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Bulletproof Dental Practice Podcast Episode 162
Hosts: Dr. Craig Spodak & Dr. Peter Boulden
Guest: Perrin DesPortes
IntPerrin DesPortes, Jr. is a co-Founder and Partner of TUSK. He has over 25 years of leadership, sales, operations, and P&L management experience in the dental industry, having rebuilt and successfully led 3 different businesses for Patterson Dental Supply.
TUSK Partners provides industry-leading resources to group dental practices and DSOs. They combine over 50 years of experience with a progressive vision to create the greatest value and impact for their clients. TUSK helps their clients START, GROW and ultimately SELL their group dental practice or DSO.
Key Takeaways
● Introduction
● The Founder’s Dilemma
○ Aspirations to Own Multiple Practices
○ How Do I Work Myself Out of the Chair?
○ Getting Paid from Your Practice
■ Clinical
■ Salary
■ Distributions & Ownership
○ Generating a Waterfall of Distributions
○ Financial Impact to the Founder
● Unique Ability
● Shame in the Dental Business
● Paying for Advice
● Funding your Business Plan
○ Being Honest with your Bank Regarding your Plans
○ Finding the Right Banking Relationship
○ Cost of Borrowing
References
Tweetables
“For the entrepreneur who finds himself a dentist” Perrin DesPortes
“The Founder’s Dilemma is less of a dilemma when you’re not being very good at your clinical production.” Dr. Craig Spodak
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Bulletproof Dental Practice Podcast Episode 161
Hosts: Dr. Craig Spodak & Dr. Peter Boulden
Guest: Perrin DesPortes
IntPerrin DesPortes, Jr. is a co-Founder and Partner of TUSK. He has over 25 years of leadership, sales, operations, and P&L management experience in the dental industry, having rebuilt and successfully led 3 different businesses for Patterson Dental Supply.
TUSK Partners provides industry-leading resources to group dental practices and DSOs. They combine over 50 years of experience with a progressive vision to create the greatest value and impact for their clients. TUSK helps their clients START, GROW and ultimately SELL their group dental practice or DSO.
Key Takeaways
● Introduction
● TUSK Podcast & Origins
● Hitting the Debt Funding Wall
● Retaining Top Talent
○ Recruiting
○ Motivating and Retaining
● Pathway to Equity/Associates
● Increasing the Value of your Practice
● Creating a Culture and Framework
References
Tweetable
“Associate turnover is the #1 problem in all group practices and it doesn’t matter if you’re two locations or if you’re two thousand and two.” Perrin DesPortes
“Don’t take your first job based on the money, take your first job based on who your mentor is going to be and what you can learn from that person.” Perrin DesPortes
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Bulletproof Dental Practice Podcast Episode 160
Hosts: Dr. Craig Spodak & Dr. Peter Boulden
Key Takeaways
● Introduction
● Dr. Boulden Issues an Apology
● Your Last Dance
● Pandemic Proof
● Amplification
● Writing Your Next Chapter
● Vision Practices
● See it for Yourself
● My Life is Dope and I Do Dope Sh!t
● Story of the Bear
● What Does My Last Dance Look Like?
● Bellus3D
● Go Boldly
● SWOT Analysis Template - NEXT PODCAST!
References
“Happy Together” Youtube channel
The Top Five Regrets of the Dying by Bronnie Ware
Tweetable
Make a mission that’s bigger than you and your dental practice. -Dr. Spodak
There needs to be a bigger voice. -Dr. Spodak
Happiness is not the absence of problems. Happiness is better quality problems. -Dr. Boulden
SHOCKAROO. -Dr. Boulden
What are the skill sets we want to put in our last dance? -Dr. Boulden
Express your feelings, don’t work so hard, and live a life true to yourself, not the one people expect. -Dr. Spodak
Don’t be part of that dialogue and don’t be apologetic for it. -Dr. Spodak