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Welcome to Optometrists Building Empires! Each week, host Ankit Patel, explores the journey of practice ownership and leadership in optometry with some of the top minds in his field. This show is sponsored by My Business Care Team: We help increase revenue, reduce costs, and reduce staffing headaches. Let's build your empire together!
Unknown Host hosts Optometrists Building Empires, a business show with 99 episodes published.
Mike Herrera came from the defense industry with no optometry background and built Vision Now! into nine rural practices across Colorado, with about half using tele-optometry. He talks with Ankit Patel about hiring exper
Can the relationships you built in optometry school lay the groundwork for the businesses you'd build decades later? In this special panel episode of Optometrists Building Empires, host Ankit Patel sits down with three a
What happens when an optometrist stops thinking like a practice owner and starts thinking about the future of healthcare itself? On this week’s episode of Optometrists Building Empires, host Ankit Patel sits down with Dr
Can independent optometry beat corporate competition by focusing on experience, branding, and hospitality? On this week’s episode of Optometrists Building Empires, host Ankit Patel sits down with Dr. Jason Klepfisz, foun
What does it take to build a legacy in optometry across nearly five decades … and keep going even when life tries to stop you? In this episode of Optometrists Building Empires, host Ankit Patel sits down with Dr. Diana M
What happens when a student rotation changes everything you thought your career was going to be? Dr. Carlos Grandela walked into optometry school expecting to keep it simple: a steady job, a good life, time for the thing
What if building an empire had nothing to do with how many locations you own and everything to do with the life you design along the way? In this episode of Optometrists Building Empires, host Ankit Patel sits down with
What if the most important thing you build as a practice owner isn't the practice itself, but the life and the people surrounding it? In this episode of Optometrists Building Empires, host Ankit Patel sits down with Dr.
What happens when a business major discovers his true calling on a humanitarian eye care trip to Haiti? On this week’s episode of Optometrists Building Empires, host Ankit Patel sits down with Dr. Kyle Maxam, owner of Ey
What does it take to build an optometry practice where patients drive over an hour just for the experience? On this week's episode of Optometrists Building Empires, host Ankit Patel had the honor of talking to Dr. Erika
How do you grow 30% year-over-year while building a marriage, a team, and a brand in the same office? On this week’s episode of Optometrists Building Empires, host Ankit Patel sits down with Dr. Justin Nguyen and Dr. Aly
Can social media really grow your optometry practice without a marketing agency or ad spend? On this week’s episode of Optometrists Building Empires, host Ankit Patel sits down with Dr. Amrit Bilkhu, optometrist, educato
What does it take to grow from managing one practice to leading eighteen locations and building a consulting firm that transforms private optometry? On this week’s episode of Optometrists Building Empires, host Ankit Pat
What if your next big leap in optometry isn’t about adding more locations or chasing trends, but discovering your unique zone of genius and building everything around it? In this episode, host Ankit Patel speaks with Dr.
What does it take to stay truly independent in an industry being reshaped by consolidation, rising costs, and decision fatigue? In this special episode recorded live at The IDOC Connection 2026 in Orlando, Ankit Patel si
What happens when a family legacy becomes a five-location optometry empire rooted in service, not consolidation? Hunter and Taylor Edwards grew up racing roller chairs through their father’s optometry practicem and today
How do you grow multiple practices without chasing shiny objects, burning out your staff, or losing sight of what actually works? In this episode of Optometrists Building Empires, host Ankit Patel sits down with Dr. Just
Does growing your practice come down to balancing hard data with human insight? In this episode of Optometrists Building Empires, host Ankit Patel sits down with Erich Mattei, President and Chief Vision Officer of Akrino
What if building an empire had nothing to do with scale, revenue, or the number of locations you own? In this episode of Optometrists Building Empires, Ankit Patel sits down with Dr. Kevin Chan to challenge one of the bi
What happens when your biggest fear comes true, and you keep going anyway? In this episode of Optometrists Building Empires, Ankit Patel sits down with Dr. Christopher Lopez to talk candidly about courage, failure, partn
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Ankit Patel
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