Group Function: Dr. Gina Dorfman and Dr. Zak Allmand on Dentist Side Gigs

Alan is joined by Dr. Gina Dorfman and Zak Allmand to talk about dentists with side gigs! 

Gina created YAPI which allows dentists to be paperless, allows offices to communicate within the offices as well as with patients (texting, reminders, etc.), get patient reviews as well as online appointments! YAPI does everything you wish you practice management software would do! Zak started Apex Payment Solutions, a company that helps dentists take credit card payments. According to Zak, most credit card payment companies are "shady af." Apex helps dentists get better deals on taking payments! 

The conversation was really interesting because we dove into side gigs for dentists:

• A great dental side gig comes from solving a problem that dentists are having (paperless solutions, credit card payment rip offs, no podcast that I wanted to listen to)
• Zak is a Viking, hates the dental tax
• The side gig is often "the next adventure"
• Idea people need help executing their ideas
• Side gigs are often not tied to a specific place, unlike practicing dentistry
• Abundance = not caring what the patient does after you've explained the options
• The dream isn't always to build something big enough to sell out. We'll always need the next adventure.
• Should new dentists be looking for side gigs? (spoiler: no)

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