Practice Advocate Blog
The Appraiser Hot Seat
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...
Gucci Shoes & Value Village
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...
The Impeccable Exit
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...
The Unicorn & The Waiting Game
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...
Improve Your Multiple
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...
The Magic is in The Visit
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...
Marketing Made Easy
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....
When Growth Outpaces Attrition
In the last blog, I mentioned that one of the common variables that seems to be contributing favourably and somewhat passively to practice growth right now is a critical mass of patients at or above 2,200. At that magic...
3 Practice Differentiators Today
Different than 30 years ago, there are now two different types of practices: Practices that are growing and practices that are shrinking. We get to work with a lot of dentists. Much like you get the true honour of being...








