Dr. Kate Haag from Southwest Nebraska Dental Center comes on in this week's podcast episode.

We discuss: -How she became a dentist

-Practicing Dentistry in your Hometown

-What Facebook and Dental Groups she leans on

-How she decided to move out of a shared space and into a scratch new construction office

-Biggest Strengths and Weaknesses as a leader

https://www.swnebraskadental.com/

Dr. Corey Black from Smile Space comes on in this week's podcast episode. We discuss:

-How he became a dentist, and escaped Harrisburg PA

-Where he has working prior to opening, and

-How he decided to open a startup

-Marketing - What he invested in the beginning and what hes doing now 6 months in

-Vendors he had a great experience with

-Mistakes made, and advice for doctor's looking to do a startup now

Smile Space

https://www.smilespacebklyn.com/

1. What is Ransomware 2. How does it get into your office 3. What Darkhorse Tech does to prevent it 4. If I don't use Darkhorse Tech, how can I verify I am doing everything right? (email admin@darkhorsetech.com for the Checklist) 5. HIPAA Law Update 2021 - Safe Harbor

Jim and Dan from Carestack come on in this week's podcast episode. Carestack is a Complete Cloud Based Solution for your Dental PM Software.

We discuss:

-How they got started with Carestack

-The Founding Mission

-How COVID shaped the Software Industry, and what features were demanded

-Development trends

-What are the most common struggles a dentist has with their PM software, and what does Carestack do to address that?

Carestack

https://carestack.com/

Stephen Trutter, COO from Ideal Practices comes on in this week's podcast episode. He and his company have successfully opened over 750 startups around the country.

We discuss:

-Ideal Practices history and guiding mission statement

-Common Startup Struggles, and how they coach their clients to avoid them

-Latest trends in the start up world

-Importance of vendor selection, and what to look out for

-Typical timeline, how long it takes from the decision to be your own boss, to opening your doors for patients

Ideal Practices

https://idealpractices.com/

Dr. Dominic Chapman from Toothsome Dental comes on in this week's podcast episode. We discuss:

-How he became a dentist

-How Facebook Dental Groups shaped his office design

-How he decided to open a startup

-What its like to work with your spouse

-Vendors he had a great experience with

Toothsome Dental

https://www.toothsomedental.com/

Michi Quick, Lead Clinical Analyst joins CEO of Darkhorse Tech, Reuben Kamp on the Darkhorse Podcast to discuss:

1. Resources for Startups to get Open Dental Configured Correctly
2. Resources for Existing Offices looking to Convert to Open Dental from another PMS
   1. 2hrs of Dedicated Resources included in Conversion
3. Open Dental Users Questions Including:
   1. e-Prescribe options
   2. Resources for Specialists looking to get the most out of Open Dental
   3. What is the roadmap for Open Dental feature releases
4. Open Dental Cloud - It's AVAILABLE!!! (just ask)
5. What Open Dental will look like in 5-10 years
6. Open Dental Add-ons you can opt into
7. How to get Started with Open Dental!

Dr Frank Bottino from Mint Kisco Dental will come on in this week's podcast episode. We discuss:

-His amazing story of his journey of how he became a dentist and what inspired him (College Rower, and Professional Cycler)

-How Facebook Dental Groups and Dentaltown shaped his office design

-A tour of the office

-Decision to forgo the patient demographics, and push into a market. He is now getting 60-80 new patients per month

-Why he loves dentistry

-Dental Life Advice: How to hire and incentivize an office manager

Mint Kisco Dental

https://www.mintkiscodental.com/