Resonate Recordings https://resonaterecordings.com © 2026 Next Level Executive Perrin DesPortes en-us Thu, 07 May 2026 09:30:02 +0000 Thu, 07 May 2026 09:30:02 +0000 https://storage.googleapis.com/com-resonaterecordings-public/cover-art/oQHxUHWwKSxYYfrCCJjZVSK7SgWh7dSg2O37udPa.png Perrin DesPortes false episodic Perrin DesPortes Perrin DesPortes perrinpodcast@gmail.com No false 23 2 The Power of Quitting To be effective, you have to improve your decision making skills. What happens when you get it wrong? Do you really understand the price you - and your team - are paying in terms of time, distrac... full 0814e0d9-b209-4ea3-8ba4-623ac644a941 Thu, 07 May 2026 09:30:00 +0000 false false 22 2 Leadership in an Emerging Group Practice: Dr. Nate Tilman & Dr. Dan Hostrander Being an Effective Executive of an emerging group practice is easy to talk about, but hard to accomplish. You're going to learn from two guys directly what it means. Dr. Nate Tilman and Dr. Dan ... full f46970cd-de12-45f2-a8e7-7d4c22b58f54 Thu, 30 Apr 2026 09:30:00 +0000 3643 false false 21 2 Entrepreneurial Leadership: Change, Evolution & Growth If it's one thing I've learned in my journey as an entrepreneur, it's that "certainty yields comfort, but uncertainty yields opportunity." That being said, I only realized it when I audited my per... full 38f98b23-03c5-4fde-af25-59a0587cb291 Thu, 23 Apr 2026 09:30:00 +0000 false false 20 2 Entrepreneurial Leadership: Why I Don’t Have Goals for 2026 Have I lost my mind?! Or is the business SO BAD that I have no possible outcomes for the year?! Not exactly... In this episode, I'll give you a LOT to think about in terms of "Being & Doing" goal... full 3d10bb6a-cbbb-4fe3-a5f2-57fe8d2a94df Thu, 16 Apr 2026 09:30:00 +0000 false false 19 2 Partner Spotlight: Gary Bird & SMC National As we roll into 2026, I will be sharing some interviews with a few curated company relationships. These are companies I know and trust, and people whose opinions I value. My intention is to share... full 41adf274-76e6-45ce-a6fa-1fe44c2f179b Tue, 14 Apr 2026 09:30:00 +0000 3567 false false 18 2 Effective Executive: Delegation and Sowing the Seeds of Failure Is your leadership approach one of being "hands off?" Do you like to "delegate and hold people accountable?" Do you want to know what's wrong with that approach? Tune in to find out! I give you... full f103567e-01d7-4748-9e16-e768f1c14eaf Thu, 09 Apr 2026 09:30:00 +0000 false false 17 2 Effective Executive: Personal Inflection Points & Key Decisions to Make (part 2) My audience is filled with growth-oriented entrepreneurs, but no one's growth journey is linear. It's filled with peaks, valleys and bumps along the way. Last week, In the first of a two-part ser... full eb32ae52-8590-484c-bfcb-6caa8752c691 Thu, 02 Apr 2026 09:30:00 +0000 3229 false false 16 2 Chief Clinical Officer Workshop: Key Takeaways with Dr. Jason Tanoory My Executive group and I just spent two full days with Dr. Andrew Matta diving deep into topics like: establishing your clinical philosophy; developing a coherent recruiting and development system;... full 75ff6eec-4c75-4630-81d3-bce55b1da37e Thu, 26 Mar 2026 09:30:00 +0000 3168 false false 15 2 Effective Executive: Professional Inflection Points & Key Decisions to Make (part 1) My audience is filled with growth-oriented entrepreneurs, but no one's growth journey is linear. It's filled with peaks, valleys and bumps along the way. In the first of a two-part series, I unpa... full 4427161e-ff27-4f26-82da-8b57a53e8da0 Thu, 19 Mar 2026 09:30:00 +0000 3506 false false 14 2 Winning at Life AND Business with Dr. Michael Carpenter & Dr. Max Meinerz We should all hope to build great businesses that compliment the lives we want to lead. Dr. Mike Carpenter and Dr. Max Meinerz are two friends who have done every bit of that. They share their jo... full def7fe2c-03d4-4736-9ed8-4c20d76b0e46 Thu, 12 Mar 2026 09:30:00 +0000 3913 false false 13 2 Effective Executive: Leadership - “Why does it feel like I’m doing it wrong?” Have you ever felt that uneasy feeling like you're unqualified for the leadership role you now have? Are you unsure of what the role actually is and how you should be judging success or failure? ... full 95b82064-ef39-4a8c-b21b-9527ffd4d7e0 Thu, 05 Mar 2026 10:30:00 +0000 1901 false false 12 2 Effective Executive: Dealing with Conflict, Problems & Setbacks As leaders, we deal with conflict on a constant basis and all too often all we want is to "make it go away." Only rarely does the situation demand true urgency. In this episode, I share my reflec... full 674b9a65-efad-4382-a0e7-a61037b8b662 Thu, 26 Feb 2026 10:30:00 +0000 2606 false false 11 2 Freshly Brewed: Reflections on My First Year 2025 Was an incredible year for me and I learned a lot during those 12 months. My own insights might create insights of your own. This episode is taken from my Freshly Brewed monthly essay in Jan... full a9177077-3375-436b-8de0-8bb165366d54 Tue, 24 Feb 2026 10:30:00 +0000 1661 false false 10 2 Personal Journeys: from Clinician to CEO with Dr. Ed Hood, Dr. Milton Cook and Bill Ladd Everybody loves to talk about exits and multiples as some sort of brass ring, but those who fall into this way of thinking overlook one key point of success in life: personal freedom. Freedom of t... full 55c83ff9-de8e-4301-aad6-03c62206b924 Thu, 19 Feb 2026 10:30:00 +0000 4714 false false 9 2 Entrepreneurial Leadership: Redefining Success Is your business a point of constant stress that makes you suffer from "the fear of missing out?" Or is it a vehicle that compliments what you want out of life? Being an entrepreneur means that y... full d613a47d-c896-4c3a-815d-e8cc6f4921c9 Thu, 12 Feb 2026 10:30:00 +0000 false false 8 2 Partner Spotlight: Jon Fidler of Fidler & Associates As we roll into 2026, I will be sharing some interviews with a few curated company relationships. These are companies I know and trust, and people whose opinions I value. My intention is to share... full 073688b4-e1dc-464f-a736-8188e20af070 Tue, 10 Feb 2026 10:00:00 +0000 2336 false false 7 2 Entrepreneurial Leadership: Winning at Business and Losing at Life Are you chasing your dream? Or someone else's? Successful entrepreneurs don't suffer from "FOMO" because they're building a business that's congruent with their life. I'm living proof of that an... full 0f8cf5b7-4ad5-4660-afe4-2cb1a60980e2 Thu, 05 Feb 2026 10:30:00 +0000 false false 6 2 Effective Executive: Predicting Your Outcomes through Lead Measures Everyone loves setting new goals every year. We also love assigning deliverables and holding people accountable. That being said, do you ever wonder if you're truly focused on the correct variabl... full ea046b7e-6843-4d6d-bad6-c88f4d535ce9 Thu, 29 Jan 2026 10:30:00 +0000 2022 false false 5 2 Effective Executive: Leading from the Front Reinventing yourself in front of your own team is arguably the most difficult part of any leadership journey. That being said, it's critical to your success. In this episode, I unpack several key... full 1b5b503e-984b-4927-8315-bebecf533ea8 Thu, 22 Jan 2026 10:30:00 +0000 2066 false false 4 2 Effective Executive: THE Key Point of Failure in Your Goals for 2026 Did you spend a lot of time over the Holidays planning out your goals, objectives and "rocks" for 2026? I bet you did...and I bet you overlooked the one key component that influences all of them. ... full 452749fc-af7c-4f8e-887d-8cc5396e8c86 Thu, 15 Jan 2026 10:30:00 +0000 2015 false false 3 2 Partner Spotlight: Don Watson & Scott Haberman from Eide Bailly As we roll into 2026, I will be sharing some interviews with a few curated company relationships. These are companies I know and trust, and people whose opinions I value. My intention is to share... full faee3c1f-efee-485d-ba65-b10e3f8a006e Tue, 13 Jan 2026 10:00:00 +0000 2523 false false 2 2 2026 is FULL GAS: Program Details for the New Year! WOW...has the Next Level Executive program evolved quickly over the last 12 months! What began as a four-quarter curriculum now has an entire second tract of "Entrepreneurial Leadership" as well a... full fbf8c591-afc1-4461-9517-47deaf94133d Thu, 08 Jan 2026 10:30:00 +0000 2551 false false 1 2 Becoming an Effective Clinical Executive with Dr. Andrew Matta For the first episode of 2026, this one is a sledgehammer! You're going to love this conversation I have with Dr. Andrew Matta. We talk through several coordinated topics that all point back to o... full 29b18d97-00b8-4e2f-8fbb-d6cdc2bfeb4e Tue, 06 Jan 2026 10:30:00 +0000 3250 false false 70 1 Reflections on My First Year This was "Year One" of the new business...and what a year it has been. I recently took some time to reflect on all of it, so I figured there might be a few "teaching moments" in there that could b... full de8be4cd-4cb7-4eaf-91ea-59cc049ecda1 Wed, 31 Dec 2025 10:00:00 +0000 3369 false false 69 1 Freshly Brewed: The Fundamentals of Execution (part two) This episode is taken from the Freshly Brewed essay I recently wrote on that very topic. I hope you enjoy it. If you do, please be sure to subscribe to Freshly Brewed at: https://thenextlevelexec... full 83652287-bbb1-412f-a39d-a65ec358472f Tue, 23 Dec 2025 10:30:00 +0000 false false 68 1 Freshly Brewed: The Fundamentals of Execution (part one) This episode is taken from the Freshly Brewed essay I recently wrote on that very topic. I hope you enjoy it. If you do, please be sure to subscribe to Freshly Brewed at: https://thenextlevelexec... full b71eee05-05e4-4a23-b0d8-4b46da9647a7 Thu, 18 Dec 2025 10:30:00 +0000 false false 67 1 Partner Spotlight: Rachel Wall, Inspired Hygiene For many general dentistry practices and emerging groups, the Hygiene Department is typically an area of untapped potential. It's also a department where a little focus and some moderate change ma... full 33c58435-e6bc-4f01-b719-6c864e28ec71 Tue, 16 Dec 2025 10:00:00 +0000 3075 false false 66 1 Taking Inventory of Yourself: Action, Ambition and Aspiration I've had quite a few "one-on-one sessions" with the members of the Executive program and I'm hearing a familiar refrain: "WOW, these are great businesses to own." Yes, they are! And these busines... full 2ab4175f-285c-4a55-a571-4b68c8c13828 Thu, 11 Dec 2025 10:30:00 +0000 false false 65 1 Freedom, Risk & Economic Cycles: My Conversation with Dr. David Phelps We've all been living in an echo chamber of "DSO Conference of the Month" sessions lately. I recently attended the Freedom Founders "Real Wealth Conference" in Dallas and it was beyond enlightenin... full 98cf7581-4df4-4d1c-975f-d9338daa1e57 Thu, 04 Dec 2025 10:30:00 +0000 false false 64 1 My Sincere Thanks and Gratitude As we roll into the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, I wanted to take a few minutes and reflect on things I'm grateful for and, more importantly, people to whom I'm grateful. This has been an epic fi... full ea622b34-d817-4dab-baec-4186301d9947 Wed, 26 Nov 2025 10:30:00 +0000 false false 63 1 Maximizing Your Practice: My Interview with Dr. Tarun Agarwal Dr. Tarun Agarwal is probably a known name to many of you - and for good reason. He has literally done it all in the world of dentistry. He's also a good friend of mine, so he was gracious enough... full 1e915235-79f6-4207-a704-548c608d8c89 Thu, 20 Nov 2025 10:30:00 +0000 false false 62 1 Top "10-12" Mistakes People Make Building a Group Practice?! (part 2) When someone asks me why they should join the Next Level Executive program, I frequently tell them that "I already know the top 10 to 12 mistakes you're going to make, so why would you want to star... full 456a8872-ff94-4089-8e8c-c9b2eb2f2621 Thu, 13 Nov 2025 10:30:00 +0000 false false 61 1 Partner Spotlight: Ali Oromchian, HR for Health As we roll into 2026, I will be sharing some interviews with a few curated company relationships. These are companies I know and trust, and people whose opinions I value. My intention is to share... full d7a29a18-07f8-4981-b09c-7e358f07a2c1 Tue, 11 Nov 2025 10:00:00 +0000 false false 60 1 Top "10-12" Mistakes People Make Building a Group Practice?! 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This was a fun, engaging inter... full ce514fe9-2a58-4679-844c-464fa571bd95 Thu, 23 Oct 2025 09:30:00 +0000 false false 55 1 Leadership & Growth Journey: My Interview from the Simplify Dentistry podcast The guys behind Simplify Dentistry (Dr. Rick Offutt, Dr. Murtuza Shah-Khan and Dr. Mustafa Shah-Khan) are neighbors of mine, and they're building a great following around, well...simplifying dentis... full 84043d98-8fea-4ec6-8075-4f068793ea65 Thu, 16 Oct 2025 09:30:00 +0000 false false 56 1 Preparing for Growth & Sizing Up Risk A few weeks ago, I shared a presentation at the Patterson DSO Summit in L.A. Inevitably there were a few questions from the audience as well as some conversations in between sessions that centered... full aa1c88a5-d90f-4d27-aba0-b874e5f4659f Thu, 09 Oct 2025 09:30:00 +0000 false false 55 1 Ceilings of Complexity and Inflection Points Many people use these terms interchangeably, but they’re not the same. 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If you do, please be sure to subscribe to Freshly Brewed at: https://thenextlevelexec... full 4c1ce312-35e6-477a-ba86-ed51bd332d04 Thu, 18 Sep 2025 09:30:00 +0000 false false 52 1 Your 5-Year Window (part 1): My Opinion on the State of Dentistry This episode is taken from the Freshly Brewed essay I recently wrote on that very topic. I hope you enjoy it. If you do, please be sure to subscribe to Freshly Brewed at: https://thenextlevelexec... full a3916169-fb2d-4846-82c5-19e92e332d46 Thu, 11 Sep 2025 09:30:00 +0000 false false 51 1 Need Help? First Decide if it's Done FOR, WITH or BY You I have quite a lot of industry professionals who ask me to review their service offerings and business plans, but they all seem to have trouble communicating one thing clearly. I also have first-h... full 523cfcdc-aff7-4c2e-bbcd-5e39523e9057 Thu, 04 Sep 2025 22:31:00 +0000 false false 50 1 Selling Your Business? 5 Questions You Should Answer First Consider this to be "Part 2" from the prior episode about selling your business. Here are five critical questions that you need to ask yourself (and answer) long before you decide to go to market.... full df2aa40d-4c7d-40e4-89b0-87a600fc5053 Thu, 28 Aug 2025 09:30:00 +0000 false false 49 1 Selling Your Business? 10 Questions I Would Ask a PE-Backed DSO We're rolling into Q4 when M&A activity typically picks up, so if you're currently in process to transact or have aspirations to in 2026, here are a few things I'd like to know from the potential a... full 632471d4-10ad-4392-95c6-8a821afae3c5 Thu, 21 Aug 2025 09:30:00 +0000 false false 48 1 A Comparison of Two Entrepreneurial Journeys: My Conversation with Chris Yonker Chris Yonker is a Corporate America escapee and an Executive Coach much like I am. Add to that his specialty around family businesses and my background growing up in one, and you get a wide-rangin... full 97fe6f10-d087-49ba-a494-4b29e0818d2f Thu, 14 Aug 2025 09:30:00 +0000 false false 47 1 A Recent History of Dentistry?! Gary Bird's Interview of Yours Truly from the Dental Marketing Theory podcast I'm no resident historian of the history of dentistry, but Gary Bird and I got into a fascinating conversation around our perspectives of the evolution of the profession. How'd we get to where we ... full ef786b96-adc2-43b7-b3cc-df80a45d2927 Thu, 07 Aug 2025 09:30:00 +0000 2100 false false 46 1 The Four Major Components of Professional Growth Let's get tactical! I've been talking a lot lately about your growth as an entrepreneur, so this one is devoted to all of you business leaders who are looking to become a more effective executive.... full 647e8adf-208a-4bc8-a3c4-98027f7317d8 Thu, 31 Jul 2025 09:30:00 +0000 2090 false false 45 1 Freshly Brewed: Philosophies, Strategies & Tactics for the Entrepreneurial Journey This episode is a reading of the Freshly Brewed essay I wrote that dives deeper into guiding philosophies, strategies and tactics to consider in navigating your own journey. I hope you enjoy it. ... full e216f42c-50ee-467b-8390-40e93ce39f98 Thu, 24 Jul 2025 09:30:00 +0000 false false 44 1 Clinician to CEO to Entrepreneur: My Conversation with Dr. Jason Tanoory Whether you're at one location, a dozen locations, or anywhere in between, you're going to LOVE this conversation with Dr. Jason Tanoory, Founder of Finger Lakes Dental Group. Jason is a longtime ... full a7c0325c-6ad5-46ea-a439-7451850126e0 Thu, 17 Jul 2025 09:30:00 +0000 false false 43 1 Leadership is Lonely, but Are You Truly Alone? I learned early on that being a leader meant getting comfortable with the weight of the world constantly on your shoulders. It's a truly lonely row to hoe, but there's a critical difference in fee... full 4ece4597-e9a8-4c6d-beeb-44f32a6c111d Thu, 10 Jul 2025 09:30:00 +0000 2297 false false 42 1 Built to Sell vs Built to Last (part 2): What I Would Build In the last episode, I discussed the state of the market relative to consolidation and shared why I think we're at a unique window in time. In part two of this though process, I share how I would ... full 7b234ab1-514b-4b8f-88dd-a23b85de8629 Thu, 03 Jul 2025 09:30:00 +0000 false false 41 1 Built to Sell vs Built to Last (part 1): State of the Industry We find ourselves at a pretty unique point in time as it relates to consolidation. I have some pretty strong opinions as to both why that is as well as the competitive opportunity therein. Listen... full c0131468-2e0f-4bb1-93e8-0e0af0247125 Thu, 26 Jun 2025 09:30:00 +0000 false false 40 1 Freshly Brewed: Are You the Hero in Your Own Story? Read directly from my Freshly Brewed, this is my essay on being the hero of your own journey. Are you building your own dream? Or are you starring in someone else's? You chose the life of an ent... full 632301b4-cf60-41a9-8d74-c8b5d5e7fbf3 Thu, 19 Jun 2025 09:30:00 +0000 886 false false 39 1 Insights from an Effective Executive: My Interview with Mick Janness, CEO of Oakpoint Mick Janness is the CEO of Oakpoint - a mid-Atlantic, PE-backed DSO. He joins me on the show to dive VERY deep into "the Operator Mentality" that is so effective for him from both a business devel... full 94f650dc-3c35-49a6-9080-b137fe7756da Thu, 12 Jun 2025 09:30:00 +0000 false false 38 1 v3.0 of the Next Level Executive - Entrepreneurial Leadership 2025 has been one Hell of a year already - and I'm not even half way through it! At the behest of several members in the program, I decided to launch a "version 3.0" to focus on building and leadin... full b1f0e033-f787-4f21-a9a4-a19fe79c46cc Thu, 05 Jun 2025 09:30:00 +0000 1550 false false 37 1 How to Avoid the Insidious Disease that Plagues Too Many Entrepreneurs May is Mental Health Awareness Month, so I decided to record an episode about a period in my life when I hit a wall. Burnout is real; it's often self-inflicted; and it's usually avoidable. Can yo... full 2565ff12-bfce-4506-b108-423fa5f6d8bf Thu, 29 May 2025 09:30:00 +0000 false false 36 1 Success vs Fulfillment: Where does one end and the other begin? As high achievers, we're all chasing various levels of success that are oriented around money, power, pleasure and fame. What happens when you reach it? The concept of fulfillment picks up later ... full 0cc4c3a4-272e-4e7a-8353-b93045f52e6b Thu, 22 May 2025 09:30:00 +0000 2518 false false 35 1 Executive Leadership vs Entrepreneurial Leadership There's a substantial difference in being a successful executive versus being a successful entrepreneur - though both come down to fundamental aspects of leadership. One is oriented around leading... full b28754b9-b0fc-44bc-91bb-56b67a5c9db8 Thu, 15 May 2025 09:30:00 +0000 1833 false false 34 1 Some Words of Wisdom from Pete and Jack All of us admire tech companies for the products and services they create that make our lives better, and we marvel at their celebrity CEOs who create a company from nothing. While tech company le... full cf92dc04-87c3-4ba1-a1e2-531ee3949a53 Thu, 08 May 2025 09:30:00 +0000 3078 false false 33 1 The Missing Piece in Clinical Mentorship More and more Founders are creating and investing in significant doctor development programs, but effective clinical skills are often only half of the equation. Want some of my opinions on the oth... full 75049b2e-1cf3-4c3d-a39a-433dd2eeb470 Thu, 01 May 2025 09:30:00 +0000 1813 false false 32 1 Freshly Brewed: Who is Leading the Business of YOU, Inc.? We’re all entrepreneurs, but only a small percentage of us realize it. This episode is a reading of the Freshly Brewed blog I recently wrote on that very topic. I hope you enjoy it. If you do, p... full 8481e115-8c79-42ee-8c30-accac73b81bf Tue, 29 Apr 2025 09:30:00 +0000 1075 false false 31 1 Leadership in Times of Uncertainty This episode is based on current events of the past two weeks. As business leaders and business owners, you need to embrace the challenges ahead and communicate clearly with your team. I'll share... full a24828e9-0c41-4fb4-9bd6-ba63e485311a Thu, 24 Apr 2025 09:30:00 +0000 1682 false false 30 1 The Choice We Make & the Freedom We Have So many of you in this audience enter the world of business entrepreneurship through the world of medicine first. While this is completely understandable, I think too many lose sight of the fact t... full 5103dd44-1bfa-4ebf-b636-2161e629bc41 Thu, 17 Apr 2025 09:30:00 +0000 1677 false false 29 1 Ben Tuinei's Interview with Yours Truly on the Insurance Untangled Podcast I recently appeared on the "Insurance Untangled" podcast with Founder and host, Ben Tuinei. We talked a lot about the evolving landscape that is the dental industry, so I figured there might be so... full 85c2924e-cfb5-4907-944e-0dd526707e3b Tue, 15 Apr 2025 09:30:00 +0000 3036 false false 28 1 Your Most Valuable Commodity & Your Most Valuable Asset We're all hopefully evolving both as entrepreneurs and as leaders, so it's important to understand what makes us effective at both. While we all have a variety of assets that make us who we are, t... full 4753bc13-10e0-4a83-bbb3-1e88f9b4cb40 Thu, 10 Apr 2025 09:30:00 +0000 1940 false false 27 1 Surprise and Delight! I've spoken on several different occasions and on numerous podcasts about my underlying fear that we all run the risk of becoming commoditized if we don't take a more proactive approach to enhancin... full 8d69c813-e2dd-4908-815f-14fcfa49ac7c Thu, 03 Apr 2025 09:30:00 +0000 2206 false false 26 1 Freshly Brewed: How Many Dots are in a Career? Steve Jobs has a wonderful commencement address to the 2005 graduating class of Stanford University where he talks about "connecting the dots [of your life] looking back." His central point is tha... full ed5e020c-b213-4115-99a6-0cb2837e594c Tue, 01 Apr 2025 09:30:00 +0000 1108 false false 25 1 $10 Million in the Bank I'm constantly amazed when I ask someone about their growth strategy that they so frequently reply with the refrain, "...and I want to sell my business for $10 Million." The number "$10 million" s... full 5e28170c-47dc-4ac2-b6f4-d77748fd11f8 Thu, 27 Mar 2025 09:30:00 +0000 2066 false false 24 1 Dr. David Phelps's Interview with Yours Truly from his Freedom Founder Podcast! Dr. David Phelps has built a tremendous alternative investment company with a very high-level membership. I've been privileged to be on several of their webinars and his podcast. This was a very ... full 8374c2a7-5c6f-41c5-82d5-df47d96b801e Tue, 25 Mar 2025 09:00:00 +0000 3477 false false 23 1 My Own Personal Journey: Where I've Been and Where I'm Going Quite a few of you have asked about different aspects of "my story," so I figured I would take an episode to tell it from a "what can you take away from the experience" perspective. I'd actually e... full d38bba88-22eb-424e-ad25-dc59d4b487b0 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 09:30:00 +0000 3626 false false 22 1 Reaching Critical Mass with Dr. Max Meinerz, Dr. Todd Kuhn and Dr. Michael Carpenter Three great friends of the program join me behind the microphones for an incredibly candid and wide-ranging discussion on what it takes to go from 1 or 2 locations up to 5 to 10 locations. We shar... full 52321bb8-e38b-4f2c-9a70-f4ddf854b363 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 09:30:00 +0000 4217 false false 21 1 Taking Stock of Where You Are and What You Want I know we're all driven entrepreneurs who are determined to create success, but I'm not sure everyone is truly mindful of how we should define success. Is it yours or someone else's? 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