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Jason A. Duprat, Entrepreneur, Healthcare Practitioner and Host of the Healthcare Entrepreneur Academy Podcast, talks about the importance of maintaining mental and physical well-being as a busy entrepreneur. 

 Episode Highlights:

• Jason discusses the value and importance of maintaining physical and mental well-being while running your own business.  
• When Jason realized he wasn’t working out as much, he made some changes, including hiring a fitness coach. 
• Jason emphasizes the importance of metrics in both your business and physical well-being in order to track results.  

 3 Key Points:

1. Maintain your mental and physical well-being. 
2. If you aren’t measuring it, then you aren’t going to get results. 
3. With the help of his trainer and by setting focused goals, Jason lost 12 pounds and two inches off his waist. 

 Tweetable Quotes:

• “Growing up as an athlete, I have always been pretty hardcore into working out and eating right.” – Jason A. Duprat 
• “I had started gaining a little weight. I was up two inches in the waist. Some of my military uniforms were getting a little tight and so I was like ‘man, I have got to make a change.’” – Jason A. Duprat 
• “What I did was hire a fitness coach and I knew I wanted to get lean and have a certain appearance, look healthy and learn how to eat healthy.” – Jason A. Duprat  

 Resources Mentioned:

• JasonDuprat.com
• Jason Duprat: Linkedin  Facebook

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Dr. Brandon Smith PT, DPT, MPH – Owner of Dr. Smith Consulting, LLC, speaks with Jason A. Duprat, Entrepreneur, Healthcare Practitioner and Host of the Healthcare Entrepreneur Academy Podcast. Brandon talks about how he grew his business by White Labeling an app. He also highlights his business expansion through building a course and creating passive income through additional revenue streams. 

Episode Highlights:

• What did Brandon’s upbringing and education consist of? 
• How did Brandon start his first business once he completed school?   
• Brandon discusses the process of White Labeling an app and how to charge for it.  
• What were some of the challenges he faced with his app? 
• What happened to Brandon’s app? 
• How did Brandon launch his course?  
• What was his motivation for creating the course? 
• How did he create course content? 
• Brandon shares his best marketing tactics.  
• People under 25 years of age typically don’t spend as much money so they shouldn’t be your primary business target.  
• How many leads does Brandon generate using Facebook and Instagram? 
• Run each Facebook ad at least five days because it typically takes at least three days to find out who’s interacting with your ad. 
• What advice does Brandon offer to entrepreneurs interested in creating an app and online courses? 

3 Key Points:

1. When people pay, they pay attention. 
2. Focus on one course of action until you reach success.
3. The niche of Brandon’s course is learning how to get over a six-figure job to then launch your business. 

Tweetable Quotes:

• “A lot of people don’t know that physical therapists can do wound care. It’s within our scope.” – Dr. Brandon Smith
• “I’m not saying that you shouldn’t market. But I’m saying that you don’t want to just blast people every single day. You want to build a relationship with them and once they get to know you, they’ll be more interested in your service.” – Dr. Brandon Smith
• “Make sure you write down what you want to do. Make sure you actually know your numbers first. Know how much money you want to make from it, and then work backwards to know how much time you want to put into it.” – Dr. Brandon Smith

Resources Mentioned:

• JasonDuprat.com
• Jason Duprat: Linkedin  Facebook
• Dr. Brandon Smith: Linkedin

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Jason A. Duprat, Entrepreneur, Healthcare Practitioner and Host of the Healthcare Entrepreneur Academy Podcast, shares segments of his strategy call with coach and mentor, John Lee Dumas. They talk about how to grow your business to 7 figures and Jason reflects on what it’s like to have someone who is many steps ahead of you support you with affirmation and focused goals.  

Episode Highlights:

• Jason talks about his mentor John Lee Dumas (JLD), the host of the Entrepreneurs on Fire Podcast. 
• What should you do if you have too many tasks to juggle? 
• Why should you hire a COO?
• Jason discusses creating a partnership podcast.  
• Jason and JLD talk about the importance of a content strategy. 
• What interviewing advice did JLD give to Jason?

3 Key Points:

1. Fill a COO position while you have the bandwidth and energy to make it happen.  
2. Top of the funnel, organic leads that come in on their own are the most valuable because they have zero associated costs.  
3. To get a helpful candidate reference, ask the past employer to speak to his/her quality of work for a minimum of a six month period. Share your business goals and ask - what do I need to know about this candidate relative to my goals? 

Tweetable Quotes:

• “If you pay bananas, you get monkeys.” – John Lee Dumas
• “What does an entrepreneur who is making 7 figures in course sales have? They have a COO.” – John Lee Dumas  
• “A COO will release you to do what only you can do, which is be the content creating machine for your business.”  –- John Lee Dumas   

Resources Mentioned:

• JasonDuprat.com
• Jason Duprat: Linkedin  Facebook
• John Lee Dumas: Linkedin
• Entrepreneurs on Fire: eofire.com

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Dr. Camille Hammond – MD, MPH, Author and CEO of Tinina Q. Cade Foundation, talks to Jason A. Duprat, Entrepreneur, Healthcare Practitioner and Host of the Healthcare Entrepreneur Academy Podcast. Dr. Camille Hammond shares her personal story about facing early fertility difficulties and her path to motherhood, as well as helping other families with fertility complications. She also explains how the Tinina Q. Cade Foundation and her publishing company were created. 

 Episode Highlights:

• Camille discusses her upbringing and education.  
• What occurred during her journey of becoming a mom? 
• What’s the difference between nonprofits and not-for-profits? 
• Camille shares how she and her husband created the Tinina Q. Cade Foundation. 
• What advice does Camille offer for those who want to transition from a full-time job to starting a nonprofit? 
• How does she manage fundraising for the Tinina Q. Cade Foundation?
• What are the qualities donors look for as they consider funding an organization?  
• What is commingling and what problems does it cause? 
• How did Camille build her team?  
• What books and resources does Camille recommend? 
• How did she start her publishing house and how did she become an author?  
• Camille shares a story about a family the foundation assisted.  

 3 Key Points:

1. The Tinina Q. Cade Foundation has supported 111 families and awarded more than  $800,000 to provide information and support to needy infertile families.   
2. Before you start asking people for money, you have to build relationships because no one gives to strangers. 
3. Do the work you said you’re going to do.  

 Tweetable Quotes:

• “Nonprofits and not-for-profits are the same thing. It doesn’t mean you don’t make money. It just means you don’t give yourself whatever is left over at the end of the year. It gets reinvested back in the organization.” – Dr. Camille Hammond
• “You need to know about every single thing that goes on with your organization. If you completely depend on a lawyer, an accountant or some other person to do everything, you don’t know when they’re messing up.” – Dr. Camille Hammond
• “I love what I do. I go to sleep sometimes thinking about the work and I wake up thinking about the work. The work gives me energy.” – Dr. Camille Hammond

 Resources Mentioned:

• JasonDuprat.com
• Jason Duprat: Linkedin  Facebook
• Dr. Camille Hammond  Linkedin  Instagram  Twitter  Facebook
• Camillehammond.com

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Jason A. Duprat, Entrepreneur, Healthcare Practitioner and Host of the Healthcare Entrepreneur Academy Podcast, discusses how you can hire freelance workers and the benefits they bring to your business.

Episode Highlights:

•  Jason talks about building his team with freelancers. 
• Which websites are the best for sourcing freelancers? 
• What are the benefits of hiring a freelancer? 
• What are the legalities for hiring a contractor? 
• What benefits are available to contract workers? 
• Why should you hire a Virtual Assistant? 

3 Key Points:

1. Recommended websites to source freelancers include: Upwork.com, Freelancer.com, and 99Designs.com.
2. Save money using freelancers and contractors versus W2 employees. You won’t need to pay into Medicare/Medicaid, Social Security, vacation pay or unemployment benefits. In addition, freelancers overseas often offer a lower hourly rate as well.  
3. A Virtual Assistant is often the first freelancer entrepreneurs hire.  

Tweetable Quotes:

• “What we’ve found to be incredibly successful is using freelancers from across the globe.” – Jason A. Duprat 
• “When you hire a contractor, you can’t dictate the hours they work. You’re not expected to provide equipment or resources, as they are supposed to supply their own.” – Jason A. Duprat 
• (Contract workers) “They typically don’t have to report to any sort of office. They can work in the evenings; they can work in the mornings.” – Jason A. Duprat  

Resources Mentioned:

• JasonDuprat.com
• Jason Duprat: Linkedin  Facebook

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Michael MacKinnon – Owner of MacKinnon Anesthesia PLLC, Co-Founder, Lecturer, Ultrasound Regional and Vascular Instructor at CE2You, Nurse Anesthesiologist and Partner at Northeastern Anesthesia PLLC, and Adjunct Faculty member at Middle Tennessee School of Anesthesia, Midwestern University and National University, talks to Jason A. Duprat, Entrepreneur, Healthcare Practitioner and Host of the Healthcare Entrepreneur Academy Podcast. Michael shares his knowledge about becoming an ACLS instructor, creating an education company and why hospitals are hiring anesthesia management companies. 

Episode Highlights:

•  Michael talks about his upbringing and education.  
• What motivated Michael to teach and provide training? 
• What’s required to become an ACLS instructor?  
• Why is a business entity useful? 
• Did Michael keep his education company running while in school?  
• How did he land his first major deal to start a group?
• How should you estimate the potential revenue for a facility? 
• What advice does Michael have to fend off companies trying to ‘out contract’ you? 
• Why are hospitals taking on AMCs? 
• What are hospitals looking for from outside service providers? 
• How and why did Michael start his education company CE2You?  
• What are the challenges when running an education company?   
• What does the CE approval process look like? 

3 Key Points:

1. The reasons why hospitals are taking AMCs include economies of scale, the back office and quality level.  
2. Medicare is the biggest commercial payer. 
3. When selling to a hospital, be ready to provide quality of service, cost-effective service and consistent service. 

Tweetable Quotes:

• “Employment taxes are what your company pays. As a W2, you pay half and the company pays half, and those are things like social security and that kind of stuff. You can only pay more up to a certain number.” – Michael MacKinnon
• “You have to determine if it’s a contract that’s viable to your organization. Is it in a place where you think you can get people to work? Does the facility have a reasonable expectation of services for the volume of caseloads?” – Michael MacKinnon
• “If your overall contract value is less, you may require more subsidies than the AMC to do the same job.” – Michael MacKinnon

Resources Mentioned:

• JasonDuprat.com
• Jason Duprat: Linkedin  Facebook
• Michael MacKinnon: Linkedin 
• ce2you.com

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