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061: How to Scale a DSO and Prepare It for Private Equity | Eric Pastan

18 September 2026 · 41:35 · Episode 61

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How do you scale a DSO without creating a collection of practices that operate like completely different businesses? In this episode of The Real Talk of Dental, Brandi Marzolino sits down with Eric Pastan, who built a 45-practice DSO and sold it to private equity, to explore what sustainable growth actually requires. Eric explains the difference between scaling and stacking, what private equity buyers value beyond…

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