As a buyers’ representative and business coach, I talk to hundreds of doctors a year.  Many themes emerge from these conversations, but the one that pains me the most is hearing how dentists delay considering practice ownership early in their career.  Many desire ownership and watch as friends become owners with a thought of maybe someday. But, for themselves, they hope and wait till the “perfect” situation presents itself, if it ever does. My hope is that more doctors get off the bench and into the game.  The time for ownership is right now.  Here is why.

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