219. Lessons from Dentistry’s Most Successful Entrepreneur

Well-known dentist and founder of Southern Cross Dental Laboratories, David Penn, joins us in the Savvy Dentist Podcast today. I am so impressed by David’s business acumen and his ability to take something from other professions/industries and make them relevant to the industry he is working in.

David generously shares his story and experience in growing his dental practice straight out of university. What he did is so interesting and is just the epitome of perseverance and hard work. There is so much to learn from him, whether you are a new graduate or have been in the business for years.

How Personal Development Assists With Professional Growth

There is a major difference between being ambitious and being in a race. It is only fair to want to own multiple 5 chair practices around the country; but it is a completely different thing to want to own ‘more than’ the person you went to Uni with. While the former gives purpose to your […]

Lessons For Success – Mastering Dentistry One Step At A Time

Have you ever tried Googling  ‘How do I make my dental practice the best in the world?’ Well, you aren’t alone, I still do that sometimes (read: all the time!). We all want to be there- on top of the competition, looking down and making mental notes of why the others didn’t succeed and why […]

Make Time For Success – Your Guide To Time Management

The biggest problem we face today is our desire to get more time. If only there were more minutes in an hour or more hours in a day. So much left to do with so little time. And this desire makes us focus on what we don’t and can’t have rather than trying to repair […]

How To Create A Winning Culture

We hear the importance of culture to optimally run a business all the time. We know we need to inculcate it in our organisation, big or small. But that is only the beginning of a long, tedious, confusing but extremely rewarding journey.   What is Culture Anyway? Culture is the sum of everyone’s attitudes, beliefs, […]

Things I Wish I Had Known Right After I Graduated

It is a long, difficult, tedious and expensive journey to earn the right to practice dentistry. It is then only understandable that you want to dig right into those teeth and get some work done. You know you’ve learned it all, invested it all and it’s time to reap the benefits of it all. But, […]