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MDA Dental Entrepreneurial Boot CampPreparing for Practice Ownership & GrowthStarting from the ground-up
May 18, 2019Rob BorcherdingVP, Business Development Manager - Healthcare
© 2019 Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. All rights reserved. Public use.
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Wells Fargo Practice Finance (WFPF)
WFPF helps doctors acquire, build, expand, equip and refinance their practices
– Financing, project guidance, and practice support
– Exclusive focus on healthcare practitioners
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Financing for every career stage
Customer characteristics
• Individual practice owner or two to six partner ownership structure
• New to practice ownership or existing practitioner
Start-up or acquire a practice
Purchase equipment
Remodel, refresh or
expand the practice
Relocate, potentially
purchase commercial real estate
Refinance existing
practice debt
Working capital
Partial buy-in or buy-out
Ownership
Growth
Transition
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Developing your goals:Defining your career path
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-Mark Twain
“The secret to getting ahead is getting started”
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Top Five Myths
1. Too much debt – Student Loans!
2. No collateral
3. No money to put down
4. Not sure if you will qualify for a loan
5. Afraid to own or run a practice
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Defining your career pathDeveloping your goals
I want to…
• Purchase an existing practice
• Buy into an existing practice
• Start my own practice
• I am not sure: I need help
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Defining your career pathDeveloping your goals
Ask yourself…
• Community considerations
• Personal/lifestyle consideration
• Where do you want to be in
– 3 years
– 5 years
– 10 years
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Preparing for practice ownershipTransition pathways
Acquire or Buy-In
Start-up
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Preparing for practice ownershipTransition pathways
Immediate cash flow
Staff is familiar with the practice
Know the practice revenue and costs in advance
Equipment or office may be out of date
May inherit sellers problems
May have to transition clients to a new treatment philosophy
Pro
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Acquire or Buy-In
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Preparing for practice ownershipTransition pathways
You are fully in charge of all aspects
Hire the staff you prefer
Design an office to your specifications
Must develop client base from scratch
Significant start-up costs
Cash flow is not immediate
Pro
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Start-up
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Once you understand your business personality it’s
time to get started.
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Assembling your Team
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“Incredible things in the business world are never made by a single person, but by a team.”– Steve Jobs
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Assembling your team
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-Jay-Z
“I’m not a businessman —I’m a business, man.”
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Financing
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Financing a Practice Sale & PurchaseWhat is cash flow?
Gross Income of practice
-Operating Expenses
Net Cash Flow (from Operations)
+ Add backs (e.g. depreciation, salary)
- Loan Payment
- Tax expense
- Personal Expenses
Total Excess Cash
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Financing options
• Different types of lenders have different lending philosophies
– Collateral based
– Lending based on value of personal assets
– Use personal items as collateral
– Homes, money market accounts, CDs, etc.
– Cash flow
– Lending based on historical and future strength of practice
– Use practice as collateral
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Dentists’ Unique Financing Needs
• Require lenders with industry experience
– Build-out costs tend to be higher than general use offices
– Plumbing, electrical, HVAC
– Cabinetry
– High-tech equipment & integration
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Importance of healthy credit
Good credit is the basis of all your
financial investments
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Preparing for practice ownershipAbout credit
Cre
dit
Re
po
rts
List of debts
Payment history
Public record information
Inquiries about your credit worthiness
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Practice Ownership Considerations
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Preparing for practice ownershipResults of a prequalification
• Assumptive Cash Flow Analysis performed
–Is my credit in good enough shape?
–Could a start up support me?
–What size practice should I look to buy?
–Should I buy a home before transitioning to ownership?
–Spectrum of opportunity identified, leading to focused market search.
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Conducting due diligence
• Acquisition
– Patients
– Staff
– Business and financial systems
– Facility
Source: Wells Fargo Practice Finance, Acquiring a Dental Practice 2018
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Conducting due diligence
• Start up
– Location
– Marketplace
– Practice type
– Facility
Source: Wells Fargo Practice Finance, Starting a Dental Practice 2018
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Analyze the PracticeAcquisition or Buy-in
Does the practice provide the income you need to support
your business and personal needs?
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What is valuation?
The process of determining the current worth of an asset or a company
and is often determined by what a buyer is willing to pay
Source: Investopedia: Valuation, investopia.com/terms/v/valuation.asp November 2018
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What is Goodwill?
Think of Goodwill as…
The difference between an established successful business and
one that has yet to establish itself and achieve success
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Higher risk = lower value
• Vintage equipment
• Turnstile staff
• Technology deficient
• Poor accounts receivable management
• Poor location
• Few new patients
• Poor hygiene recall system and/or high cancellation rate
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High net income = greater value
• Lower overhead
• Salary controls
• Supply and equipment expense controls
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The business plan
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Developing a business planA "must have"
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Developing Your Business Plan…more
• Use your vision and goals as the foundation for your business plan
• Consider “must haves” and “nice to haves”
• What type of dentistry will you practice?
• Who will be your ideal patients?
• Who will be working in your office?
• How much money do you need?
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The executive summary
• Practice description
• Mission statement
• Financing requirements
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The narrative
• Practice description
– Personal history
– Management team
– Professional advisors and their roles
– Business & legal structure
– Business insurance
– Insurance philosophy
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Management and operations
• Location and premises
• Daily operations
• Staffing
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Marketing for a Start-Up or Rebranding your Purchase
• Objective: Achieve positive cash flow by month 18
• Strategies: Attract 30 or more new patients | 75% case acceptance
• Tactics: Launch a web site | Educate patients | local advertising
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Financials
• Capital and operating expense
• Project financing
• Cash flow projections
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Growing Your Practice
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Determining the right timePatient capacity and flow
• Are the number of operatories in your practice limiting the number of
appointments you or your hygiene staff can manage per week?
• How many more appointments could your current team incorporate if
you had more operatories?
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Determining the right timePatient capacity and flow
• How long are patients waiting to book routine hygiene appointments?
• Are new patients waiting two weeks or longer to book a first
appointment?
• Are patients waiting longer than four weeks for necessary treatments?
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Determining the right timeTechnology and aesthetics
• Have patients and team members expressed frustration with the level
of technology in the practice?
• Do you have a list of technology you would like to add?
• Is older technology adding to chair time?
• Is your office appearance out-of-sync with your practice philosophy?
• When was the last time the facility was updated?
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Defining your project planObjectives, expectations, strategies
• What are my project objectives?
• How do your objectives support your practice philosophy/mission
• What changes need to be made to achieve your objectives?
• How will the project effect your practice in the long term?
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Analyzing the opportunitiesClassic tools may help
STRENGTHS
OPPORTUNITIES THREATS
WEAKNESS
SWOT ANALYSIS
Source: Wells Fargo Works for Small Business |
Performing a SWOT analysis | January 2018
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Analyzing the opportunitiesClassic tools may help
Pro Con Rank
No need for external lab + 5
Increased revenues + 8
Expensive - 6
Training to integrate - 2
Total + 5
Source: Practice Success Series for Dentists: Growing your Dental Practice; January 2018
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Questions?
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Our commitment to successBuilding a foundation for growth
• Contact us for any of the below:
• Practice Success Series – PDF Version
• New doctor, growing/transitioning
practitioner project planners
• Start-up & acquisition workbooks
• Business plan templates
• Market Data reports
• Online planning calculators
• Online Marketplace
Planning tools
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Additional Resources
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Practice Success WorkbooksChecklists, worksheets, timelines and tips to help you navigate each step of your project. Preparing for Ownership: Defining your career, assembling your team, developing your plan, and financing your practice
Business Credit Center at Wells Fargo Works for Small Business®
Tips and tools to help you understand, manage, and apply for business credit
Business Plan Center at Wells Fargo Works for Small Business®
Online tool and learning resource for general small business planning
Practicefinance.wellsfargo.com
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Thank you
Rob Borcherding, VP Business Development Manager
Wells Fargo Practice [email protected]
Practicefinance.wellsfargo.com