The Dentalpreneur Podcast w/ Dr. Mark Costes
Dental Consulting
The goal of this podcast is to assemble the greatest minds of the dental profession and to pass on their most valuable and succinct lessons, in order to help you to achieve your full potential in practice and in life. Let's face it. Dentistry can be a frustrating and isolating profession... but you don't have to be an island anymore.
It's possible to become more profitable, less stressed and more fulfilled in your career and it's our mission is to help you get there.
For a whole host of free practice building tips and resources, visit our website at TrueDentalSuccess.com
It's possible to become more profitable, less stressed and more fulfilled in your career and it's our mission is to help you get there.
For a whole host of free practice building tips and resources, visit our website at TrueDentalSuccess.com
Episodes
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Nov 25, 2016 • 1h 8min
091: Michael O'Neal – The Solopreneur
Michael dives deep into Mark's history as an entrepreneur and explains that being the owner of multiple seven figure traditional businesses gives him the "street cred," that is rare in many business podcast hosts today....Continue Reading...
Nov 23, 2016 • 26min
090: Dr. Mark Costes Q&A - Minimizing Cancelations and Booking Unscheduled Treatment
Today Dr. Mark Costes focuses on how to deter patients from rescheduling appointments as well as how to engage with them in the most effective way concerning unscheduled recommended treatments. To begin, he recommends to Dr. Jacque and listeners to check out previously recorded Episode 81 titled "Case Acceptance: The Unsexy Truth."...Continue Reading...
Nov 22, 2016 • 1h 12min
089: The Expert Panel - Dr. Alan Mead, Dr. Jason Lipscomb and Dr. Shawn Van de Vyver
Dr. Mark Costes will get into what sets these doctors apart, but more importantly what has brought them all together, specifically the upcoming Voices of Dentistry Summit. They will all be appearing at the Summit together to offer attendees the unique opportunity to have a live conversation with the podcast personalities they've been hearing via their respective podcast shows....Continue Reading...
Nov 18, 2016 • 44min
088: Growing Pains - Handling Unforeseen Challenges of Rapid Expansion
Joining us in this episode are two key members of Dr. Costes' team, Ashlee Evans and Jake Conway. Today we are getting to know some of the elements involved in starting new practices and how Dr. Mark Costes and his team have learned from mistakes along the way. We will also gain some insight into methods of administration and analytics that have proven to be most effective...Continue Reading...
Nov 16, 2016 • 1h 1min
087: Wendy Askins - The Criminal Running Your Practice
Wendy explains on this episode that 25 years ago she got started in the dental field because she needed a job. As fate would have it early in her career, she worked at an office that was being embezzled from. Seeing the disaster that happened in her own office helped push Wendy into this career as a Dental Embezzlement Investigator....Continue Reading...
Nov 14, 2016 • 42min
086: Dr. Mark Costes - Systemization Jumpstart
It wasn't long ago when marketing or even referring to a dental practice as a "business" was considered unprofessional. Well, those days are long gone. With increased competition, and astronomical student loan and practice debt, survival of solo and small group practices are directly dependent on their ability to master the fundamentals of business....Continue Reading...
Nov 10, 2016 • 1h 7min
085: Reese Harper - Dentist Money
Joining us to share his expertise on this subject is Reese Harper. Today Reese and Dr. Mark Costes share a glimpse inside the financial planning world. They cover how things have evolved since Reese began his first year in 2003 working in the industry as well as why it is so important to have an excellent understanding of who is managing your finances....Continue Reading...
Nov 8, 2016 • 50min
084: Dr. Walter Knysz, Jr. - A True Dentalpreneur
Dr. Knysz is a dentist, entrepreneur and business owner. Prior to becoming a dentist he was a successful stock broker. After graduating from Detroit Mercy in 1975 Dr. Knysz started a number of successful businesses in addition to practicing dentistry....Continue Reading...
Nov 7, 2016 • 29min
083: Dr. Mark Costes - Case Study Pt. 2: The 12 Month Practice Transformation
Dr. Mark Costes discusses creating accountability, patient recall strategies, and patient communication in dental practices. Emphasis on operational efficiency, team agreements, and referral programs for successful transformations.
Nov 4, 2016 • 34min
082: Dr. Mark Costes - Case Study: The 12 Month Practice Transformation
Dr. Mark Costes shares a case study on transforming a dental practice in 12 months, focusing on overhead control, system-dependent model shift, and operations manual. They discuss reframing failures for growth, transitioning to system-dependent operation, and creating accountability through documented roles for dental practice success.
