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Welcome to back to the Shared Practices Podcast! This week our guest is Dr. Dawn Baker. Dawn is a practicing dentist in Gahanna, Ohio. In this episode Dawn brings a different perspective to practice ownership and dentistry. Dawn worked as a dental assistant before dental school and discussed her perspective throughout school, as an associate, and eventually ownership. Dawn talks about her journey as a practice owner during her "jumpstart" practice with only 150 existing patients and dental chairs from the 1950s! She also talks about her challenges with hiring and firing as the owner and leader of the office. Dawn recommended a non-dental CE for gaining leadership skills: Next Level Trainings (link below). This course really opened Dawn's eyes to the emotional intelligence that comes being a leader. This episode is filled with great insight! Thanks for listening to this week's episode of the Shared Practices Podcast!

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Dawn Baker Contact Information:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dawn.cheney.baker

Email: [email protected]

Practice Website: https://www.gahannadentist.com/

Welcome to back to the Shared Practices Podcast! This week our guest is Megan Timm. Megan is a 2018 graduate from the University of Iowa School of Dentistry. She has just purchased a practice with two locations! Megan has also found a very interesting method for financing her practice. In this episode Richard and Megan talk about her journey of practice ownership. Coming into dental school Megan knew that she wanted to own a practice. Megan also talks about what changes she's going to make with her new practice and the challenges that come with those changes. Thanks for listening to this week's episode of the Shared Practices Podcast!

Here are some links for the program that Megan received her funding through: https://www.rd.usda.gov/programs-services/rural-economic-development-loan-grant-program

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http://www.cipco.net/

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Find out more about Megan Timm by adding her on Facebook or checking out her website: https://smilesiowa.com/

Welcome to back to the Shared Practices Podcast! This week our guest is Brian Hanks. Brian is an dental transitions specialist and specifically helps buyers look for practices to purchase. Brian is a frequent contributor on our Facebook group. This episode Brian gives 7 common mistakes that buyer make. Brian also has written 2 books: How to Buy a Dental Practice Vol 1 & 2. Below is a link to get these books for FREE. Thanks for listening to this week's episode of the Shared Practices Podcast!

Get Brian's book here: www.brianhanks.com/sharedpractices

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Brian Hanks is an MBA and CFP®, and currently lives in Idaho. After earning his undergraduate degree in business from Brigham Young University, Brian worked in several companies including Cain, Watters and Associates where he first learned how fun working with Dentists can be. He earned his MBA from the University of Michigan and worked on Wall Street for Goldman Sachs, and Bank of America. He left the world of corporate advisory because he didn't like all the conflicts of interest inherent in their business models. Brian is thrilled to be working for as an independent, fee-only advisor serving the dental community with financial planning and investment services. He specializes in helping newer dentists buy dental practices.

For more information about Brian visit his website: https://brianhanks.com/

Welcome to back to the Shared Practices Podcast! This week our guest is Wayne Oplinger. Wayne is a transitions analyst at Benco Dental. He helps buyers, sellers, and young associates either finding jobs or practices to purchase. During the interview George and Wayne talk about what buyers should be looking for in a practice to purchase. Wayne strives to dive deeper into asking key questions for both buyers and sellers during practice transitions. Thanks for listening to this week's episode of the Shared Practices Podcast!

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Wayne Oplinger is a transitions analyst for Benco Dental. He started with Benco Dental as a local Territory Representative in 2011, covering Westchester County NY, Southern CT and Northern NJ. After 3 years, he successfully built his territory sales in excess of $3 million dollars.

After 4 years, Benco Dental asked Wayne to take on a new position, Practice Transitions Analyst. In this capacity, Wayne would be the single point of contact for Benco customers by developing customized transition solutions. Prior to joining Benco Dental, Wayne was a small business owner for over 15 years. In addition to being a transitions resource for dentists throughout the country, Wayne is well sought out speaker, speaking at major dental meetings, local study clubs, as well as dental schools.

Welcome back to the Shared Practices Podcast...and Welcome back Dr. Richard Low to Shared Practices! Richard has been busy finishing up his 2-year Army Residency and moving his family to Oklahoma. This week George and Richard catch up and talk about George's experience as a new practice owner! George discusses his thoughts and explains some of the challenges of being a new dentist and a new owner at the same time. Thanks for listening to this week's episode of the Shared Practices Podcast!

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Welcome to back to the Shared Practices Podcast! This week we have the guest that has been on the podcast with the most episodes, Dr. Justin Short. Justin founded The Lifestyle Practice. The Lifestyle Practice helps dentists build practices where they work less, profit more, and get to finally enjoy the lifestyle they deserve! Our last episode with Justin (the final episode of his mini-series), he let us know that he would be selling his dental practice at 38 years old! This episode George is checking in with Justin to see how retired life is treating him and how Justin got to where he is today. Justin explains his vision and goals and what he did to accomplish them. Justin wanted to build his life vision and then build his practice around that life vision. Thanks for listening to this week's episode of the Shared Practices Podcast!

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Dr. Justin Short had a highly successful practice, Des Peres Dentistry in St. Louis. He inspires other dentists to design their practice to serve their life. The Lifestyle Practice helps dentists build practices where they work less, profit more, and get to finally enjoy the lifestyle they deserve!

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Find out more about Justin Short at The Lifestyle Practice

Welcome to back to the Shared Practices Podcast! This week we have one of our most popular guests, Dr. Derek Williams. Derek acquired a practice straight out of school and has since tremendously grown his practice (3x) while cutting down to 3 days a week over the last 2 years! Derek discusses his experiences with transitions, making changes in a new office and dealing with staff. Derek discusses his role as a coach for The Lifestyle Practice and how he helps his clients reach their unique goals! Derek also talks about his future goals for his practice. Thanks for listening to this week's episode of the Shared Practices Podcast!

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Find out more about Derek Williams at The Lifestyle Practice

Contact Derek at http://thelifestylepractice.com/contact/

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This is our last episode for Season 3. This season has been all about Startups. In this episode George highlights the key points from our guests throughout the season. We wanted to tell the stories of people going through a startup (both the good and the bad). We also wanted you to know that you can be successful in both a startup or an acquisition by having realistic expectations from the people who have gone through it. One of the biggest benefits of a startup is being able to customize your location and vision. George talks about timelines, growth strategies, some of the setbacks, and the integral professionals that you need when you are going through a startup.

Thanks for listening to this week's episode!

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Welcome to back to the Shared Practices Podcast! We have a very exciting episode this week. Our guest is Brian Madden with Carr Healthcare Realty. Brian specializes in tenant and buyer representation for dental clients throughout the United States. Too often dentists don't have any representation when dealing with the landlords and their brokers. It costs them huge amounts of money in the long term. In this interview George and Brian talk about how to find the best real estate and negotiate key terms of the lease to the dentist's advantage. Brian also talks about the real estate timeline for a startup as well as how dentists that are looking to startup or even renewing a lease can benefit from a buyer's broker. Thanks for listening to this week's episode!

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Brian Madden is a commercial real estate agent with Carr Healthcare Realty. He specializes in tenant and buyer representation for dental clients throughout the United States. Contact him at [email protected] or at www.carrhr.com.

Welcome to back to the Shared Practices Podcast! This week we have a return guest, Tim Tursonoff. He joined us for episode 3-12! Tim is a non-dentist that owns a DSO in North Florida. In this week's episode we have George and Jonas interviewing Tim. They discuss what it takes to run a successful Fee For Service DSO. Tim has a realistic view and brings honesty and authenticity to the multiple practice ownership conversation. He also gives some advice for those dentists who want to take the plunge into multiple practice ownership. Thanks for listening to this week's episode of the Shared Practices Podcast!

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For the last 6 years Tim Tursonoff oversaw operations for solo practitioners and group practices (both GPs and specialists) throughout Florida. Tim's scope of expertise can be best described as the ability to make good practices great by streamlining operations and increasing profitability. Prior to his involvement in the business of dentistry, Tim had spent 11 years in various executive positions in finance and business development with several Fortune 500 companies. Tim holds a Bachelor's Degree in business from Jacksonville University.