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Dr. Michael Filosi of Fullarton Park Dental: From 2 Chairs to Adelaide's Largest Dental Practice with 18% Annual Growth, Building Strong Habits, Leading Teams, and Selling the Business Successfully in 2025 Exit Mastery. (Episode 770 - Dr. Michael Filosi

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Dr. Michael Filosi grew his dental practice to Adelaide's largest and sold it after compounding sales 18% yearly.

This episode of the Grow A Small Business Podcast features host Troy Trewin interviewing Dr. Michael Filosi, the founder of Fullarton Park Dental in Adelaide, Australia. Dr. Filosi successfully grew and sold his dental practice, making it a notable case study in business scaling and exit. The conversation centers on his decade-long journey from buying a small practice to building the largest in his city. Dr. Filosi completed a five-year dental degree and worked as an employee dentist for ten years before purchasing a two-chair practice in 2015. He grew the practice to ten chairs and over twenty full-time equivalent staff members. Annual sales compounded at 18% per year during his ownership. He transitioned from performing billable clinical work to focusing solely on managing the business. The practice was sold in 2025 after becoming the largest dental practice in Adelaide, a city of 1.4 million people. A key insight was Filosi's approach to embedding habits by tying them to one's identity rather than relying on willpower. His appearance on John Warrillow's "Built to Sell Radio" podcast, episode 527, was the connection point for this interview. The discussion promises to explore the specific barriers he faced and the numbers behind his growth. Filosi emphasizes the value of content focused on business exits for owners. The tone is conversational and educational, structured as an interview between a host and a successful entrepreneur. It is designed to extract practical lessons and retrospective advice from a concrete business journey. Listeners interested in scaling service-based businesses, particularly in healthcare, would find this episode highly relevant. Those seeking theoretical business discussions or entertainment-focused content might choose to skip it.

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