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Dr. William Pena a board certified pediatric dentist, he’s the former CEO and founder of American Pediatric Dental group which he grew via de novo to seven locations before partnering with D4C.  Dr. Pena dives deep into the operations of his business, including his SOPs and accountability cadences for staff.  Buying real estate is normally a great investment, he and Austin talk about the potential trade offs.  Book recommendations: Rich Dad Poor Dad, Start with Why, The One Minute Manager… Read More »A deep dive into the systems needed to grow a multisite organization

Dr. Keith Berend is senior partner at JIS Orthopedics, and chief medical development officer of Orthoalliance, which is the largest private equity backed MSO in the midwest. Orthoalliance has over 70 locations, thousands of employees and 200 providers.  The orthopedic space is seeing consolidation at an incredible pace. PE backed healthcare groups can have a bad reputation, which is why its so important to choose a group that aligns with your values.  Dr. Berend shares his experience of going from… Read More »Choosing the right MSO partner

Dr. Eric Roman is a partner in the DEO, an executive coach, ex CEO, a dentist, and a family man. Dr. Roman was attempting to build the life of dreams by growing to 10 practice locations and generating monetary success, but realized he was climbing the wrong ladder. He then swung the pendulum too far in the opposite direction before striking a balance.  In this show he shares the tools he uses to make sure he stays in harmony with… Read More »The pendulum of success with Dr. Eric Roman

Trevor is the founding CEO of OMS360, which has multiple locations across 5 states. Trevor shares how growing up on the farm helped shape him for the grind of becoming a CEO. OMS360 separate themselves by focussing heavily on their core values, dubbed TIGER: Team work  Integrity  Growth minded Excellence Respect Team work  Integrity  Growth minded Excellence Respect Austin and Trevor talk about headwinds and tailwinds in multisite healthcare space and his team is preparing to take advantage of economic… Read More »Farm to (surgical) table with Trevor Maurer

Dr. Dipesh Patel is a practicing dentist, founder and CEO of Blueprint Smiles Dental Group. Currently have six locations and own the real estate for four. One of the differentiating factors about  Blueprint Smiles is that they run super lean practice, outsourcing everything and utilizing automation. Each operatory acts as is its own office. Dr. Dipesh shares the whole story of they got started and where they plan to go in the next 10 years. Get in touch: dipesh@blueprintsmiles.com  www.blueprintsmiles.com … Read More »Getting lean and mean with Dr. Dipesh Patel

Andrew Smith is Executive Director and CEO of the Association of Dental Support Organizations, the leading industry association for DSOs.  Prior to that he spent 15 years in Washington DC working in government and on political campaigns.  Andrew talks about the behind the scenes process of fundraising in D.C.  He and Austin also talk about what the ADSO is doing to combat wage pressure. Technology will be a huge component of this, but how it will shape up is anyone’s… Read More »From D.C. to DSO with Andrew Smith

Jennifer Hanlon is the Director of Real Estate for Veterinary Emergency Group , also known as VEG. VEG is a rapidly growing, venture-backed veterinary emergency company that grows almost exclusively by de novo, aka the hard way, and currently has 40+ locations open coast to coast. Jennifer shares her experience as a woman in commercial real estate and gives advice for other young women looking to make a splash.  Jennifer and Austin discuss how long pipelines in commercial real estate… Read More »How Veterinary Emergency Group continues to grow rapidly with Jennifer Hanlon

George Hariri is a dentist who graduated from Midwestern-AZ in 2018. George is known as one of the co-founders of Shared Practices. George ended up pursuing a non clinical career after buying a practice and working clinically for 2 years. Since he's co-founded Shared Practices Group, a specialty DSO that is now the nation's 2nd largest provider of GP driven full arch surgery.. George and Austin talk about macro economics, how the fed actually works, bitcoin, and how private equity… Read More »Is this the end of the golden age of private equity?

Ken Kaufman is a repeat guest on this podcast and is a partner of the DEO. He’s also president and CFO of Nuvia Dental Implant Centers, exclusively a full arch restoration implant center, which is currently growing from 10 to 20 locations. Ken shares his experience as former CFO for Community Dental Partners and how that helped shape him for this role.  Ken and Austin discuss how de novo growth has been largely under utilized, but that could start to… Read More »How will rising interest rates affect private equity, acquisitions, and patient care?

Dr. Paul Helpard started is the founder and CEO of Corus Ortho. They were started in 2019 and have 54 locations in 13 states.  A few years back he had a good thing going with 5 locations and was ready to retire, but he decided he had lot more gas left in the tank.  Dr. Helpard has been able to achieve rapid growth with out taking on private equity, a rarity in today’s M&A world.  He shares how he did… Read More »How Corus Ortho scaled to 54 locations without private equity