Practice Startup 101
From deciding whether a startup fits you through demographics, financing, buildout, systems, and the first hundred days.
Badge you earn
- 6lessons
- 70minutes of reading
- 24check questions
- Freeno account needed
Lessons
Work through them in order. Each one ends with a knowledge check that records your progress.
Is a Startup Right for You?
Four self-assessments that tell you whether a startup fits your clinical speed, capital, temperament, and market.
Start this lesson →Demographics and Site Selection
A two-week research plan for proving a trade area before you sign anything.
Start this lesson →Financing and the Startup Budget
Build the startup budget line by line, size working capital honestly, and compare loan structures.
Start this lesson →Buildout and Timeline
Run the buildout as a project: five parallel workstreams, decision deadlines, and a pre-opening punch list.
Start this lesson →Systems to Have Before You Open
The twelve systems that should exist in writing before your first patient, and how to rehearse them.
Start this lesson →The First Hundred Days
A phased plan for the first hundred days, with the weekly numbers that tell you whether it is working.
Start this lesson →How this course works
Work through the lessons in order. Each one ends with exercises you can do in your own office and a few short questions to check yourself. Answer the check and the lesson is recorded as done, in this browser, with no account involved.
Finish every lesson and you can print a completion record for this course. The course also counts toward the certifications, which are the larger thing: several courses plus a timed comprehensive exam, ending in a certificate whose reference code anyone can verify.
This guide is educational content and does not constitute legal, financial, tax, or clinical advice. Laws and regulations vary by state and change over time. Consult your own dental-specific attorney, CPA, and state dental board before acting.