Mastermind
Get game-changing insights and support
The DEO’s mastermind groups bring together dental entrepreneurs at the same stage for focused, peer-driven problem solving, guided by an experienced DEO Tribe Coach.
Why practice owners choose The DEO
50%
Higher profit margins
2x
Increased free time
5x
Return on your investment
But more importantly my net profits has gone from some months being in the red to now consistently being 15 to 20% more. And I have gone from working four days a week painfully to working three and a half days a week with an associate and more time off.
I’ve gone from practicing four to five days a week to not practicing at all for the past year. The biggest win has been the connections; having peers I can text anytime who understand the same challenges. That support helped us grow, realize we’re not alone, and build the confidence to keep expanding.
We are now at seven locations and $16 million. Every single one of these events I pull so many great things away from — I cannot put a tangible number on how much of that growth is attributed to DEO but certainly a chunk of it very much is.
Imagine...
A group of people in your same shoes
A group of people in your same shoes
Support from coaches who have already solved what you are facing
Support from coaches who have already solved what you are facing
Accountability that makes you better every day
Accountability that makes you better every day
Welcome to Mastermind
You don't have to navigate growing your business alone
Most dental entrepreneurs make their biggest decisions alone — without the perspective of peers who’ve faced the same challenges. The DEO’s mastermind groups change that by placing you in a curated, stage-matched peer group where every conversation is relevant and every session sharpens your leadership.
Peer insight you cannot get anywhere else
Peer insight you cannot get anywhere else
Stage matched so every conversation is relevant
Stage matched so every conversation is relevant
A priceless sense of community
A priceless sense of community
How we can help
Discover what's available
Stage matched masterminds
Stage matched masterminds
Every Growth Ladder stage has a dedicated mastermind group — bringing together dental entrepreneurs at the same revenue level, organizational complexity, and set of challenges for focused, peer driven problem solving conversations facilitated by a DEO Tribe Coach. Whether you are a High Producer navigating clinical dependency or an Executive Circle leader optimizing EBITDA, your mastermind group is built around exactly where you are right now.
Specialty masterminds
Specialty masterminds
The DEO runs dedicated mastermind groups for every major dental specialty — including orthodontics, endodontics, all on X, implants, pediatrics, periodontics, and more. Every specialty has its own unique clinical, operational, and financial challenges — and these groups bring together practitioners who are navigating those exact challenges together, sharing what is working and what is not across their specific specialty context.
Regional masterminds
Regional masterminds
Geography matters. The DEO's regional mastermind groups bring together dental entrepreneurs in the same market — including dedicated groups for Texas, New York, California, and more — for conversations about the local market dynamics, regulatory environment, and competitive landscape that only someone operating in the same region can fully understand.
Executive and leadership masterminds
Executive and leadership masterminds
Every role in a dental organization faces a different set of challenges — and The DEO's role based mastermind groups reflect that. Dedicated groups for CEOs, CFOs, COOs, office managers, and hygienists give every member of your team a peer group built around their specific function, their specific responsibilities, and the specific problems they are working through right now. When your whole team is plugged into the right peer conversations the entire organization grows faster.
Proven frameworks.
Extraordinary outcomes.
The Profitability Stages™
The DEO's trademarked five stage growth model tells you exactly where you are, what is holding you back, and what you need to do to get to the next level.
The Profitability Cycle™
Every DEO coaching engagement is built around one proven framework that turns financial chaos into intentional, compounding profit at every stage of your growth.
The DEO 5X Return
Every member can expect to earn back at least 5x their coaching investment through real, measurable improvements in profit and growth.
Find out which growth stage you're in
Before you can scale, you need to know exactly where you stand. Take two minutes and find out.
What to expect at each step
Your Growth Accelerator Call
Every DEO mastermind placement starts with a Growth Accelerator Call. A DEO coach confirms your Growth Ladder stage, assesses your current coaching engagement, and identifies the mastermind group that aligns most closely with your revenue stage, organizational complexity, and the specific challenges you are working through right now.
Mastermind group matching
Once your stage is confirmed, The DEO matches you with a mastermind group whose members are at the same Growth Ladder segment, ensuring that every peer in the room is dealing with the same scale, the same complexity, and the same category of challenges you are. The matching process accounts for group size, current cohort composition, and the specific focus areas most relevant to your organization's stage and primary constraints.
Your first Mastermind session
Your first session is where the value of stage matched peer accountability becomes immediately apparent. Your DEO Tribe Coach facilitates the conversation, introduces you to the group, and creates the space for the kind of honest, high trust peer exchange that most dental entrepreneurs have never had access to before. Most members leave their first mastermind session with at least one insight they can implement immediately, and a clear sense of how much faster they will grow with this group behind them.
Ongoing accountability and compounding growth
From here the mastermind becomes one of the most consistent and most valuable parts of your DEO membership. Sessions build on each other as the group deepens. Accountability commitments are tracked, shared experiences accumulate, and the collective intelligence of the group compounds with every meeting. The peer relationships that form inside DEO mastermind groups are among the most frequently cited sources of long term value by The DEO's most successful members, because the people you grow with inside the mastermind become the network you rely on long after any individual coaching engagement ends.
Real practice owners. Real results.
DEO members don't just feel better about their businesses — they build fundamentally different ones. Here's what that looks like in practice.
Frequently asked questions
A DEO Mastermind group is a curated, stage matched peer group of dental entrepreneurs at the same Growth Ladder segment — brought together for regular, facilitated problem solving conversations led by an experienced DEO Tribe Coach. Every mastermind group is organized by revenue stage so every participant is dealing with the same scale, complexity, and category of challenges. The format creates a high trust, high accountability peer environment where the collective intelligence of the group surfaces insights, solutions, and perspectives that no individual coaching relationship or training program can replicate.
Full Mastermind group participation is available to DEO full coaching members at the High Producer stage and above. The DEO App members get access to mastermind resources inside the App (including facilitation frameworks, problem solving templates, and recorded content from past Mastermind sessions) as an introduction to the mastermind format and a preview of what full coaching membership adds. When an App member is ready to transition to full coaching the mastermind group becomes one of the most immediately impactful additions to their DEO membership.
Most dental industry conferences and peer groups bring together dental professionals with a wide range of practice sizes, stages, and challenges, which means the conversations are broad, the relevance is inconsistent, and the accountability is essentially nonexistent. The DEO Mastermind groups are stage matched, consistently facilitated, and built around an ongoing accountability structure that deepens with every session. The difference between a DEO Mastermind and a typical dental peer group is the difference between a curated, coach facilitated growth accelerator and a networking event . Most members feel that difference from their very first session.
"Seven years ago we had three practices and visions of what we wanted to do but no roadmap and no tools. Today we are at 18 locations and we intend to continue to grow. The DEO broke our business down and helped us rebuild it in a much more effective and efficient way."
"When I joined I think we were doing around $11 million. We do about $20 million now. It was tough to navigate — every day felt like new territory. DEO helped me figure out how to grow strategically without running myself into the ground."
"Before joining DEO I was in the chair five days a week every week. Today I am 95% out of the chair. I have learned that I am far more efficient working on my business than in my business."
"The best thing we learned from DEO is that this is a business for people. Once we started tuning into our doctors, hygienists, front desk, and office managers the business took a different shape. Once you understand the fundamentals lie with the people — the numbers take care of themselves."
"Prior to joining DEO we had one office. We now have four locations — and in that original office we demolished it and built a new one double the size. A lot of it was we just did not know how to do certain things. DEO showed us there was a better way."
"When we started with DEO we had three to four locations. Since then we have grown to eight and we are about to open two more to hit 10. Me and my partner both do not practice full time anymore. DEO helped us understand the strategy behind the growth and gave us the confidence that we could actually do it."
"Talking to groups that are larger gives me a reference for what the future can hold and what the end result can be for us. It gives us motivation to keep going — and helps me see the positive in every situation."
"When we started we had four locations. Now we have 12. I take a month off every year — this last year went to Portugal and Iceland. When I joined DEO in 2018 I was practicing five days a week, had a two hour commute, and two kids under five. It was pretty stressful."
"We did about $6.5 million together last year and we should hit close to $8 million this year. When you start to scale you do not know what you do not know — and DEO stepped in and gave me clear direction and prioritization to say this is what we should be working on now and this is what is coming next."
"We went from $3M to $5M in revenue, and when I look back at all the decisions we've made building our company, The DEO has easily been the most impactful."
"My biggest frustration was I wanted to grow but I did not know how to do it without undermining the special way I take care of patients. I did not want to ruin something that was really good. DEO helped me figure out how to grow in a way that kept our mission going in the right direction."
"I spent nine years thinking the best way to be successful was to be the best clinician I could be. I ignored the business totally. DEO gave me the financial clarity I never had — and this year we are on track to go from $1.6 million to over $2 million."
"Before DEO we were at one location with 11 team members and heavily insurance dependent. We now have three locations, solid team members at all positions, and are moving more and more away from insurance dependence. We are stronger, leaner, and faster than we have ever been."
"Seven years ago we had three practices and visions of what we wanted to do but no roadmap and no tools. Today we are at 18 locations and we intend to continue to grow. The DEO broke our business down and helped us rebuild it in a much more effective and efficient way."
"When I joined I think we were doing around $11 million. We do about $20 million now. It was tough to navigate — every day felt like new territory. DEO helped me figure out how to grow strategically without running myself into the ground."
"Before joining DEO I was in the chair five days a week every week. Today I am 95% out of the chair. I have learned that I am far more efficient working on my business than in my business."
"The best thing we learned from DEO is that this is a business for people. Once we started tuning into our doctors, hygienists, front desk, and office managers the business took a different shape. Once you understand the fundamentals lie with the people — the numbers take care of themselves."
"Prior to joining DEO we had one office. We now have four locations — and in that original office we demolished it and built a new one double the size. A lot of it was we just did not know how to do certain things. DEO showed us there was a better way."
"When we started with DEO we had three to four locations. Since then we have grown to eight and we are about to open two more to hit 10. Me and my partner both do not practice full time anymore. DEO helped us understand the strategy behind the growth and gave us the confidence that we could actually do it."
"Talking to groups that are larger gives me a reference for what the future can hold and what the end result can be for us. It gives us motivation to keep going — and helps me see the positive in every situation."
"When we started we had four locations. Now we have 12. I take a month off every year — this last year went to Portugal and Iceland. When I joined DEO in 2018 I was practicing five days a week, had a two hour commute, and two kids under five. It was pretty stressful."
"We did about $6.5 million together last year and we should hit close to $8 million this year. When you start to scale you do not know what you do not know — and DEO stepped in and gave me clear direction and prioritization to say this is what we should be working on now and this is what is coming next."
"We went from $3M to $5M in revenue, and when I look back at all the decisions we've made building our company, The DEO has easily been the most impactful."
"My biggest frustration was I wanted to grow but I did not know how to do it without undermining the special way I take care of patients. I did not want to ruin something that was really good. DEO helped me figure out how to grow in a way that kept our mission going in the right direction."
"I spent nine years thinking the best way to be successful was to be the best clinician I could be. I ignored the business totally. DEO gave me the financial clarity I never had — and this year we are on track to go from $1.6 million to over $2 million."
"Before DEO we were at one location with 11 team members and heavily insurance dependent. We now have three locations, solid team members at all positions, and are moving more and more away from insurance dependence. We are stronger, leaner, and faster than we have ever been."