Optometrists Building Empires
von Ankit Patel
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Write the Plan Before You Write the Check
Write the Plan Before You Write the Check
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Welcome to Optometrists Building Empires! Each week, host Ankit Patel, explores the journey of practice ownership and leadership in optometry with some of the top minds in his field. This show is sponsored by My Business Care Team: We help increase revenue, reduce costs, and reduce staffing headaches. Let's build your empire together!
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- Write the Plan Before You Write the Check · 10 Min. · Folge 117Three questions on one page before you sign the next big practice purchase.
- Run the Numbers Before You Open Location Two · 42 Min. · Folge 116E116 · Republish. The full original E028 conversation with Nathan Hayes, director of financial services at IDOC. First aired February 20, 2025. 41:34. The short version Nathan…
- How Two Partners Turned a Cold Start Into Three Locations · 42 Min. · Folge 115E115 · Republish. The full original E041 conversation with Dr. Brian Samartino and Tyler Mills, co-founders of Premier Eye Associates. First aired May 22, 2025. 42:09. What does…
- Own Your Culture: Kyle Maxam on Building a Practice With a Mission · 31 Min. · Folge 114E114 · Republish. The full original E089 conversation with Dr. Kyle Maxam, owner of EyeDocs Family Eye Care. First aired April 16, 2026. 30:57. The short version Dr. Kyle Maxam…
- From Clinical Specialist to Multi-Location Empire: Dr. Thanh Mai Returns · 38 Min. · Folge 113# E113: From Clinical Specialist to Multi-Location Empire: Dr. Thanh Mai Returns Dr. Thanh Mai, OD, FSLS went from scleral-lens specialist to co-founder of Insight Vision Center…
- Why Your Best People Actually Leave · 11 Min. · Folge 112# E112: Why Your Best People Actually Leave ## Episode Summary Every practice owner has a front-desk person who quit. When asked why, the answer is always the same: money, a…
- Dr. Alex Martin: Curiosity, Grit, and the Future of Eye Care · 36 Min. · Folge 111# Episode 111: Dr. Alex Martin: Curiosity, Grit, and the Future of Eye Care ## Hook Dr. Alex Martin asks how access to eye care can work beyond a practice's four walls. He says…
- Dr. Nadia Afkhami: Start Before You Feel Ready · 29 Min. · Folge 110Dr. Nadia Afkhami: Start Before You Feel Ready Dr. Nadia Afkhami started sharing her experience online as an optometry student. Those connections later helped her find mentors…
- Your First Associate: Hire When the Number Is Real · 21 Min. · Folge 109See content/show-notes.md. Summary: busyness is not demand; an associate multiplies demand, does not create it. AOA hours 1,828 vs 1,731. Income gap $70,559. Widest gap at 4-6…
- From the Catalog: Avoiding Stagnation with Harbir Sian · 41 Min. · Folge 108Catalog replay of the Harbir Sian conversation on avoiding stagnation. Originally episode 34.
- The No-Show Math: The Leak You Can See vs the Patient Who Never Books · 21 Min. · Folge 107The empty chair at 9:40 is the leak you can see. The patient who never booked next year is the leak a buyer prices. Remix-style solo featuring clips from Dr. Bethany Fishbein…
- Mike Guelcher: Building a Practice That Is Profitable AND Sellable on Your Own Terms · 40 Min. · Folge 106Why Mike had to go through his own 22-year journey before he could help practice owners with theirs What it means to sit on every side of the table: industry, private equity, and…
- The 2:15 Problem: Missed Calls, Burnout, and the Half of Optometry That Is Running on Empty · 13 Min. · Folge 105## The short version Half of U.S. optometrists are burned out, and what separates the burned out half from the other half is not effort or love of patients. It is workflow. This…
- From Burnout to Building a Team of Travel Optometrists with Dr. Fred Cho · 37 Min. · Folge 104Most guests on this show own practices. Dr. Fred Cho doesn't, and that's the reason to listen. Fred is a travel optometrist. He's licensed in Ontario, Manitoba, and…
- What Your Practice Is Actually Worth: EBITDA, the 50% Rule, and the 25% Benchmark · 10 Min. · Folge 103EBITDA explained: earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization, and why it isn't the same as cash flow Cash vs. accrual P&Ls and how each changes the way you…
- Getting Out of Your Own Way: How Dr. Nick Lillie Doubled His Practice · 32 Min. · Folge 102Dr. Nick Lillie cold-started Family Vision Optical in Allendale, Michigan straight out of school in 2011. For years everything ran through him. Then came the realization that…
- Scaling True Eye Experts as a Non-OD CEO with Kevin Whaley Stefany · 38 Min. · Folge 101Kevin Whaley Stefany is the founder of Autograph Eye and a master optician who became one of the few non-OD CEOs in optometry. He co-founded The Eye Doctors, which scaled into…
- Gina Wesley, OD: The Private-Pay Playbook Behind Complete Eye Care of Medina · 36 Min. · Folge 100## Episode summary Dr. Gina Wesley opened Complete Eye Care of Medina in 2008, right as the housing crash was reshaping the economy. Her approach was not to copy the default…
- Building 9 Rural Optometry Offices with Mike Herrera · 30 Min. · Folge 99Mike Herrera is the co-founder and managing partner of Vision Now!, a rural Colorado eye care group with nine practices. Before eye care, he served in Marine Corps intelligence…
- The Warm Start - Dr. Bethany Fishbein - Optometrists Building Empires - Episode # 098 · 46 Min. · Folge 9800:00 — Welcome back, Dr. Bethany Fishbein 00:50 — Defining the warm start: between cold start and full acquisition 04:00 — The fixer-upper-vs-move-in-ready analogy 05:30 —…
