The Making Of Smile and Co. #2 — Smile Design Studio | The Come To Jesus Moment, Insurance, and Financing

About this episode

Ashley and Collin discuss the pivotal decisions and challenges faced in building Smile and Co. locations.

The Making Of Smile and Co. #2 — Smile Design Studio | The Come To Jesus Moment, Insurance, and Financing In this episode Ashley and Collin sit down inside Smile Design Studio, the very office they are talking about building, for a raw and honest conversation about the decisions that shaped both Smile and Co. locations. From the come to Jesus meeting that almost stopped the second location from happening, to getting out of network at the worst possible time, to the financial side of owning tw...

People in this episode

Host: Ashley

Guest: Collin

Topics covered

• dental startup
• business decisions
• insurance
• financing
• entrepreneurship
• healthcare

Keywords

• Smile Design Studio
• insurance
• financing
• dental startup
• business decisions
• entrepreneurship

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Smile Design Studio, Smile and Co.

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