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Participants: Wes Read , host, Practice CFO and Practice Orbit Jared Bergquist , a licensed business and commercial real estate broker in Nevada who runs his own brokerage selling dental practices and handling dental real estate across Nevada, Utah, and Arizona Duration: 57 minutes A broker and a CPA walk through what the practice acquisition market looks like right now: where DSO activity stands,…
Participants: Wes Read , host, PracticeCFO Paul Lipcius , CFO advisor at PracticeCFO, a CPA and Series 65 investment advisor focused on higher net worth clients and capital markets Howard Farran , host of Dentaltown, who interviews Wes and Paul in this crossover episode Duration: 71 minutes With SpaceX, OpenAI, and Anthropic all heading toward historic public offerings, dentists want to know…
A Dental Boardroom data deep-dive, PracticeCFO A breakdown of the Q2 2026 State of the U.S. Dental Economy Report from the ADA Health Policy Institute, translating national data into what it means for an independent practice. The core tension: dentists feel confident and are busier than ever, yet revenue is flat and margins are squeezed from every side. This episode decodes why, and what owners…
The PracticeCFO investment committee sits down for its quarterly market update, digging into how AI is reshaping valuations and where the Federal Reserve stands today. The core message for practice owners: AI is genuinely transformative, but most of the hype is already priced in — so valuation discipline and diversification still decide long-term returns. Hosts & guests: Wes Read (host,…
In this episode of The Dental Boardroom Podcast, Wes takes a break from his discussion of The Five Types of Wealth to tackle an important topic for dental practice owners: buying and selling dental practices. Drawing from years of experience as a dental CPA and financial advisor involved in hundreds of practice transitions, Wes explores why dental practice sales remain an inefficient marketplace,…
Wes Read continues his series on The Five Types of Wealth by Sahil Bloom, diving deep into Chapter 4: The Life Razor. Building on the five categories of wealth Time, Social, Mental, Physical, and Financial Wes explores how a single, carefully crafted sentence can become the most powerful decision-making tool in your life and practice. From the cockpit of Apollo 13 to Netflix’s boardrooms, to a…
159: Executive Sessions: AI & The Dental Practice What does AI actually mean for your dental practice right now? In this executive session, host Wes sits down with Michael Anderson from Wonderist Agency, one of the nation's largest dental marketing firms, and Dr. Megan Shelton of Shelton Solutions to cut through the hype and talk about what's really changing. They cover the dramatic shift in…
In this episode, Wes Read continues his deep-dive review of The Five Types of Wealth by Sahil Bloom, a book that profoundly influenced his thinking as a financial planner who has spent his career helping dentists build meaningful lives through their practices. Wes covers the book’s preface and Chapter 2, unpacking the research on money and happiness, the philosophy behind redefining wealth, and…
Most dentists are hitting their financial goals and still feel like something is missing. In this episode, Wes Read (CPA, CFP, and founder of Practice CFO) steps back from the balance sheet to ask a bigger question: what does wealth actually mean? Kicking off a new multi-episode series, Wes introduces the book The 5 Types of Wealth by Sahil Bloom, a framework that redefines wealth across five…
One of the most persistent tensions in dental practice ownership is deceptively simple: should you reinvest surplus cash back into the practice, or distribute it to yourself? In this executive roundtable, Wes, Michael, and Megan break down the capital allocation framework every dentist-owner needs, from defining “enough” personally and professionally, to tracking ROI on every dollar invested in…