Scott Drucker and Jinesh Patel explore the intersection of oral healthcare, technology, business, and startups. The duo discuss the hottest topics driving forward the fields of oral health and broader healthcare. They interview the most interesting entrepreneurs, thought leaders, researchers, operators, and practitioners contributing to the improvement of and access to healthcare.
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Scott Drucker and Jinesh Patel explore the intersection of oral healthcare, technology, business, and startups. The duo discuss the hottest topics driving forward the fields of oral health and broader healthcare. They interview the most interesting entrepreneurs, thought leaders, researchers, operators, and practitioners contributing to the improvement of and access to healthcare.
Episode 51 - Conversation with Samantha Strain | HealthStream Ventures
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Episode 51 - Conversation with Samantha Strain | HealthStream Ventures
Scott and Jinesh chat with Samantha Strain, Partner and CDO and HealthStream Ventures and Cofounder of DoubleMint about all things M&A in the dental space. They discuss Sam's journey from distributor regional rep to healthcare lending to facilitating the purchase of dental practices. Sam shares her thoughts on the market opportunity from the buy side perspective, and then dives deep on changes in the dental practice market over the past 5 years, and the change in mentality of both sellers and buyers. Sam wraps by sharing about her venture investing activity, and impressive female founders in the dental tech space.
2:24 Introducing Sam Strain
4:15 Sam's journey through dental
19:58 Early relationships mature to BD opportunity
26:21 Low-hanging opportunity in dental practices
29:44 Dentists don't learn business and management in school
34:18 Change in the dental practice market in the past 5 years
39:05 DSOs going public?
44:34 Venture investing via DoubleMint
54:12 Female founders in dental
Open Wide Podcast
Scott Drucker and Jinesh Patel explore the intersection of oral healthcare, technology, business, and startups. The duo discuss the hottest topics driving forward the fields of oral health and broader healthcare. They interview the most interesting entrepreneurs, thought leaders, researchers, operators, and practitioners contributing to the improvement of and access to healthcare.
