Live from a 2021 summer mastermind event, Dr. Summer Kasmel speaks about working as the CEO of your practice. Knowing how and what to spend your time on during non-clinical hours at the office is crucial to success in your business. Many dentists feel guilty when they first start spending time away from the chair. Some important ideas covered are: finding the right time during the week, how to overcome frustrations, and accountability with team members. Tune in to listen to a high level conversation regarding this popular topic.
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Live from a 2021 summer mastermind event, Dr. Summer Kasmel speaks about working as the CEO of your practice. Knowing how and what to spend your time on during non-clinical hours at the office is crucial to success in your business. Many dentists feel guilty when they first start spending time away from the chair. Some important ideas covered are: finding the right time during the week, how to overcome frustrations, and accountability with team members. Tune in to listen to a high level conversation regarding this popular topic.
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Speaking from the 2021 Dental Success Summit stage, Alastair and Dr. Costes discuss partnerships. Many times dentists get into partnerships for the wrong reasons, with the most common being not to lose a current associate. Each partner must bring a unique skill, and value added contribution is extremely important. Resentment is the seed of failure for most partnerships, so it’s important to ask why we want one in the first place. Tune in to listen to a high level conversation about all things related to business partnerships.
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Speaking from the 2021 Dental Success Summit stage, Alastair and Dr. Costes discuss partnerships. Many times dentists get into partnerships for the wrong reasons, with the most common being not to lose a current associate. Each partner must bring a unique skill, and value added contribution is extremely important. Resentment is the seed of failure for most partnerships, so it’s important to ask why we want one in the first place. Tune in to listen to a high level conversation about all things related to business partnerships.
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On today’s unique episode, Dr. Andrew Tisser joins Dr. Mark Costes. Dr. Tisser specializes in Emergency Medicine and is host of the Talk2MeDoc podcast. From early on in his career, he realized that he didn’t love clinical medicine. He sought out on a quest to find ways to have freedom from the clinical world. Dr. Tisser works with clients who feel stuck, trapped, or burnt out. If you’re feeling burnt out from clinical work, then this episode may give you the push you need. Tune in to learn about different options you have when you want to break from the golden handcuffs.
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Today’s episode features another clip from The Dental Success Summit in 2021. Dr. Mark Costes covers the current state of dentistry in 2021. Although the average dentist takes home 3.5x the average American household, dentists have disproportionate levels of anxiety, stress, and unhappiness compared to the general population. Tune in to hear how chronic stress, hedonic adaptation, and negativity bias can lead to these issues and learn how you can overcome them.
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Today’s episode features another clip from The Dental Success Summit in 2021. Dr. Mark Costes presents to the audience with an emphasis on accountability. Through his experience speaking with thousands of dentists, Dr. Costes addresses the difficulties in the industry and how you can overcome these challenges to thrive in any situation. If you’ve never been to a summit, here’s your chance to listen to some exclusive content presented at the event. Some of the topics emphasized today are happiness, fulfillment, and peace of mind.
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Today’s episode features a clip from The Dental Success Summit in 2021. Dr. Mark Costes presents to the audience with a focus on mindset. With student loan debts on average now over $300k and the consolidation of private practices, mindset and high performance are now more important than ever. There are only a select few groups of dentists who possess the mindset to become extremely successful. Through positivity and collaboration, DSI has created an amazing group of high performing individuals. Also, tune in to hear Alastair briefly cover the concept of 4 futures.
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On today’s show we have Eric Miller. Eric has been in the financial planning industry over 20 years and is co-owner of Econologics Financial Advisors, which was an honoree in 2019 as one of the fastest growing companies in the US. During his time in finance, he has had over 15,000 conversations with practice owners regarding money, investing, practice transitions, taxes, estate planning, and much more. It’s safe to say Eric is an expert in the field. Tune in to hear him discuss debt repayment, tax strategies as an owner, and investing as a dentist.
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Joining Dr. Mark Costes today we have DSI’s financial analyst, Jake Conway, “the numbers guy”. This episode is jam packed with high level content. Jake discusses how to create more bandwidth and have more time as the CEO of your business. He gives tips on how to manage your time when cutting back from the chair, how to transition from clinician to CEO during this time period, and how to help psychologically overcome any fear this may cause. If you have future plans of stepping away clinically and want to work more on your business rather than in your business, you can’t miss this episode.
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During June’s mastermind hotseat, Dr. Winston Feng joined Dr. Mark Costes for today’s show. Dr. Feng graduated two years ago and has since taken over his father’s practice. His goal is to expand and break through his current capacity. He spent 80k on CE his first year out of school. Since joining the mastermind, his monthly production has gone from 40k to 110k, in which he attributes endo as a big reason for the jump. Tune in to hear Dr. Mark and colleagues work with Dr. Feng to help get him closer to his goal of expanding from 5 ops to 15 ops.
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In this episode of The Dentalpreneur Podcast we have Michael Bernoff. Michael is the president and founder of the Human Communications Institute. He works directly with individuals and corporate executives who desire to transform their corporate culture in an ever-changing marketplace. Michael also works with many high profile individuals as well and dentists and chiropractors. Tune in to this high octane episode to hear him discuss all things related to mindset, growth, and competition. You can find Michael’s book, Average Sucks, at www.averagesucks.com.
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In this exciting new episode, Dr. Melva Pinn-Bingham joins Dr. Mark Costes. Dr. Melva is a board certified radiation oncologist, serial entrepreneur, and investor. She provides strategies for top income earners to create multiple streams of income to fall in love with their career again. She has several real estate investments, 2 Coldstone Creamery franchises, and a Subway franchise, along with many other businesses. Listen in to hear them discuss all things entrepreneurship, C-suites, and taxes. If you’ve been interested in investing in alternative assets and putting your high income earnings to use, this is the episode for you.
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Black belt coach Dr. Summer Kasmell joins Dr. Mark Costes on today’s episode. Dr. Kasmell owns two, large, multi-doctor offices in Vail, Colorado and runs a dental assisting school out of her flagship office. Using goal-driven systems, she has created a dental business that thrives without the use of her own two hands. Mindset, metrics, and intentionality are the themes for today. Listen up to hear how she has used lead members to create an accountable team while also creating an amazing lifestyle for herself around her businesses. Don’t miss out on the chance to learn from this high-level presentation by Dr. Kasmell.
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Black belt coach Dr. Summer Kasmell joins Dr. Mark Costes on today’s episode. Dr. Kasmell owns two, large, multi-doctor offices in Vail, Colorado and runs a dental assisting school out of her flagship office. Using goal-driven systems, she has created a dental business that thrives without the use of her own two hands. Mindset, metrics, and intentionality are the themes for today. Listen up to hear how she has used lead members to create an accountable team while also creating an amazing lifestyle for herself around her businesses. Don’t miss out on the chance to learn from this high-level presentation by Dr. Kasmell.
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Today’s show features repeat guest, CEO of CallForce, Cory Pinegar. CallForce offers services ranging from scheduling appointments of overdue patients to answering phones when you aren’t available. CallForce has grown 10x in size since last featured on the show and signs up hundreds of dental offices a month for their services. 32% of all phone calls in the dental office have gone unanswered in 2021 and 1.4 million dollars a year in the average practice goes away in unscheduled treatment. Tune in to hear how CallForce can help intuitively solve these problems; you can’t afford to miss these unique solutions for your practice.
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Currently owning multiple practices and becoming a CE junkie, Dr. Max Johnson joins Dr. Mark Costes to discuss all things related to practice ownership. After graduating in 2013 from UNLV, completing a residency, then working for a small DSO, Dr. Johnson discovered the first office he ultimately purchased. After the purchase, he wasn’t able to pay himself for the first two years. Eventually, he was able to turn the office around and achieve 100% growth year after year over the last several years. Join in to hear him and Mark discuss start-ups vs acquisitions, marketing, staff, and implementing strong systems.
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On today’s show you’ll hear from elite black belt coaches Dr. Chris Green and Dr. Taher Dhoon. Each comes with their own experience with start-ups and both have absolutely mastered this lengthy process. Through failure and triumph, they’ve come out on top. If you’re going through a startup or considering one in the future, you don’t want to miss this episode. Tune in as they dive deep into their workflow including location, construction, equipment, resources, and much more.
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Our guest today founded Lux Smile in 2011 to create a different type of dental experience. In this interview with Dr. Mark Costes you’ll hear his story and how he ended up in Boston, how he made the decision to hire a coach early on, and what he’s done to grow his practice to a 4M pace. A few things that Dr. Burghardt used to create this growth are adding implant surgery, leveraging virtual assistants, and marketing.
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Our guest today founded Lux Smile in 2011 to create a different type of dental experience. In this interview with Dr. Mark Costes you’ll hear his story and how he ended up in Boston, how he made the decision to hire a coach early on, and what he’s done to grow his practice to a 4M pace. A few things that Dr. Burghardt used to create this growth are adding implant surgery, leveraging virtual assistants, and marketing.
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Today’s guest has made a career out of helping people tell better stories and write better books. Through coaching and her work in Turn Words into Wealth, she’s helped hundreds of individuals share their stories at a higher level. Tune in to hear her and Dr. Mark Costes break down the book writing process, what it’s like to be a professional speaker, and how these roles play into building or leading a business.
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Today’s guest has made a career out of helping people tell better stories and write better books. Through coaching and her work in Turn Words into Wealth, she’s helped hundreds of individuals share their stories at a higher level. Tune in to hear her and Dr. Mark Costes break down the book writing process, what it’s like to be a professional speaker, and how these roles play into building or leading a business.
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