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Building A Dental Organization How we went from 0 to 27 locations in one year : BY DR. SAMSON LIU, MAGD, MBA, MSF
In 2018, I went from owning 0 dental practices to owning 27 locations by the end of my first full year. My first practice was a scratch start with 0 patients. Even after years of working for a major DSO, I still had very little idea of how to own a business or how to build a group. However, in my opinion, the definition of an entrepreneur is he/she must be prepared to take significant risks and come up with innovative solutions to complicated problems. What I lacked in practical understanding of starting a company, I made up for with passion, determination, and the willingness to make mistakes.
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Without the right preparation and experience, that kind of exponential growth in such a short amount of time can be overwhelming and unsustainable. While I was certainly out of my element, I used my years of experience to create a dental brand that would stick out from the
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