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The Dentalpreneur Podcast w/ Dr. Mark Costes

The goal of this podcast is to assemble the greatest minds of the dental profession and to pass on their most valuable and succinct lessons, in order to help you to achieve your full potential in practice and in life. Let’s face it. Dentistry can be a frustrating and isolating profession… but you don’t have to be an island anymore. It’s possible to become more profitable, less stressed and more fulfilled in your career and it’s our mission is to help you get there.
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Now displaying: January, 2022
Jan 31, 2022

Today Dr. Mark Costes sits down with one of the original dental influencers, Dr. Paul Homoly. As a wet finger dentist for more than twenty years, Dr. Homoly nearly perfected his communication and case presentation skills. His practical approach to dentistry and how it is sold is very apparent throughout this show. Tune in to hear them talk about getting into bigger cases, education vs. influence, and how to climb out of the insurance trap.

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Jan 28, 2022

Mohammed Abo-Basha jumps on the mics with Dr. Mark Costes at VoD 2022. Mohammad is just beginning his dental journey and his story looks a bit like Dr. Mark Costes. Tune in today for a glimpse into the minds of those just beginning dental school today. You’ll hear Mohammed and Dr. Mark Costes talk about their origin stories, how to develop business knowledge while in school, and the timing of getting into ownership. 

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Jan 27, 2022
Today we have Dr. Chris Bowman on the show. Dr. Bowman was the guest on one of the very first episodes of The Dentalpreneur Podcast, nearly 1500 shows ago. Since then, Chris has continued to grow his fee for service practice in Charlotte, NC by focusing on communication. Tune in to hear Dr. Mark Costes and Dr. Chris Bowman unpack how communication is your case acceptance, culture, and even personal relationships. 
 
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Jan 26, 2022
Live from the podcasting floor at The Voices of Dentistry 2022, Dr. Mark Costes and Dr. Addison Killeen speak with the CEO of Proceed Finance, Dave Roehr. In this episode, Dave talks all about how their products make life changing treatment plans affordable for patients. Then, they get into the small details that lead to such high conversion for practices across the country. 
 
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Jan 25, 2022
Brannon Moncrief joins Dr. Mark Costes in this episode to talk all things dental practice sales. As a principle at McLerran & Associates, Brannon has helped thousands of dentists transition into and out of their practices. He has spent over twenty years advising mergers and acquisitions. So, he has plenty of experience to draw on as he speaks to Dr. Mark Costes on both DSO and doctor to doctor sales.  
 
 
Jan 24, 2022
Brannon Moncrief joins Dr. Mark Costes in this episode to talk all things dental practice sales. As a principle at McLerran & Associates, Brannon has helped thousands of dentists transition into and out of their practices. He has spent over twenty years advising mergers and acquisitions. So, he has plenty of experience to draw on as he speaks to Dr. Mark Costes on both DSO and doctor to doctor sales.  
 
 
Jan 21, 2022
Today Dr. Taher Dhoon is on the show with Dr. Mark Costes to unpack some of the many projects he has been working on. Dr. Dhoon is a DSI Black Belt Coach, practice owner, cofounder of the Practice Launchpad, and runs the Colorado Surgical Institute. He also just built a brand new facility in Greeley, Colorado. Listen in to get some tips on how this guy executes on so many different projects.   

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Jan 20, 2022
Apple care but for dentistry. Vanessa Vitagliano joins Dr. Mark Costes in this episode to discuss a solution that allows patients to get replacements and repairs on dental treatment for up to six years after the service. Vanessa has worked in many different roles within the dental community including customer support, sales, marketing, and now business development. As an executive at Dental Marketing she’s helping patients get what they paid for and practices get paid for what they do.

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Jan 19, 2022

Our guest today, Derrick Van Ness, is the Founder of Big Life Financial. He joined the DSI crew at the latest mastermind to discuss a few strategies on how to increase net income. In fact, there is probably enough content in this two part show to put an extra 50k in your pocket every year. Tune in for some nuggets how to keep more of your money, and predictably grow your nest egg year over year.

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Jan 18, 2022

Our guest today, Derrick Van Ness, is the Founder of Big Life Financial. He joined the DSI crew at the latest mastermind to discuss a few strategies on how to increase net income. In fact, there is probably enough content in this two part show to put an extra 50k in your pocket every year. Tune in for some nuggets how to keep more of your money, and predictably grow your nest egg year over year.

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Jan 17, 2022

We must pay attention to our attention. In this episode of The Dentalpreneur Podcast, Alastair Macdonald speaks about efforts and expectations, will and satisfaction, breakthroughs and complexity, and management and leadership. There are countless nuggets to take from any time Alastair speaks, but this show is a must listen.

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Jan 15, 2022

We’re back with another episode of Startup Saturday! Today we are talking about all things real estate. From demographics to negotiating lease, our friends Jen Demont and Stephen Strecker from Tower Realty Partners are here to help through it all. We even spend some time on maximizing IT and when to set up and let the professionals handle things.

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Jan 14, 2022

IRIS strives to be the number one IT partner for dental and medical practices, as well as other highly regulated companies. Reggie Stevens, CEO, and Tyler Thomas, Senior Cloud Engineer, join us today to unpack how they can help in our practices. Some of the services they provide include: maintaining HIPAA compliance and network security through around the clock network monitoring, improved utilization and efficiency of network devices, regularly scheduled IT reviews to keep you on the cutting edge, as well as on-site support as needed.

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Jan 13, 2022

Take a look inside the DSI Mastermind. During these quarterly meetings, practice owners from around the country come together to share plans and benchmarks in what has proven to be an incredibly productive format. Each member also goes through a hot seat exercise during which they report back on the accountabilities they set for themselves at the beginning of the quarter. In this episode you’ll hear some of that as well as common themes as told by the DSI Blackbelt coaches.

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Jan 12, 2022

In today’s episode, Dr. Mark Costes goes deep on habit formation. Tune in to hear him pull concepts from The Power of Habit and Atomic Habits, and unpack how they can be applied to our lives as dental professionals. Specifically, he gets into the aggregation of marginal gains and the compounding effects of habit.

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Jan 11, 2022

This time of year everyone is looking at 2022 and what they want to accomplish in the coming year. But, what about wrapping up 2021? In this episode, you’ll hear Dr. Mark Costes talk about how to turn the page on 2021 in a way that will help you have your best year yet. He also discusses the typical pitfalls of new year’s resolutions, and how habits and identity are co-dependent.

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Jan 10, 2022

In this episode you’ll hear from DSI veteran Dr. Justin Schmidt about what it feels like to climbs through the ranks of the mastermind. He talks to Jake Conway and the rest of the mastermind about how things change from both a lifestyle and numbers perspective. Then, Jake spends some time emphasizing that big results are truly a product of little, repeated wins. Tune in to hear about how some of our most successful clients have created a cadence for those little wins in their practices.

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Jan 7, 2022

Follow along as Dr. Mark Costes walks through as exercise on designing your ideal self. This exercise has really become habit for us within the DSI. Tune in to hear some of the key questions- what do you stand for? What does your character look like? What ideals do you find attractive? Working on these points is a necessary exercise as we all strive to become the most productive versions of ourselves.

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Jan 6, 2022

Action. It all really comes down to that. Some people take in information and put it to work, while others get lost in the analytics. Many of the DSI Black Belts abide by the one nugget rule- find one thing you’re going to implement on Monday. Tune in to hear Dr. Mark Costes unpack some common themes amongst the DSI Black Belts.

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Jan 5, 2022

Tune in to hear the official announcement from Dr. Mark Costes, and get a sneak peak at what we will be bringing you during this year’s Summit. Stick around for a clip on envisioning your future self, practice, and retirement. Lastly, Dr. Mark Costes drops a few tactical tips on how to close the gap between where you are now and where you want to get to.

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Jan 4, 2022

We spend so much time talking about how to optimize our practices in just about every way possible. But, it is just as important to focus on the time we spend outside of the practice and all its stresses. For those that have been through the time journaling exercise you know we call this all important time, white space. Tune in today to hear some powerful anecdotal evidence from Dr. Mark Costes on the importance of embracing the third rail and carving out that white space.

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Jan 3, 2022

Listen in as Jake Conway and Dr. Mark Costes reflect on 2021. It’s been an interesting year from an analytics perspective because 2020 is such a difficult year to compare to. One of the biggest themes they discuss is hiring and onboarding as it seems everybody is in need for more capacity. They also get into the concept of changing your point of view to solve problems that have been plaguing the business for a while. Lastly, Jake leaves us with our first action item for 2022.

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Jan 1, 2022

We are back with another episode of Startup Saturday. In today’s show, Dr. Taher Dhoon and Dr. Chris Green sit down with demographics expert Kent Miller. Kent started his career with a degree in regional planning before moving into economic development for a nonprofit organization. Not long after that, he started Dentagraphics which specializes in bringing the most important information to dentists when they are considering a location. Tune in to hear about what Kent has found to be the driving statistics for dental practices, and how they organize it all in their reports.

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