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PUW 31

Practice Under Water | Mystery Guest "Joe" Part I

The Seller Is Gone, Now What?

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Matt sits down with our real doc, fake name: "Joe". For the first six months at his new practice, Joe worked with side-by-side with the seller. But with the seller now retired since the beginning of the new year, Joe's "honey-moon phase" of practice ownership is over. Matt asks Joe what he did to get lenders to help him into practice ownership, and what made him so ready for practice ownership. Plus, we find out how to mitigate against the problems that happen when you have hygiene booked solid for weeks.

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Tell us:

1. About your practice: number of employees, their roles, your location, number of chairs, what procedures you obtain your income from
2. Goals for your practice
3. A vision where you would like your practice to be, where you would like to go
4. Where do you believe you are falling short in your practice?
5. How are you getting in your own way to success?
6. Why isn't the practice performing the way you would like?
7. What would you like coaching for?

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Clay has the rare opportunity to sit down with Shared Practices partner Matt Guarino. Matt shares the red flags that drove him away from deals, the power of not keeping yourself a secret, and why he now so thoroughly enjoys his solo practice.

Finance expert, keynote speaker, and author Reese Harper stops in with his latest book recommendation: The 5 Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni. As founder and CEO of Dentist Advisors, Reese shares a few experiences as he and Richard discuss how to defend a healthy culture as your team grows, setting apart time for team building, plus vulnerable, personal stories surrounding each of the 5 dysfunctions.

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PUW 30

Practice Under Water | Mystery Guest "Sarah" Part II

Startup Glitz and Grit

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A little over a year into her ownership journey, our guest Sara has done extremely well. She collected $950k in her first year, and amassed over a thousand patients. Matt explores her high growth, and high-stress. Plus...what does George think about her morning huddles?

Interested in 1-on-1 coaching?

• Email [email protected] or [email protected].
• Tell us about yourself, your business goals, where you are currently in your practice at and where you would like to be in the next year.
• Send us your information to see if we would be a good fit for you!

Would you like to be a guest on the show?

Copy and paste these questions on the email.

Email [email protected]

Tell us:

1. About your practice: number of employees, their roles, your location, number of chairs, what procedures you obtain your income from
2. Goals for your practice
3. A vision where you would like your practice to be, where you would like to go
4. Where do you believe you are falling short in your practice?
5. How are you getting in your own way to success?
6. Why isn't the practice performing the way you would like?
7. What would you like coaching for?

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Today's episode of The Pursuit of Ownership has been one year in the making! George and our guest Dr. Ashley Joves inadvertently go head-to-head comparing their practices on air. Listen in on their live recording as they compare notes: Ashley's startup vs George's acquisition, how each uses Swell, plus Ashley's advice to anyone going the startup route.

Murray Low returns. Consultant and coach for executives across the world, he shares real-life examples showing the value of Crucial Conversations. Richard elicits tales of failures, as well as stories of shocking success when applying the these principles. Plus a generous invitation to you from Murray Low. Listen now.

PUW 29

Practice Under Water | Mystery Guest "Sarah" Part I

Practice Startup Glitz and Grit

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After years of associateship, our anonymous guest "Sarah" decided the startup route was for her. With her startup doing well, Matt and Sarah discuss all the positives. But when Matt asks about what's going wrong, we find out the kind of grit it takes to keep a startup going strong.

Interested in 1-on-1 coaching?

• Email [email protected] or [email protected].
• Tell us about yourself, your business goals, where you are currently in your practice at and where you would like to be in the next year.
• Send us your information to see if we would be a good fit for you!

Would you like to be a guest on the show?

Copy and paste these questions on the email.

Email [email protected]

Tell us:

1. About your practice: number of employees, their roles, your location, number of chairs, what procedures you obtain your income from
2. Goals for your practice
3. A vision where you would like your practice to be, where you would like to go
4. Where do you believe you are falling short in your practice?
5. How are you getting in your own way to success?
6. Why isn't the practice performing the way you would like?
7. What would you like coaching for?

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Some practice owners choose their actions and live with the consequences. Loren Israelsen chooses the consequences and lives with the actions... "It's all about looking at the longterm, and then reverse engineering it." Having recently closed on his 6th practice, Loren Israelsen shows us how it's done; here's his journey from a relatively visionless D2 dental student to 6X practice owner.

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Our special guest is the co-host of Dental Drill Bits podcast, and is widely known as a top consultant in our industry. Sandy Pardue joins us today as she and Richard talk about where dentists fall short on leadership; keeping a "scoreboard", developing a lifestyle of learning, and how not to be afraid of your team. Listen now. •• Start getting more reviews with Swell

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PUW 28

Practice Under Water | Mystery Guest "Dr. Ace" Part II

From Group Practice to Solo Doc?

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Our guest "Dr. Ace" has a successful group practice with 4,000 patients, but he still wants to go solo. After finding out "Ace" does NOT have an office manager, George helps our guest understand where to allocate the staff resources he does have, and helps him design a leadership team.

Interested in 1-on-1 coaching?

• Email [email protected] or [email protected].
• Tell us about yourself, your business goals, where you are currently in your practice at and where you would like to be in the next year.
• Send us your information to see if we would be a good fit for you!

Would you like to be a guest on the show?

Copy and paste these questions on the email.

Email [email protected]

Tell us:

1. About your practice: number of employees, their roles, your location, number of chairs, what procedures you obtain your income from
2. Goals for your practice
3. A vision where you would like your practice to be, where you would like to go
4. Where do you believe you are falling short in your practice?
5. How are you getting in your own way to success?
6. Why isn't the practice performing the way you would like?
7. What would you like coaching for?

Links | Resources

Practice By Numbers

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