In this episode, I'm joined by John Dillion is the Founder and CEO of GuardianVets.  Now we’ll get into GuardianVets in-depth today but to set the stage they are an extension of your veterinary team to help you with telemedicine, after-hours teletriage, inbound communications, and curbside management. The goal is on virtual care solutions designed to help veterinary practices streamline operations, reduce burnout and elevate client service. 

• The origin story of GuardVets and solving his own problem.
• The #1 issue hospitals face today.
• The future of tele-offerings in veterinary medicine.
• Delegation and building the right team - both internal and external.
• Creating proper boundaries while leveraging technology.
• How to strive to create marginal improvements within your business.
• Providing solutions to problems today.

GuardianVets

In this episode, Dr. Serena Nayee received her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from the University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine. She is from Fishers, IN, and is the Medical Director at VetCheck Pet Urgent Care’s second location in Carmel, IN. Recently, she founded Chapter VIII: Veterinary Inclusion and Intersectionality Initiative to promote inclusive advocacy and education, intersectional art and story-sharing, communication workshops, community mentorship, and diversifying professional experience.

• Dr. Serena's background and work history
• How she's taken on more responsibility earlier than most in her veterinary career.
• Training staff and the team that has limited existing veterinary knowledge.
• The burden of care and staying together as a team.
• VetCheck and the ownership and work opportunities.
• The Ambassador Program within VetCheck.
• Chapter VIII and the origin story and mission.

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VetCheck for Pets

In this episode, I offer a rebuttal and provide factual evidence to refute a recent White Coat Investor article called Bitcoin Is Just like AOL; It Won’t Win the Race for Best Cryptocurrency Not only is the article full of factually inaccurate statements - there are massive gaps in understanding of Bitcoin. I provide a fact and data-driven rebuttal with sources of where that information came from. Those sources are below:

Swan Bitcoin - Where I recommend people buy Bitcoin

70% of Ethereum Nodes Are Hosted on Centralized Services

What Was The DAO?

WHY YOU SHOULD CARE ABOUT TAPROOT, THE NEXT MAJOR BITCOIN UPGRADE

DLCS ARE ON BITCOIN, BRINGING NEW FUNCTIONALITY AND MAJOR POTENTIAL

The Blocksize Wars

Bitcoin’s Energy Usage Isn’t a Problem. Here’s Why.

Debunking Common Bitcoin Myths

Bitcoin is Key to an Abundant, Clean Energy Future

This Green Machines - Swan Bitcoin

THE HUMANITARIAN AND ENVIRONMENTAL CASE FOR BITCOIN

M2 Money Supply Growth Chart

Thanksgiving Meal Example Chart

A GENTLE INTRODUCTION TO THE LIGHTNING NETWORK

Best List of Bitcoin Resources I've created to date

In this episode I breakdown an overview on why Farmland should be a consideration for investors. I cover the industry today, the opportunity, the investment thesis, and how to buy it.

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In this episode, we walk through the challenges of dealing with your team and why the adage of "hire slow and fire fast" makes sense with a recent personal example on Isaiah's team.

Forbes Article: Hire Slow And Fire Fast: Why Leaders Should Heed This Advice

Harvard Business Review: Hire Slow, Fire Fast

In this episode, I'm joined by Dr. Ryan Koopmans who received his DVM from Iowa State in 2012 and has practiced in the companion health realm ever since. He is an Army Veterinary Corps officer. He has his Masters's in Financial Planning from The College of Financial Planning. I’m excited to announce that Ryan has joined the team at Vincere Wealth and will be moving out of clinical medicine and fully into being a financial planner serving his peers.

• His veterinary medicine story
• What he's enjoyed most in veterinary medicine
• His thoughts on practice ownership for him and his family
• What sparked his interest in financial planning and investing
• What he's seen from his peers that's spurned his passion to serve them
• His views on what's most important for a successful financial planning relationship
• His soapbox topic

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In today's episode, I'm joined by VetBilling's founder Tony Ferraro. We talk about the founding of VetBilling and what they do. As well as the following:

• How third party financing can be more rigid in the offering. Tony mentions a 40% approval rate, so what about the other 60%? I did push for some data behind this number and here is the reference source. 
• The typical delinquency of clients on payment plans being 3%-5%, but can reach closer to 10%-15% and why even at the elevated level it still makes sense. 
• How to construct a payment plan and the down-payment, payment length, and details. How VetBilling allows for more control at the clinic level than third-party financing. 
• Understanding your cost per minute as a method for a down-payment. 
• Cost Per Minute = Expenses + Cost of Goods Sold / Minutes open per year - $2 - $10 per minute is the wide range for practices.
• We review case studies and the amount of care that can increase as well as the dramatic revenue increase. One case study added 707 new clients in a year while adding $413K in revenue. 
• The training and marketing that must be done to do this effectively.
• The trends in the industry and why something "boring" like a payment plan can help fund other reinvestment opportunities. 
• Finally, the goal for payment plans should only make up about 10%-20% of outstanding accounts receivable not the majority of revenue. 

https://vetbilling.com/

In this radio show, we discuss some big changes in the world of public student loan forgiveness and some changes for federal student loan processors, and what you should be doing.

Links

www.studentaid.gov

https://studentaid.gov/pslf/

https://www.financialcoachmeagan.com/

Today I’m joined by a repeat guest Dr. Phil Zeltzman - a polymath and veterinary surgeon. You might know him from his work with Dr. Meredith Jones on the Veterinary Financial Summit which just wrapped up last month. Phil today is going to talk about Chronos. He helped start Chronos a back-office solution for veterinary practices. Chronos is solving a major issue(s) in veterinary medicine that I hear listed as complaints often. Phil and I discuss:

• Takeaways from the second annual Veterinary Financial Summit.
• Origin story and solutions offered from Chronos.
• The process and how it works.
• How and why talent can be delivered nationally.
• Lessons learned since starting the company.
• Good and bad fits for Chronos and why.

www.chronosllc.com

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In this Radio Show, I dive into inflation. I answer three key questions.

What is inflation? Why does it matter to you? How can you prepare yourself against inflation?

The tweet mentioned and read in the show

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