495: Becoming a Dental Entrepreneur - A Conversation with WDA Executive Director Mark Paget - a podcast by ACT Dental

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Becoming a Dental Entrepreneur

Episode #495 with WDA Executive Director Mark Paget

Owning your own practice will always be challenging. But with planning, hard work, and amazing mentors, you can be successful. There are many people out there who have your back, and Kirk Behrendt brings in Mark Paget, Executive Director at Wisconsin Dental Association, to talk about the upcoming business training program by WDA/ACT/Marquette designed to support dental entrepreneurs. To hear more about the Dental Entrepreneur Program and how to get involved, listen to Episode 495 of The Best Practices Show!

Episode Resources:


Links Mentioned in This Episode:

Register for the Wisconsin Dental Entrepreneur Program: https://www.actdental.com/dental-entrepreneur-program

WDA’s programs: https://www.wda.org/wda-foundation/programs

Do You Really Know Your Family? board game: https://toytooth.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=1491477&srsltid=AR5OiO1Ljp_umnoc-nfKM-05eiot9k0sqERNM_oCnYTpK-oQMmJeV6c_4tk

Main Takeaways:

Entrepreneurship is the only way to real job security.

Become confident in the business side of dentistry.

Create the life that you want with this profession.

Invest in building up the people around you.

Be leaders in your community.

Quotes:

“We hear young dentists coming out of dental school with really good clinical skills. They have good hand skills. They're really, really good dentists. But the thing that they don't feel confident about is the business side of dentistry, whether it’s IT, whether it’s HR, whatever it is, running the business side of it.” (12:31—12:51)

“The only job security is owning your own thing. There is no such thing as job security anymore. I think you creating value in the world, being able to call your own shots, dentistry is the perfect vehicle to be able to do that.” (17:06—17:21) -Kirk

“Owning my own practice was challenging — still is challenging. It’s the best thing in the world, and I would never change it. And if I can do it, anyone can do it. It’s not that hard. But it takes some intentionality, it takes some effort, and it takes some mentorship.” (17:49—18:04) -Dr. Straub

“Your life works best when your business worries are at your least.” -Kirk (20:54—21:00)

“[Dentistry] can be anything you want it to be. You are not going to be pigeonholed. You're not going to be put in a corner. You're not going to be labeled. You can do...

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