Shared Practices | Your Dental Roadmap to Practice Ownership

"Tapatío" joins Tyler and George today. He and his fiancée are both dentists and they think they've found gold in a broker's listing of two practices--that share an office building and staff. This could be the ultimately acquisition for a husband-wife dentist team. George sees the practice has high collections, but it's sort of an unusual opportunity that could be scaring away buyers. George and Tyler prod him with questions to find whether this is a great opportunity, or a terrible buy.

The season of Leadership, Culture, and Change takes an interesting turn as Richard, Tyler, and Payton start a book club. These three self help junkies share what parts of what books impacted them the most. Interested in more Book Club segments? Want us to never do this again? Either way, let us know on the Facebook group!

After Covid interrupted her 7-month-old startup, Katie has to make a decision: stay overly cautious, or reach her 80k/month production goals so she can take home around 400k. She's been safely hoarding cash for a while, and Matt opens her eyes to the new possibilities ahead.

Recent graduate "Michael Scarn" joins us today for this reference-ridden episode of The Pursuit of Ownership: Threat Level Midnight. He has the drive and passion to buy a practice. But hasn't touched a handpiece since the beginning of Covid. Should he focus his resources on getting an associateship, or getting a practice?

Stress--we can use it to enhance our lives. Instead of falling apart about it, Richard and Murray teach us to use our breaking points to trigger us into healthy growth. How do you respond to stress?

After interviewing female dentists with more domineering styles, George and Matt put out a clarion call for female guests that have more of a gentle touch. Our real doc/fake name "Katie" responded. Having found Shared Practices early on in her associateship, she's now seven months into a "mostly good" startup! Now having been through the COVID scare, she's proceeding cautiously. *Too* cautiously?

Having first reached out to today's guest personally back in 2017, Tyler finally has Travis Hornsby on the air. Travis started Student Loan Planner in October 2016 after helping his wife and her friends figure out their six figure student loans. He builds models for how to save money paying back student debt. So listen up, students!

Our anonymous guest Dr. Jack was dreading a conversation with a team member. Leadership coach to executives around the world, Murray Low, joins us today. He and Richard offer a sobering and powerful 360º Review of Dr. Jack's practice, team, and leadership style.

Having bought a practice right out of school, "Mike" is basically the solo version of George, but he needs more confidence diagnosing big cases (which is a very Matt thing to do). Can George sprinkle on a bit of Matt's diagnosis special sauce in this interview? Listen as he and Mike explore more baggage and benefits of buying right out of school.

Our guest Patrick has done a lot of clinical groundwork. Big picture: he and his wife are both dentists and they want a life that leaves room for spending ample time with their growing kids. He knows who he is, what he wants, and what he's capable of. But he needs guidance on two really nice options for practice acquisition. Tyler and George leave no stone unturned as they check his strategy for holes.

The purpose of your practice--the Why of your practice--can't be overstated. We're happy to have Jayme Amos join us again as we discuss opportunities vs opportunism, the danger of pursuing cost savings, and sticking to your guns during a crisis.

Having bought a practice right out of school, did our guest "Mike" miss out on developing a strong clinical base? While he's still in the honeymoon phase, Mike and George commiserate on the baggage and benefits that come with buying right out of school.

That you don't think your future practice will be embezzled from doesn't mean it won't be embezzled from. Our guest David Harris has become the world’s leading expert on dental office embezzlement. Learn amazing, shocking statistics behind it. Most importantly, learn to spot it.

Richard's international interview 2 of 2. Dr. Meredith Gay joins us from New South Wales, Australia. After graduating in 2011, she went into an associateship which contractually locked her out of owning nearby. After using our podcast and courses as a guide, she's now in successful practice ownership. She shares her nuanced approach to making it all work out.

Our guest Kevin had never heard of our podcast. With his interest now piqued after Part I, He continues absorbing George's guidance. After shooting down Kevin's associate idea, George keeps digging to find the real source of Kevin's pain.