gives specific tidbits--Ground Rules for Growth. ** https://thedentalmarketer.site/

Shared Practices Book Club 2 Richard Low - Can’t Hurt Me by David Goggins Murray Low - On Becoming a Leader by Warren Bennis Hunter Bennett - The Problem of Pain by C. S. Lewis Tyler Tolbert - The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*#k by Mark Manson

Ashley Joves joins the show again as she and George reveal her actual analytics for Smile & Co. Ashley is on a hiring spree because she, herself, wants particular work hours. As she and George go into the Practice By Numbers, they reveal an unexpected problem that forces her plan to pivot.