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Guiding you from associate to grand opening. The Startup Dentist podcast is the only podcast that helps Associate Dentists go from practice, to profit, to purpose in their journey to open their own dental practice startup. With more successful dental startups than anyone else, your host Stephen Trutter is here to share all that he, and the Ideal Practices team, have learned over the years of opening successful dental startups. To learn more visit us at: https://idealpractices.com
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Signup to Generate a PitchGuiding you from associate to grand opening. The Startup Dentist podcast is the only podcast that helps Associate Dentists go from practice, to profit, to purpose in their journey to open their own dental practice startup.
The Startup Dentist is hosted by Stephen Trutter. The show has published 58 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Buying a Dental Practice: What Are You Actually Paying For?" (26 October 2026, 35 minutes), "Opening a Dental Practice: What to Do in the Final 90 Days" (20 October 2026, 19 minutes), and "When to Leave Your Associate Job (Even If It's a Good One)" (6 October 2026, 24 minutes).
The Startup Dentist publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 33 minutes across 58 episodes.
Booking probability for The Startup Dentist is 33%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. The Startup Dentist requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. The Startup Dentist's contact route on record: verified email.
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Stephen Trutter hosts The Startup Dentist, a business podcast with 58 episodes published.
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In this episode of The Startup Dentist, I delve into the critical considerations when buying a dental practice. Many associate dentists dream of ownership but often overlook what they're truly paying for. I discuss how...
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You can be a great dentist and still have never hired or led a team. For associate dentists planning a dental startup, that gap shows up fast in the final 90 days before opening a dental practice, when the building is...
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The job is fine and the money is good, so why do you keep thinking about owning your own practice? For an associate dentist, the pull toward practice ownership often shows up long before anything is actually wrong at...
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An assistant that works 24 hours a day sounds like the perfect partner for opening a dental practice. But can AI actually help you become a practice owner, or can trusting it blindly create expensive mistakes you never...
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Somebody is already paying for your education in practice ownership, and it is not you. Most associate dentists spend years inside a working business and never collect the lessons sitting in front of them every single...
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Most associates believe the first twelve months after opening a dental practice are about survival. Stephen Trutter has been part of nearly 1,000 startups, and he will tell you the strongest ones had already won or lost...
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The dentist earning $220,000 a year was convinced he was failing. A young guy making minimum wage said he would trade places in a heartbeat. That gap explains almost everything about dental practice ownership in 2026...
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The dentists who build the biggest success stories in dental practice ownership were not the ones with the least debt or the most money in the bank. So what actually separates them? After nearly 1,000 startups, Stephen...
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Is a dental startup actually worth it? Seven years ago, Dr. Ben Friberg was an associate who quietly wondered if practice ownership was for other people, not for him. Today he produces over $2.2 million a year, takes...
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Dr. Melissa is a practicing dentist, author, and host of the Dental Digest Podcast, and she is in the throes of building her own startup right now alongside Ideal Practices. This is the first of three conversations we...
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Most dental startups spend hours picking chair fabric and five minutes on culture. Then they open, patients can feel it, and the experience they meant to create gets defined for them by accident. On this episode of The...
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Dental insurance isn't really insurance. It's closer to a coupon, and the second a new owner starts credentialing with every plan they can get into, they've made three quiet trade-offs that will define their dental...
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Fifteen years ago, Dr. Gus stood up at a campfire on the last night of a diabetes summer camp and promised he'd be part of that community forever. He was a college kid. He hadn't even decided he wanted to be a dentist...
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The biggest myth in dental startups is this: if you're smart, motivated, and willing to work hard, you can figure it out by yourself. That's exactly the mindset that got you through dental school. It's also the mindset...
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Your dental startup SEO isn't ranking from day one. Your Google ads aren't at full strength the moment your doors open. So where do your first 100 patients come from? In this episode, Stephen Trutter breaks down the...
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In this episode of The Startup Dentist, titled "The Private Practice Advantage DSOs Will Never Have," I delve into the critical yet often overlooked aspect of patient relationships that can set your practice apart. As...
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Dental startup financing can feel like a wall, especially when you are an associate dentist staring at student loans and wondering if a bank will even take you seriously. The truth is, lenders are not guessing, they are...
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Most dentists think they have a stress problem or a team problem, when what they really have is a business systems problem. In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Amanda Burke to talk about how intentional systems in her...
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Not all dental consultants are created equal, especially when it comes to startups. In this episode, Stephen breaks down exactly what associate dentists should look for in a startup dental consultant and how the right...
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In this episode of The Startup Dentist, I delve into the intricate dynamics of launching a dental practice while navigating the challenges of marriage. Joining me are Dr. Dan Danowitz and his wife, Michelle, who share...
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