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The Dentalpreneur Podcast with Dr. Mark Costes is one of the top dental podcasts in the country, drawing tens of thousands of listeners each month. This isn’t your typical dental podcast—Mark covers everything from business and marketing to services, motivation, and more, keeping each episode both insightful and entertaining.

Tune in as Mark interviews not only dental professionals but also influential voices beyond dentistry, including Astronaut Clayton Anderson, elite athlete Ben Greenfield, bestselling author Ryan Holiday, former Navy SEAL Jocko Willink, and endurance athlete David Goggins, among others!

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1575: Cherry Picking the Best Talent

Today’s episode features an interview with Dr. Summer Kassmel and her practice ownership and DA School journey. Dr. Kassmel discusses what running a DA School looks like and what is included in the curriculum. How she has made it possible for other doctors to have DA Schools in their practices and earn a passive income […]


1574: Adventures in Adulting and Practice Ownership

Today’s episode features Dr. Paul Goodman from Dental Nachos and the co-host of the Dental Amigos Podcast. Dr. Goodman talks about the high points of transitioning into and out of a dental practice. The importance of expectation calibration and good communication during transitions. He also discusses the team that needs to be assembled when buying […]


1573: Tax Free Wealth

In today’s episode, we share a DSS lecture by Tom Wheelright, Robert Kyosoki’s CPA and author of Tax-Free Wealth. During the lecture, Tom dives deep into how to reduce your tax liability. He goes over the four different ways people make money, the legal ways to reduce your tax liability drastically, and how docs can […]


1572: Expand Your Suite

On today’s episode, we have Dr. Taher Dhoon and Dr. Daniel Briskie from the Colorado Surgical Institute. As instructors at CSI, they discuss what prevents people from learning advanced clinical procedures and what they recommend to overcome the hesitation. Dr. Dhoon shares a tip to ensure docs set themselves up for success following any clinical […]


1571: All Things Dental Success

On today’s episode, Dr. Costes chat’s with Ashlee Hirschfeld, the GSD Queen herself! They review all the Dental Success Event’s coming up in the next few months. Events to keep an eye out for are Dr. Costes’s Masterclass in December, The 1-Hour Molar Root Canal by Dr. Aaron Nicholas, CSI Surgical Course, and VOD 2023 […]


1570: Clarity Workshop

Todays episode is a clip from a private Mastermind Event where Dr. Costes walked the members through an ideal practice exercise and how to reverse engineer the vision. Having the end in mind while constructing your goals is the best way to ensure that you stay on track. EPISODE RESOURCES https://www.truedentalsuccess.com Dental Success Network Subscribe […]


1569: Building Your Economic Engine Pt. 2

Today’s episode is part 2 of the “Building Your Economic Engine” lecture that Dr. Costes presented at the “Scaling from Clinician to CEO” summit in Denver, Co. The second half of the lecture is very tactical, with a deep dive into the onboarding protocol for associates, the importance of acing the patient experience, the power […]


1568: Building Your Economic Engine Pt. 1

Today’s episode is from a recent lecture Dr. Costes gave at the Polaris and DSI “Scaling from Clinician to CEO Summit” in Denver, Co. Dr. Costes discussed picking an associate candidate based on the Humble, Hungry, Smart framework. He reviews how to utilize the competency hierarchy to understand the physiological mindset of different learning stages […]


1567: Uncommon Investments, Uncommon Returns

On today’s show, Dr. Eric Franom and Dr. Mark Costes discuss how Eric was able to exit his stressful practice ownership and use the funds from the sale to make uncommon investments that make him uncommon returns. Eric shares how he is able to invest in a variety of highly diverse deals, and what he […]


1566: Caries – Friend or Foe?

There’s more to oral health and cavity prevention than just brushing and flossing. Today’s podcast guest talks to Dr. Mark Costes about fixing the problem at its source.  Dr. V. Kim Kutsch shares his expertise in dental caries and how to manage it as a whole person disease through a Caries Risk Management approach.  He […]


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