Displaying 10 items of Voices from The Bench with the tag "dso".
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438: Shawn Nowak & Jude Grayson: What Does a Karate Guy Know About Dental Labs?
August 17th, 2026 | 1 hr 4 mins
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Shawn Nowak from Nowak Dental Supplies joins Elvis and Barb to talk about NOLA LabFest and the unexpected connection between martial arts and the dental laboratory industry with speaker Jude Grayson. They discuss leadership, business, knowing when to pivot, and how lessons from competition and martial arts can help lab owners navigate a rapidly changing industry. Plus, Shawn gives a preview of what’s coming to NOLA LabFest, including education, networking, and plenty of New Orleans fun.
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357: Jim Thacker is Doing Things Differently at Utah Valley Dental Lab
January 27th, 2025 | 1 hr 4 mins
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This week we meet ONE of the owners of Utah Valley Dental Lab, Jim Thacker. Jim talks about marrying into the dental lab, how they are known for high end esthetics that still does mostly hand waxing, and how they grew the business through referrals and continuing education.
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330: The Final More From exocad Insights 2024 with Chuck Genco, Yousef Ibrahim, Maher Al Hanfeish, Jen Ludwig, and Lindsey Rowan
July 22nd, 2024 | 1 hr 7 mins
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All good things must end as we wrap up the final conversations from exocad Insights 2024 with Chuck Genco, Yousef Ibrahim, Maher Al Hanfeish. Then we tack on a conversation about the Race For the Future with Jen Ludwig and Lindsey Rowan.
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319: The Benefit of Providing Benefits for Dental Technicians with Michael Clark
May 6th, 2024 | 1 hr 7 mins
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This week we talk to Michael Clark, who after being a pivotal member of Argen as they went from an alloy company to a digital solutions partner, has embarked on a goal of providing good insurance benefits to those in the dental community.
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318: Lab Day Chicago 2024 Act 5 with Carrie Ling, Randi James, David Lesh, Nitasha Rizvi, Beth Brown, Lola Welch, & Julia Glancey
April 29th, 2024 | 1 hr 9 mins
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We wrap up all of Lab Day Chicago 2024 with a collection of 4 conversations from the Ivoclar Ballroom. Carrie Ling & Randi James talk about friendship, David Lesh talks about profit, Nitasha Rizvi talks about teaching at Harvard, and Beth Brown, Lola Welch, and Julia Glancey chat about coming to America for the show.
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311: LIVE ON TAPE FROM CAL-LAB 2024 with Basil Callahan, Sean Siegel, Jim Thacker, and Jeff Stronk
March 11th, 2024 | 1 hr 16 mins
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For 98 years, the Cal-Lab Association has been holding their annual meeting. Usually held the same week at Lab Day Chicago, now it's closer and better. During the cocktail event we sit down with Basil Callahan, Sean Siegel, Jim Thacker, and Jeff Stronk.
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264: Dancing in the Ivoclar Ballroom at Lab Day Chicago with Patric Frank, Jess Mashewske, and Randi & Scott James
April 17th, 2023 | 59 mins 25 secs
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We bring you 3 great conversations from the Ivoclar Grand Ballroom at LMT Lab Day Chicago 2023. We talk to Patric Frank, the CMO for Ivoclar. Then we chat to Jess Mashewske who runs a lab for a small DSO, and finish up with the tradition of talking to Randi and Scott James.
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206: Providing Clinical Solutions with Laboratory Services with Lauren Crowe
March 7th, 2022 | 1 hr 6 mins
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One of the most important non-discussed aspects of dental laboratories is sales and marketing. This week Lauren Crowe from the Leixir group comes on to talk about the importance of selling your lab’s services to provide the solutions for success.
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121: Failing Forward with Lou Azzara: CEO of Dental Services Group
July 20th, 2020 | 56 mins 31 secs
captek, dental, dso, laboratory, podcast, scanners, technician, voices from the bench
Joining the podcast this week is the CEO of Dental Services Group, Lou Azzara. Lou comes on to talk about starting with Captek and then taking on a role of overseeing 40+ labs without forgetting the importance of the technician or the patient.
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Episode 102: Second Generation Lab Owners from Vision 21: Jesse Flor, Michael Farago, & Dory Sartoris
March 9th, 2020 | 44 mins 9 secs
cdt, dental, dlat, dso, laboratory, podcast, second generation, technician, texas, voices from the bench
While at the Vision 21 meeting back in January, Elvis got to talk to three people who have taken over the labs their parents started. First up is Jesse Flor, who has a created a 100% digital lab and also owns a couple dental practices. Then from the Fireside Chat He talks to Michael Farago and Dory Sartoris who is running the lab from the perspective of people who have not worked at the bench.