November 2019 my wife, Shannon, came to me with an idea she got in the middle of the night. (She frequently gets great ideas at 4am) My client roster was almost maxed out. So the inspiration was to create The Propreneur Network, a virtual community that combined what I taught in my 3-day live mastermind and in- person coaching sessions, but in an online group format people all over the globe could experience it. Financial budget and time- intensive travel shouldn’t restrict people from accessing the value of the Proprenuer movement.

While I liked the idea, my coaching, speaking and travel schedule was filled to the brim and my response was to put it on the back burner and revisit in 6 months. But the Universe had other plans!

A few months later Covid happened FOR me, not to me. My calendar was cleared, the busyness of my business paused. I made a conscious decision to just serve where I could and try to be a lighthouse during a very tumultuous storm.

I went straight to work hosting multiple trainings on Facebook live sessions, creating free virtual events and adding value where possible. I gathered KOLs and great minds from varied companies to support the dental and orthodontic community in those unprecedented first few months of quarantine. The response was awesome! People shared ideas and crowdsourced solutions and felt validated when someone shared a thought that they were feeling too. The community created in such a short time was magical.

I don’t say this to brag, but to illustrate that I had been wrong all those months ago when I thought a group format couldn’t be as powerful as one-on-one interaction. I watched people embrace virtual learning and connecting to colleagues through the screen. I got to see firsthand how 1+1=3. I saw the power created when a group of like-minded individuals came together to workshop solutions to their challenges and support each other. I got to see fear and pessimism transformed into hope and optimism, and more importantly, into action. My paradigm shifted and I knew the network was the next evolution of my consulting business.

The interesting part is, I have personally belonged to networks and masterminds for years. From the Genius Network, to EO and even Strategic Coach, I have seen my personal businesses grow and thrive by being a member of a group coaching model, so of course it would work. Sometimes the thing you are looking for is right in front of you.

My team has been working diligently over the past few months to bring this inspired idea to fruition. And here we are now, out of the ashes of a pandemic, committed to creating the highest level mastermind for entrepreneurial dental specialists.

Our goal is to build enduring relationships and for our businesses to grow stronger, together.