In short: Your thoughts drive your actions, and the more you positively visualize what you want, the more likely you are to put in the work to get it. In episode 197 of the PT Entrepreneur Podcast, Danny Matta shares how he was so sure he would get into the Army-Baylor PT program that he told a wh...

In short: The three biggest barriers that keep physical therapists from starting a cash-based practice are mindset (fear of failure and rejection), student loans, and not knowing how the business actually works. In Episode 196 of the PT Entrepreneur Podcast, Danny Matta explains why that fear is n...

In short: Physical therapy business owners should put the work in first, set clear goals, and then celebrate when they hit them instead of only saving and moving straight to the next target. In episode 195 of the PT Entrepreneur Podcast, Danny Matta shares how a save, save, save money mindset kept...

In short: The five biggest lessons from five years of running a cash-based PT practice are to make decisions based on how you would want your family treated, stop comparing yourself to others, show up and listen, treat the whole person instead of just the injury, and surround yourself with amazing...

In short: Fear of failure keeps many physical therapists from ever starting a business, and choosing not to try is not the same as not losing. In Episode 193 of the PT Entrepreneur Podcast, Danny Matta compares his seven-year-old son Jack, who would rather not try than lose, to new practice owners...

In short: Nicole and Jesse Cozean grew Pelvic Sanity, a cash-based pelvic health practice in Laguna Hills, California, to five physical therapists, a massage therapist, and a front desk hire in about three years. They did it with long, empathetic front desk calls, patient folders and action plans,...

In short: The fastest way to build local referral relationships is to be genuinely interested in the other person before you ever pitch your practice. In Episode 191 of the PT Entrepreneur Podcast, Danny Matta explains why about 80% of a first conversation should be about the other business owner,...

In short: Duane Scotti, a full-time physical therapy professor from Wallingford, Connecticut, built Spark Physical Therapy as a mobile, out of network practice that treats dancers, gymnasts, runners, and active adults onsite at their gyms and studios. On episode 190 of the PT Entrepreneur Podcast,...

In short: Waiting for the perfect time, the right skill set, or for everything to align usually means the thing you want never happens. In E189 of the PT Entrepreneur Podcast, Danny Matta reads the "waiting place" passage from Dr. Seuss and explains that waiting often hides a fear of failing. His ...

In short: The way to grow as a physical therapy business owner is to focus on small, consistent improvements every day instead of fixating on the end result. In E187 of the PT Entrepreneur Podcast, Danny Matta shares how revising the sales section of the Gym PT Blueprint showed him how much he has...

In short: A growth mindset is the belief that you can learn and figure out anything, while a fixed mindset assumes things are the way they are and your effort cannot change much. In Episode 186 of the PT Entrepreneur Podcast, Danny Matta sits down in Salt Lake City with Jerred Moon of End of Three...

In short: A free day is a scheduled day, during the work week, when you do nothing business-related and spend the time on something for yourself. In Episode E185 of the PT Entrepreneur Podcast, Danny Matta explains why he and his business partners Yves Gege and Jerred Moon skipped a planned work d...