Home: Texas. Organization: Freedom Dental Partners. Title: Founder. Pronouns: He/Him/His. Alma mater: Marquette University.
Current project: Teaching others the hard-won lessons I’ve learned about successfully creating and selling a business. Latest accomplishment: Dental industry insiders are taking notice of what we are doing at Freedom Dental Partners. Hobbies: All things outdoors. Recent travel or adventure: spending time with my sons fishing and hiking in Montana.
Personality profile: Passionate, encouraging, full of ideas. What one word would your closest friend use to describe you? Enthusiastic. What word or phrase do you use far too often? “WATCH THIS!” What ingredient is essential to your perfect vacation? exploring and being outside.
What was your first paying job? Paper route. What book have you repeatedly read? $100M Offers, by Alex Hormozi. Besides your parents, who has had the greatest influence on your life? My grandfather, who set up a life insurance policy when I was born that helped me buy my very first dental practice. What modern technology innovation do you most appreciate? Voice-to-text. What personal circumstance has had the greatest influence on your life? At the age of 17, doctors told me I might not have long to live because of an abnormality in my chest. That taught me not to live in fear.
What is your big idea?
Total Dental Freedom: the idea that a dentist can achieve clinical, lifestyle and financial freedom by leveraging the work they have already done.
What change are you working on to effect in your profession or field? Getting dentists to invest back into dentistry, to buy and sell practices and help reclaim the field. What widely held belief do you reject? “If you fail at something you probably weren’t met for that particular pursuit.” What mega-trend most concerns you? Corporate entities taking over full industries.
What actor would you choose to play you in the movie about your life? Will Ferrell. As a kid, what did you first want to be when you grew up? An environmental scientist. How would you choose to spend tomorrow, if you knew it was your last day on earth? Fishing with family. What advice would you give your younger self? Relax. Slow down. This is not a race to achievement. What period in your life would you do differently, if you could? In college I would take many more business classes.
Personal mission: To use my unique talents and abilities to help others achieve what they want to achieve. Favorite quote: “Those things we do here on earth, will echo in eternity” (Maximus, played by Russell Crowe in Gladiator).
