The Shared Practices Podcast - Archives

Welcome to back to the Shared Practices Podcast! This week our guest is Matt LaMaster. Matt is an attorney who helps with finding and negotiating leases for dentists. Jonas interviews Matt about Lease Negotiations. They discuss the process of the Letter of Intent, communicating with the landlord, different types of leases, pitfalls in leases, and why it is important for dentists to have a professi...

Welcome to back to the Shared Practices Podcast! This week Jonas interviews Dr Trent McCord. Trent is a dentist in Arkansas. Trent started up his practice in Centerton Arkansas in 2015. Trent talks with Jonas about his journey to practice ownership and starting up a practice from scratch. They discuss Trent's struggles and give tips for starting up a scratch practice. Thanks for listening to this...

Welcome to back to the Shared Practices Podcast! This week George and Jonas have a more in depth discussion about Startups. They dive into planning, timelines, and many of the details within the process of getting a startup off the ground. Jonas touches on how startups fit into a multiple practice model and his future plans. George and Jonas also speak about marketing for startups and future topic...

Welcome to back to the Shared Practices Podcast! This week we are introducing our new co-host of the podcast, Dr. Jonas Ashbaugh. Jonas is a practicing dentist who completed a startup in Jacksonville, Florida. In this episode, Jonas tells his startup journey from learning everything he could about Startups (while still in the military), demographics, construction setbacks, hiring and training team...

Welcome to back to the Shared Practices Podcast! This week our guest is James Bachmeier. James is the Co-Founder and COO of Lendeavor, a direct lending company that uses speed, simplicity, and expertise to help buyers with practice and real estate loans. During the episode George and James discuss what things buyers can do to be successful with dental lenders. James also explains how Leadeavor mak...

Welcome to the Shared Practices Podcast! This week Richard and George wrap up Season 2. It has been a very long season about Practice Acquisitions! They discuss some of their biggest takeaways and how their perspectives have changed over the course of the season. They wanted to share the process and experiences with you so that you can be successful in practice ownership. George talks about his fu...

Welcome to the Shared Practices Podcast! This week our guest is Dr. Graham Dersley. Graham is a practicing dentist in Churchton, Maryland. This is a unique episode because George and Graham discuss and analyze a sample practice. They give the listeners an inside look of how buyers should be looking at potential practices. Many dentists will be buying a practice just like this one and Graham talks...

Welcome to back to the Shared Practices Podcast! This week our guest is Dr. Chris Phelps. He is a dentist practicing in Charlotte, North Carolina that owns a practice with $3 million in revenue and has plans to take it to $6 million! In this episode George and Dr. Phelps discuss Robert Cialdini's 6 Principles of Influence and how YOU can be successful by implementing them into your dental office....

Welcome to back to the Shared Practices Podcast! This week is the 2nd week with our guest Will Little. If you missed the first part, you should download and listen to Part 1. It was jammed packed with great content and Part 2 is no exception! In this episode, Richard and Will discuss the execution phase of closing. From the legal aspects of starting a business to the tax implications, Will lays ou...

Welcome to back to the Shared Practices Podcast! This week we have Part 1 in a two-part series with Will Little. Will is the Co-Founder of Southern Dental Group and a listener of the podcast! He along with Hunter Smith started Southern Dental Group in 2015 with 2 practices and are now just about to close on their 10th. In this episode, Richard and Will discuss the chaos that can ensue leading up t...

This week George is coming at you from the annual Voices of Dentistry Summit in Scottsdale, Arizona! He had the honor of bringing on a special guest, Dr. Paul "Nacho" Goodman, a dentist/consultant/nacho enthusiast who has made a huge positive impact not only in our industry, but specifically with Shared Practices. In addition to running his popular Facebook group, Dental Nachos, he was also the co...

Welcome back to the Shared Practices Podcast! Last week, we talked about the experiences of a successful FFS practice. This week, we hear a different story. We sat down with Dr. Stephanie Mapp, a dentist who sought to expand from her successful startup and purchased an FFS practice she felt had great prospects for growth. Her experiences thereafter became a lesson to herself--and ultimately our li...

In season 2 episode 37, George interviews Dr. Peter Bowman about his life as a FFS practice owner. Dr. Bowman talks about what he thinks is the main reason that a FFS practice can still be successful, how keeping familiarity during a transition is helpful, and how technology is a good value point. Dr. Bowman is one of the few dentists that is able to cultivate the "unicorn practice," which is a hi...

In season 2 episode 36, George "G-money" interviews Dr. Drew Byrnes about his FFS experience. Dr. Byrnes graduated from UF in 2013 and now owns a FFS practice in a saturated market of Winter Park, FL. Dr. Byrnes talks about his early career of working in many different practices and searching for his own practice. Dr. Byrnes talks about a unique payment structure to get the deal done on his first...

In season 2 episode 35, George interviews Sandy Pardue, a seasoned practice consultant from Classic Practice Resources , who gives an energetic, information packed episode. Sandy has worked with a few of the dental legends, including Scott Leune, and her experience goes back for more than 25 years. She gives many pearls for practice transitions. The range of topics go from how important systems ar...

Welcome to the second part of our two part episode of the Shared Practices Podcast! This week we've invited back Brian Pender a buyers consultant onto the show. On this episode George and Brian discussed the things to look out for as a partner when entering a partnership. Also they discuss partnerships in general and how to handle a partnership agreement. Thanks for listening to this week's episod...

Welcome to the first part of our two part episode of the Shared Practices Podcast! This week we've invited  Brian Pender a buyers consultant onto the show. On this episode George and Brian discussed Brian's tips and advice for buying and selling related to different areas of practice. Listen up for Brian's information that will help in most situations when it comes to buying, from the sellers perc...

Welcome to the second part of our two part episode of the Shared Practices Podcast! This week we've invited back Rob Montgomery of yourdentallawyer.com onto the show. On this episode Richard and Rob discussed Rob's involvement when it comes to real estate and what to look out for when purchasing real estate. Keep your ear open as Rob give information that will help in most situations when it comes...

Welcome to another two part episode of the Shared Practices Podcast! This week we've invited Rob Montgomery of yourdentallawyer.com onto the show. On this episode Richard and Rob discussed Rob's role as a dental lawyer and how a dental lawyer helps in the context of acquistions. Also Rob gives some very helpful advice when dealing with acquisitions so have your hears open. Thanks for listening to...

Welcome back to some riveting conversations on the Shared Practices Podcast. This week we had Randon Jensen with us to talk about all the ins and outs of specialty acquisitions. We also discuss in this episode good will and how to have good relationships with your referral sources. Thanks for listening to this week's episode of the Shared Practices Podcast! To be the first to have access to the Ow...

Welcome to another episode of the Shared Practices Podcast! We've invited Rob Bay form Dental Intel onto the show to help us understand how to use metrics and apply them to a practice acquisition. We touch on the topics of what dental intel is, how to apply dental intel to acquisitions, and how to apply metrics to managing a practice. Rob even offers to help out the listeners of our show. This was...

Today the second part of Tanner Applegate's two part series airs. During the first part of this two-part series we talked about all the things that need to happen prior to closing. This week we talk about transferring ownership after money has exchanged hands and you now have the keys. To be the first to have access to the Ownership Accelerator and our launch special join the  Waiting List ! Downl...

Back to Season 2! We are picking up the season at the point of transitioning into practice ownership. We have covered selecting practices, how to get a fair price etc. Now we want to talk about transferring ownership. This is the first of a great 2-part series talking about all the little things that go into transferring ownership. To be the first to have access to the Ownership Accelerator and ou...

Are you interested in creating an associate driven model or having a multi-doc office? Hiring amazing associates and providing an environment that nurtures their passion will make your business stronger and more productive. Our old friend Jake Stimmel comes on to help us do just that by sharing his experiences working as a dental associate recruiter. Jake has a lot of advice for creating a great s...

Show Notes Today we take a look back at all that we have learned so far from the array of great guests we have had so far on the podcast regarding practice valuations. We have covered an amazing amount of content and so we thought that it would be helpful to take an episode to put it all into perspective. Every guest has a unique story that can provide us motivation and inspiration as we continue...