Insights
Category: Succession and Ownership
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Founder dependence is the risk that looks like strength
Founder dependence looks like a healthy practice until your availability changes. A ninety day test that shows which standards, decisions and relationships actually transferred to the institution.
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What actually transfers when a founder steps back
A practice sale transfers assets. It does not automatically transfer referrals, standards, team retention, or case acceptance. Here is how to tell which ones have actually moved.
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Building the path to ownership for the dentist after you
Associates rarely become owners by accident. What a real ownership pathway contains: staged autonomy, open numbers, scheduled mentorship, and a written route to equity with a date.
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Associates choose between offers, not between models
Most dental school seniors headed into private practice expect to start as associates. What decides where they go is the offer in front of them, not the model.
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Ownership is arriving later. Succession planning starts earlier.
Dentists are reaching practice ownership later in their careers. The ADA data behind that shift, its limits, and what it means for the timing of your succession plan.