The Dentalpreneur Podcast w/ Dr. Mark Costes
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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...
138: Free Swipe and Deploy: Weekly Practice Progress Report
I'm the first to admit that I've made just about every mistake that you can make in dental practice ownership and management. In fact, my organization was so dependent upon me and my work-life balance was so out of whack, that I had to sell four of my first six practices even though they were growing and profitable....Continue Reading...
137: Assembling Your Bulletproof Billing Department
During our interview, Kelcie sheds some light on how she manages to keep it all straight and shares some of the valuable lessons that she's learned about dealing with dental insurance companies throughout her career. We discuss...Continue Reading...
136: Tactical Tuesday – Swipe this Review Template for Immediate Results
During this episode Dr. Costes walks us through one of our departmental assessment forms that we use for any and all members that are a part of our dental practice team. This is a tool that will allow you consistency...Continue Reading...
134: Bedros Keuilian - Dumpster Diver To Eight Figure Empire
In this episode of the Dentalpreneur Podcast, joining us today is Bedros Keuilian. Bedros is the founder and CEO of FitPro Newsletter, FitPro Magazine and one of the fastest growing fitness business franchises known worldwide...Continue Reading...
133: Data Driven Decision Making
During this quick episode Dr. Costes discusses two key spreadsheets he uses to facilitate a smoother running operation. The understanding gained with these tools allows for more growth while maintaining family life, as well as a foundation for leverage when negotiating with vendors....Continue Reading...
132: Straight Talk about Dental Practice Marketing
From social media to SEO to pay-per-click to reputation management to limitless more traditional marketing channels, it's becoming more and more difficult for any practice owner to know where to focus their attention and marketing budget....Continue Reading...
131: Ace Your Comp Exams with this Free Hack
During these shorter podcast episodes, I'll be sharing a very specific actionable tip that you can immediately implement into your dental practice....Continue Reading...
130: Dentalpreneur Hijacked! Success Breeds Success
In this quick happy hour chat, they discuss how the Mastermind program received a lot of positive feedback and new sign ups at the summit....Continue Reading...
129: Transforming your Dental Practice Part 2
In this episode, we continue on with the Practice Transformation contest that took place on stage at the Dental Success Summit 2017 in San Diego, CA....Continue Reading...
128: Transforming your Dental Practice Part 1
In this episode of the Dentalpreneur Podcast, we play part 1 of the live Transformation Contest that took place at this year's Dental Success Summit 2017....Continue Reading...
127: Live on Stage - The Executive Team
During their chat, they share a drink and details on what has been on their respective plates at DSI headquarters. They cover many topics such as, new practice acquisition, work flow management, and business analytics....Continue Reading...
126: The 2017 Summit Speakers
In our quick chat, we talk to Dr. Aaron Nicholas, Dr. Nic Anderson, Dr. Pat Brown, Dr, Justin Schmidt, Jake Conway, Tiger Safarov and get a preview of what they'll be talking about when they hit the stage at the Summit....Continue Reading...
125: Dr. Brady Frank- Creative Expansion
In this flashback episode, I interview Dr. Brady Frank, Dentalpreneur's very first guest, and one of our most popular guests of all time....Continue Reading...
124: Dr. Mark Costes- Overcoming Systemization Paralysis
In this episode, I break down three systems that can create an immediate positive impact in your practice and can be implemented immediately. The three systems are:...Continue Reading...
123: Dr. Mark Costes - UNC – The Business of Dentistry (Part 2)
Dr. Costes explains some of the systems he has found to be the most valuable in his practices. He discusses what core values mean to his staff members, what WIGS are, how each staff member plays a part in making it happen, and much more...Continue Reading...
122: Dr. Mark Costes - UNC – The Business of Dentistry (Part I)
Dr. Costes begins his talk by leading with his flaws and how his background in practicing dentistry was not a path always paved in gold. He discusses with the students how embracing your flaws and struggles can prime you for more success into the future....Continue Reading...