Veterinary practice leadership is hard work with a steep learning curve. Grow your leadership skills and business confidence through insights and education that help you win with people and the real business of veterinary medicine.

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To Build or to Buy: Which Path is Right for Your Veterinary Dream?

You’ve decided you could be a practice owner. That’s amazing news. Now it’s time to decide what path you want to take – build or buy? Let’s look at whether purchasing an existing clinic or starting your own is best the way to go by comparing the pros and cons.

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Is Practice Ownership Right for You?

Ownership is such a rewarding and lucrative journey compared to the risks and challenges, I encourage you to take the plunge, or at least the next step forward to learn what you must do to get started.

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Ready to Own? Not Until You Count The Cost

Everyone will be in a slightly different place when they want to start the process of practice ownership, so I’m sharing my initial steps to coach clients regardless of where they are.

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The Pros and Cons of Practice Ownership

Practice ownership is wonderful in many ways. You get to have something that is all yours and reflects your values. You are the decider, choosing the business model, what the practice looks like, who works for you, and what type of clients you see.

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Independent Practice Ownership: Don’t go it alone.

In this article, I share my evolution from a lonely, overwhelmed owner to one grounded in community support. I realized the key to avoiding burnout and propelling my clinic forward was embracing vulnerability. By building connections with mentors, coaches, and peers, I unlocked exponential growth - both personally and professionally.

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