The Shared Practices Podcast - Archives

Dr. William Graves and his rockstar staff have grown their TikTok content into the stuff of legend. We look at how he grew Amarillo Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery from humble beginnings in a hostile corporate environment, and how he now leverages an audience of 2.4 million.

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Keith did a ground-up startup. Working 5 days a week with only one associate, his clinical schedule keeps him spread thin! The frustrations of clinical demand set in as we explore ways he can put down the hand piece, and focus on building his business.

At this point, despite still being at limited capacity, Payton still feels like he at least "kind of" knows what he's doing. Through the middle of all the tests, he continues his practice search by reaching out to owners with his magazine/mailer.

Scott Smith joins us today. After working in North Carolina for a year and a half, Scott bought his current practice. Spending a few years "trying to do what Richard does", Scott definitely found his own style. Coming out of dental school for less than $200k, buying a practice, and imposter syndrome become today's topics.

Shared Practices' Director of Coaching Suzanne Rassy is joined by our real-doc-fake-name Keith. After graduating (and after his US Air Force commitments) Keith launched a startup outside a major metro area. Growth was way faster than anticipated, but his numbers are now flat. This is much more than a delegation problem. Listen as Suzanne guides Keith through.

In this second half of our interview with Josh Cochran, Tyler transitions into asking about the inefficiency of dental in general, how to start with what you want, and Josh's overall vision-borderline-obsession of modernizing dentistry.

The co-founder of full-service dental marketing agency Wonderist, Michael Anderson, joins Richard today. Helping dentists become marketers in the first place, systematic discovery of what makes you different, and why "Do mailers work?" will always be the wrong question.

After one analytics software took Shared Practices to where it currently is, there is only one that will take Shared Practices to where we all want to be. George and Matt discuss directly Rob Bay, president of: Dental Intel!

After frustrating career mishaps, our guest Josh Cochran decided dentistry was a clear path to fulfillment. Armed with entrepreneurial ambition, he shares his true growth mindset, how to make a single location work quite well, and whether dentistry has met his expectations.

What skills are and are not trainable? Nicole Vane bought a failing practice in an expensive area. She joins Richard today with a voice of experience and warning. We talk about seeing things for how they really are, literal team betrayal, and the sheer hell it took to get her practice from producing 200k (annually!) to $1.2 million.