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Which dentist are you today?
The archive is long. These are the three ways in, each one eight articles in the order I would hand them to you, ending at the calculator and the help that fit where you are.
Path 01
I'm an associate who wants to own
Buy the right practice, at the right price, with your eyes open.
Associates and new graduates who know ownership is the goal and want the sequence, not the sales pitch.
8 articles · about 53 minutes
- 01If I Started My Dental Career Over Today: The 2026 Blueprint for FreedomWhere I would start if I were you, in 2026.
- 02Start from Scratch vs. Buy a Practice: The Decision That Could Make or Break Your CareerThe first fork in the road: buy an existing practice or build one.
- 035 Red Flags When Buying a Dental Practice (Don’t Get Burned!)What to walk away from, before you fall in love with a floor plan.
- 04The Due Diligence Checklist I Run Before Buying a Dental PracticeThe documents to demand and what each one tells you.
- 05How Dental Practices Are Actually Valued (and What Moves the Number)What the asking price should be, and what moves it.
- 06How Dentists Actually Finance a Practice PurchaseHow the money actually works, including the ratio the bank watches.
- 07The First 90 Days After You Buy a Dental PracticeWhat to do the day the keys are yours.
- 08How to Handle Your Student Loan Debt Without Wrecking Your CareerThe debt, handled, so it stops deciding for you.
Path 02
I own one practice and it owns me
Get the numbers, plug the leaks, and build the systems that let you leave the building.
Owners who are busy every day and cannot say why the bank balance does not show it.
8 articles · about 33 minutes
- 01Stop Flying Blind: The 3 Numbers Every Dentist Must Review Weekly to Stay ProfitableThree numbers, every week. Start here and do not skip it.
- 02Are You Collecting What You Produce? The System-Based Blueprint to 98% CollectionsCollect what you produce. Most practices do not.
- 03The Profit Leak Audit: How to Uncover Hidden Waste in Your Dental PracticeFind the leaks, in the order they cost you.
- 04PPOs: Stay In or Drop Out? A Dentist’s Real-Numbers BreakdownThe PPO decision, with the math instead of the fear.
- 05The “Busy-But-Broke” Hygiene Department: A Dentist’s Guide to ProfitabilityThe department that looks busy and loses money.
- 06Case Acceptance Strategies to Double Your Practice ProductionGet more of what you already diagnose done.
- 073 Systems That Will Make Your Practice Run Without YouThe three systems that let the practice run without you in it.
- 08How I'd Turn Around an Underperforming Dental Practice in 90 DaysThe whole thing as a 90-day plan, in order.
Path 03
I'm at two locations and aiming at ten
Grow without the second practice breaking the first one.
Owners with more than one location, or one location and a signed letter of intent on the next.
8 articles · about 40 minutes
- 01The 3 Types of Dentists: Which One Are You?Which of the three you are decides how you should build.
- 02The Case Against Expanding to a Second Location (And the 3-Part Test You Must Pass First)The three-part test before a second location, and the case against one.
- 03How to Build a Dental Empire: The Path From 1 to 10 OfficesThe sequence from one to ten, with the checkpoints.
- 04Why Most Multi-Location Dentists Fail (and How to Avoid It)The failure modes, so you can see them coming.
- 05Leadership Lessons From Running 16 Dental PracticesWhat sixteen practices taught me about leading people I rarely see.
- 06Scaling Without Shaking: How to Simplify Operations in a Multi-Doctor Dental PracticeOperations that survive a second doctor and a third office.
- 07The Second-in-Command: How to Train Your Dental Office Manager to Lead Like a CEOThe second-in-command every location needs.
- 08Dental Partnership Warning: 5 Pitfalls That Could Ruin Your Future!If a partner is part of the plan, read this before you sign.
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