The Warm Start - Dr. Bethany Fishbein - Optometrists Building Empires - Episode # 098
00:00 — Welcome back, Dr. Bethany Fishbein
00:50 — Defining the warm start: between cold start and full acquisition
04:00 — The fixer-upper-vs-move-in-ready analogy
05:30 — Reading the financials: cash flow as the key signal
10:00 — Pricing sweet spot for warm starts ($250K–$350K)
30:00 — Closing-door deals and how to spot them
42:30 — Bethany's top 3: track metrics, pivot fast, plan with a kill switch
43:00 — Ankit's top 3: right partner doctor, kill-switch model, boots-on-ground marketing
44:00 — Reach Bethany: bethany@leadersofvision.com
Connect with Bethany Fishbein:
- Leaders of Vision: https://leadersofvision.com
- Email: bethany@leadersofvision.com
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Dr. Bethany Fishbein returns to Optometrists Building Empires for a deep dive on warm starts — the middle path between a cold-start build and a full practice acquisition. She walks through how to spot a warm start, how to value one, and what to look for inside the doors before you sign. We close with our top tips for what makes warm starts succeed or fail. Bethany is the founder of Leaders of Vision and co-owner of three optometry practices.
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