Shared Practices | Your Dental Roadmap through Practice Ownership Ask George - The Ownership Reset
Nov 24, 2025
Kickstart 2026 with a robust plan! Dive into the key elements of establishing a clear practice vision and identifying your biggest bottleneck. Discover the concept of the productive solo and smart solo paths for optimizing revenue while balancing associate dynamics. Learn about the importance of aligning your team with your chosen avatar and the necessity of a consistent meeting rhythm to drive growth. Understand that growth is non-linear and requires patience, with an encouraging reminder to focus on bottlenecks for ongoing success.
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Pick And Share A Clear Practice Vision
- Define your practice vision using the clinical-entrepreneur spectrum to choose the right ownership model.
- Share that vision with your team so everyone aligns on long-term direction.
Different Avatars Demand Different Trade-Offs
- Solo owners fall into distinct avatars: productive solo, smart solo, profitable group, pseudo specialist, and mega group.
- Each avatar requires different team sizes, systems, and owner trade-offs between clinical work and entrepreneurship.
Work Intelligently To Become A Smart Solo
- If you aim to stretch solo revenue above ~$1.5M, optimize schedule, case acceptance, and procedure mix deliberately.
- Add clinical efficiency and team roles (e.g., extra hygienists, assistants) to reach smart-solo results.