Kunal Thakker - Building Tooth Club E186

In this episode of the Dentology podcast, Kunal Thakker, CEOand founder of Tooth Club, shares more on his entrepreneurial journey in dentistry.

He discusses the influence of his upbringing, the lessonslearned from his career to date, and his transition from a high-pressure investment banking career to building a dental group.

He discusses the complexities of growing a dental businesswhile maintaining a strong company culture and emphasises the importance of kindness in leadership, the challenges of outgrowing team members, and the unique perspective he brings as a non-dentist owner.

Finally, he considers where he sees dentistry going over thenext 5-10 years and shares insights on learnings from influential figures and the importance of industry success stories.

Topics:

-        Can you tell us about your upbringing and early family life?

-        Working in investment banking - did your education route lead you downthis path?

-         How did this world set you up for starting a dental group?

-         Are there core behaviours that universally apply and things all businessowners could learn from this sector?

-        What did the plan look like for Tooth Club before you started?

-         What do you have to obsess about when scaling a business?

-         Who was kind to you when you first came into dentistry?

-         Where do you see dentistry going over the next 5-10 years?

-         How do you balance work and business commitments?

-         What is non-negotiable in your personal diary?

-         If you got your time again, would you do Tooth Club differently?