
The Dentalpreneur Podcast w/ Dr. Mark Costes
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188: Saving Lives while Growing your Practice with Dr. Tom Larkin
How Dr. Larkin was able to successfully sell a dental practice before he had even graduated from dental school....Continue Reading...
187: Find your Operational Equity with Diana Thompson
In this episode of the Dentalpreneur Podcast I interview Diana Thompson, founder and CEO of the Dental Performance Institute....Continue Reading...
186: Collaboration at 7,000 Feet
Nerding out about dentistry in a boat on the banks of the Snake River in Wyoming… it doesn't get much better than that....Continue Reading...
185: Innovation and Shifting Paradigms with George Hariri
Talk to any dental student or young dentist and you immediately discover that their biggest concerns are: how to tackle crushing student loan debt, whether or not to become and associate or practice owner, and how to find and purchase their first dental practice...Continue Reading...
184: The New Dental Financial Landscape
In this episode of the Dentalpreneur Podcast, I interview two entrepreneurial endidontists, Dr. Howard Kang and Dr. Jeffery Hom....Continue Reading...
183: 100 Years Serving Dentists
In this episode of the Dentalpreneur Podcast I interview Julie Charlestein, CEO of Premier Dental Products. Her family started Premier four generations ago- 104 years to be exact....Continue Reading...
182: Vicki McManus - Increasing your Productivity, Profitability, and EQ
Vicki has decades of experience coaching dentists and dental teams. During our chat, we discuss:...Continue Reading...
181: Making Money After Dental School
With astronomical student loan debt and an ever evolving professional landscape, it's never been more important for dental students and young dentists to get connected and to get educated on the topics of practice management and business ownership....Continue Reading...
180: Multiple Practice Owner Rapid Fire
Strolling the exhibitor's hall, chatting at lunch or dinner, standing at the bar after the event... these are some of the places where I've met future business partners, associates, and preferred vendors....Continue Reading...
179: Scratch versus Acquisition
I love talking business. And there are some people who I can talk to for hours on the subject....Continue Reading...
178: Thinking About Starting a DSO?
Brian and his firm represent over 200 DSO groups in all 50 states in the areas of entity formation, compliance, mergers, acquisitions, working with private equity and just about anything else that you can think of in the DSO world...Continue Reading...
177: Verbiage, Standard of Care and Supervised Neglect
What's the best way to "retrain" a patient or an entire patient base that has been neglected under the supervision of another dental team?...Continue Reading...
176: Profit is NOT a Four Letter Word
Yep, that's what it says… I guess you can call me a bit of an entrepreneurial nerd (at least that's what my wife Leslie calls me) but there are certain authors and speakers in the entrepreneurial space that are like rock stars to me....Continue Reading...
175: Your Last Day of Clinical Dentistry
In today's episode of the Dentalpreneur Podcast, I answer this question posed by a listener who is facing the above scenario, well before his time....Continue Reading...
174: Effective Associate "Onboarding"
In this episode of the Dentalpreneur Podcast, Kiera Dent (DSI's chief in-office implementer and Regional Manager for Flagship Dental Group) and I discuss our process for on-boarding a new dental associate....Continue Reading...
173: Exponential Growth- It Ain't All Sunshine and Rainbows
This eternally appropriate quote comes from Theodore Roosevelt and it's a mantra that I've become accustomed to since I embarked on my journey of multiple practice ownership....Continue Reading...
172: The Whirlwind, Start-Ups, and Hacks for Inexpensive Expansion
During this Q and A session, you'll hear three members of my awesome team- Ashlee, Sam and Kay read some of the questions posed by our podcast listeners....Continue Reading...
171: Norman Gelfand - Knowledge-Based Negotiation
Whether of not you agree with these two quotes above, if you're about to sign a lease, renew your current lease of purchase a commercial property, this episode is a "must listen."...Continue Reading...
170: Driving Progress with Effective AM Meetings
In this episode of the Dentalpreneur Podcast, Kiera Dent, our lead in-office implementer and I discuss how we run our morning huddles and the method to our madness....Continue Reading...
169: Who is Policing Dental Insurance Companies?
While we have a standard of care and our patient's best interest as our primary concern, dental insurance companies have an entirely different focus and objective- profit....Continue Reading...
168: Building Your Empire Through Practice Acquisition
In this episode of the Dentalpreneur Podcast, I'm rebroadcasting Dr. Peter Boulden's interview of me on his show, The Bulletproof Dental Practice Podcast....Continue Reading...
167: Heidi Arndt - 7 Keys to a Wildly Profitable Hygiene Department
One of the most important decisions that I made early on in my career was to surround myself with people that were smarter than me....Continue Reading...
166: How to Find, Hire and Keep an A-Team
But if you've been involved in the dental practice game for any length of time, you know that sometimes it's harder to find a qualified team member than a herd of unicorns....Continue Reading...
165: Double Your Income without Increasing Production
In this episode of the Dentalpreneur Podcast, you'll hear a live keynote presentation that covers exactly how one doctor was able to increase his take home income by over $200k without doing any additional dentistry....Continue Reading...
Increase Case Acceptance, Create Passive Income and Decrease Patient Attrition
If you're not offering in-office membership and savings plans in your practice you're missing out on a huge opportunity....Continue Reading...
163: Are you the Bottleneck in your practice?
We're all given the same 24 hours in a day so how is it that a single person can run such a huge organization with countless moving parts while so many entrepreneurs and small business owners struggle to get it all done in businesses a fraction of the size?...Continue Reading...
162: Creating an Effective Onboarding Process
In this episode of the Dentalpreneur Podcast, I chat with our Regional Manager and head of in office consulting, Kiera Dent on how to effectively train and transition a new team member into your practice....Continue Reading...
161: Dr. Steve Rasner - Multimillion Dollar Protocol
In this episode of the Dentalpreneur Podcast, you'll hear Dr. Steve Rasner presenting a key note presentation at the 2017 Dental Success Summit in San Diego, CA....Continue Reading...
160: How to Make PPO's Profitable
In this episode of the Dentalpreneur Podcast, I am interviewed by Jordan Comstock (Boomcloudapps.com) and Ben Tuinei (VeritasDentalResources.com) on their show called Navigating Dental Insurance Podcast....Continue Reading...
159: This Guy Makes Demographics Sexy
What do all of the most successful companies understand? Before they open a new location and spend their time, energy and resources on expansion, they engage in exhaustive market research and demographic analysis....Continue Reading...
158: Dr. Mark Costes - Be a Fly on the Wall at HQ
Last week I ambushed Jake Conway in his office and stuck a mic in his face with no topic or agenda....Continue Reading...
157: Execution in the Age of Distraction
Never before in the history of human kind has there been a greater volume of free information available on every subject imaginable....Continue Reading...
156: Craig Cody - The Dentist Tax Whisperer
Over the years, there's been some debate over the length of the tax code, but according to Andrew Grossman, an attorney at Congress' Joint Committee on taxation, the current tax code is approximately 2,600 pages long....Continue Reading...
155: The Thread that Holds it all Together
But as a practice owner, the CEO of your organization, unless you take the time to cultivate one personality trait, there will be a perpetual struggle to continue to grow, progress, and implement the three pillars....Continue Reading...
154: Dr. Ben Kacos - Killer Team Meetings
Done incorrectly, team meetings can be a huge time suck and demoralizing for your team. But if executed well, they can lead to fresh new ideas, practice growth and a bullet-proof team culture....Continue Reading...
153: Dr. Roshan Parikh - Growth at Breakneck Speed
Dr. Parikh bought his first 650 square foot, two operatory practice in 2008 and since then has expanded his group into a growing network of 12 multi-specialty dental practices....Continue Reading...
152: Dr. Summer - Rising from the Ashes
This past weekend I had the privilege of spending two full days with some of the smartest, most ambitious and successful dentists that I've ever met at our Elite Practice Mastermind meeting in Denver....Continue Reading...
151: Dr. Jesse Green- The Savvy Dentist
In a wildly chaotic and competitive marketplace, sometimes it's nice to be able to quiet the noise and to get back to the basics such as building and maintaining an organized, sustainable, and profitable dental practice....Continue Reading...
150: Engineering a Growth Practice with Dr. Cole Brenny
When I opened my first dental practice, I had no idea how much I didn't know about practice ownership and operating and growing a successful business....Continue Reading...
149: Technology, Inventory Control and Overhead Reduction with Tiger Safarov
Recently, Tiger flew in to DSI Headquarters to train my team on how his company utilized technology to track and control inventory....Continue Reading...
148: Are you a Boss or a Leader?
In this episode of the Dentalpreneur Podcast, I interview Dr. Kara Maloley. Kara is the co-founder of the Relentless Dentist Podcast, and founder of ...Continue Reading...
147: Dr. Chris Phelps: From $600K to $6.5M in six years
Chris is the founder of CallTrackerROI.com, a surgical implant placement instructor and a certified trainer in the Cialdini Method of Ethical Influence and Persuasion....Continue Reading...
146: Navigating the Challenges of Partnerships and Multiple Practice Ownership
Mark is a seasoned entrepreneur, practicing dentist and multiple practice owner. During our discussion, we discuss:...Continue Reading...
145: Converting Passive Visitors into Active Patients
Beth's company works as an extension of your front office team by adding an interactive element to your website....Continue Reading...
144: Team Incentives: The Win-Win Approach
I've seen incentive programs that are based on production, collections, new patients, five star reviews… and just about any combination imaginable....Continue Reading...
143: Making Money is Killing your Business
I know it sounds counterintuitive, but sometimes focusing solely on revenue generation without considering the "bigger picture" can actually stifle your business....Continue Reading...
142: Forever Eliminate Low Value Activities from your Life
Special thanks to Dr. David Dunning, the Practice Management professor at the University of Nebraska School of Dentistry for the invite and arranging the whole trip up and to Dr. Anissa Holmes, host of the Delivering Wow Podcast, for showing me around her hometown....Continue Reading...
141: Do You Have a Book in You?
If you've ever fantasized about being a published author - about creating something that could be your mark in time, your legacy, but you don't know where to start, then you need to listen to this episode of the Dentalpreneur Podcast....Continue Reading...
140: Swipe and Deploy: Benchmark Calendar
To learn more about how we utilize our Monthly Benchmark Calendar, and how you can immediately implement this tool into your office, make sure to check out this episode....Continue Reading...
139: How to Play Dental Practice Money Ball
Together, they came up with the hypothesis that statistics used by baseball insiders such as runs batted in, stolen bases and batting averages were important metrics, but not the most important metrics to gauge the true value of a player… and the players with the best at the conventional stats garnered the most money....Continue Reading...