Dr. Eric Baas and Dr. Robert Steinmetz co-founded and own a cold start-up practice advisory service called iCare Advisors, and through it they have positively impacted a large number of ODs and the communities they serve.
In this Sandbox Story interview you will learn about:
* One had a family member who lost vision, and one who had a family member who was an OD;
* Their different paths to private practice - the challenges of creating a practice, and the impact of volunteering for organized optometry;
* Became mentors to those doctors that wanted to create new private practices from scratch, leaning on the educational backgrounds they learned from their family members;
* An incredible formulaic, highly-engineered method of cold-starting a practice with a pure approach where the practice owner is always the winner.
The Stories within the Story include:
1:07 The Band Camp Story
1:35 The Bears & Packers Story
2:40 The Steinmetz Family Story
3:55 The Baas Family Story
4:55 The Eric’s Grandfather Story
7:47 The Bob’s Uncle Story
9:42 The Eric’s Business Story
13:24 The Bob’s Business Story
15:43 The iCare Advisors Story
26:36 The Pride of Success Story
30:07 The Practice Financing Story
34:25 The Causes of Failure Story
36:31 The Future of Independent Practice Story
42:40 The Importance of Family Story
44:30 The Mentoring Story
Runtime: 48 min
Access the content via:
YouTube: https://youtu.be/pOoMbJNBsRI
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