Never Exit. Here's the Creative Math Behind Staying in Your Own Practice.

Never Exit. Here's the Creative Math Behind Staying in Your Own Practice. "How about you just never exit?" A creative math breakdown on practice ownership. Dr. Jim Arnold opens with a real observation: few businesses are as profitable as dental practices, making them genuinely valuable assets, as long as there's a minimum level of business acumen behind them. I take that a step further, why does every conversation assume you eventually have to sell? What if "never exit" is a legitimate option on the table? We work through the actual math together. On a $2M practice where a single provider does roughly $1.5-1.6M in production, you could bring in an associate and offer weighted ownership tied directly to production, 10% at $300K, 20% at $600K, 30% at $900K, scaling up as they replace your production. At 50% ownership around $1.5M in production, that associate has effectively replaced you, while you still collect your share of a $2M business at a healthy EBITDA margin. Dr. Arnold's caveat is important: production alone isn't enough, EBITDA has to keep pace too. He also flags a hard truth: associateship-to-ownership transitions have historically failed at a rate around 82%, largely due to misalignment and mismatched philosophies of care. We got into: -Why "never exit" should be a real option on the table -The exact weighted ownership math we worked through together -Why EBITDA has to keep pace with production, not just top-line revenue -The real failure rate of associateship-to-ownership arrangements, and why 🎥 Watch the full episode here: https://www.youtube.com/live/ZwU_F2KP... #PracticeOwnership #DentalWealth #DrShahinSafarian #DrJimArnold