Veterinary Practice Sales Education Center

Thinking of starting your own practice?  The idea of starting your own practice can be exciting and overwhelming at the same time.  Dick Goebel, DVM, AIBA, has created a list of questions to consider before starting your own practice. View the document here: Questions to Consider Before Start-Up

Dick Goebel, DVM, AIBA Simmons Great Lakes For a PDF of document, click HERE: Questions to consider before associate position_Goebel

Western Veterinary Conference 2008 (speaker notes) David King, DVM, AVA ~ Simmons Southcentral Dave Gerber, DVM, AVA ~ Simmons Northwest For a PDF of this article,  click here – Ownership Options_What Are My Choices What Is Your Mindset? In the private practice arena, there are, essentially, three career choices, those being associates, relief DVMs, and [...]

Byron Farquer, DVM, AVA Simmons Pacific & Southwest Inventory is the second largest expense in the veterinary practice, next to the cost of labor. It often consumes 20% or more of gross revenue and, left unchecked may swell to considerably more. Profitability becomes a challenge when large expense categories are not constrained to appropriate benchmark [...]

Byron Farquer, DVM, AVA Simmons Pacific Click here for a printable PDF ~ Economics 101 – Byron Farquer DVM, AVA Economics 101. What a misnomer. It implies that there is something meaningful achieved by completing a few weeks of study or a syllabus regarding general information surrounding supply/demand issues or the monetary system we all [...]

David McCormick Simmons Mid-Atlantic For a PDF of this article, Click Here ~ Do I Need a Separate Attorney? Q: Do I need a separate attorney? A: We frequently hear folks asking questions about legal representation and attorneys along the lines of: My friend/sister/cousin is an attorney- I can work with them, right? We work [...]

David King, DVM – Simmons SouthCentral WHY BUY MEDICAL RECORDS? “Why should I buy them when I can get them for free?” is the routine question we hear. True, if a practice closes its door, you will get SOME of the records for free, but not all, unless you are the ONLY other practice in [...]

Texas Veterinary Medical Association Dick Goebel, DVM – Simmons Great Lakes 2007 Click here for PDF – Measuring Demand for Veterinary Services   This article was originally posted on www.simmonsinc.com. Any reproduction on any other site is prohibited and a violation of copyright laws.

David B. Gerber, DVM, BA Simmons & Associates Northwest, Inc. David F. King, DVM, BS Simmons & Associates Southcentral, Inc. INTRODUCTION The path to buying or selling a practice is often a bumpy one. It requires patience, fortitude, intelligence and most importantly, knowledge. Inevitably, every practice transaction will run in to some sort of pitfall. [...]

David B. Gerber, DVM, BA Simmons & Associates Northwest, Inc. David F. King, DVM, BS Simmons & Associates Southcentral, Inc. WHO IS THE BUYER? Who is buying practices? We see a few recent grads, but they are often restricted by borrowing limitations. The largest pool is those out of school 3-10 years. Neighboring practice owners [...]