Practice Advocate Blog

Last week I met with a dentist that hired us to prepare them for the transition meeting where the staff get informed that the practice has been sold. Wisely, they saw the value in being prepared with an articulate,...

The Canadian practice marketplace has been described as a seller's market for decades. Generally speaking, that's still true. The ratio of associate dentists to practice owners continues to grow, and there is no shortage...

Every practice owner will get at least one valuation for their practice in their course of ownership. As industry professionals, we are advocates of this happening not only at the time of contemplation of sale, but at...

How long would it take for a pair of new Gucci shoes to sell in a Value Village at full price? The answer is “they would never sell.” Even if they were discounted by 20 or 30%, selling a $1,000 pair of shoes in a Value...

We've had requests for a virtual session on practice exit planning for those who were keen but unable to attend our in person workshop...So we've created this and you're invited. On June 22 at 7:30pm EST, we'll host a...

Recently we conducted an analysis of the available and viewable open market listings for dental practices in Canada. Here’s what we found. The current dental practice marketplace shows a bimodal market. The smaller peak...

Recently I completed my Certified Exit Planning Advisor designation. This was an important value-add I wanted to bring to my clients in dentistry. We’ve got lots of appraisers, lots of brokers, and lots of consultants...

In spite of all the careers AI will take over, there are many it will simply augment. Yours is one of those. For all the diagnostics and treatment planning AI will be able to do in dentistry, it will never be able to...

We see too many dentists doing their own marketing. Dentists know dentistry better than anyone else. Many believe that somehow the use of social media and owning a business translates into the expertise of both domains....