Mustard Seed Partners
Grow With MSP
MSP is a M&A Advisor that brings a Fresh Approach to helping you find the DSO or MSO that is the best fit for you.
We work with practices to understand the options and different models available. MSP offers a unique approach for dentists, dental specialists, and medical professionals to realize the maximum value for what they've grown and we intimately understand how important the fit is for you and your team.
About
The story of the mustard seed is one of the most extreme examples of growth.
This short parable translates to many of our careers, starting with humble beginnings and an extreme faith that we could use and grow our gifts to take care of many people. Just like most anything, without care and attention the seed, our ideas, will not flourish.
We are called to be faithful stewards in each relationship we develop. We serve our clients with our time, talent and resources while celebrating what our clients have built and will continue to grow with their potential new partnership.
We want to hear your story and walk beside you as you enter the next chapter. While you continue to care for your patients, we will help you compile the necessary information needed to create your story board. Then we will help determine your practices maximum value and create a marketing strategy to source interested partners and create introductions.
Our yeses are yes and our no’s are no’s and our goal is to assist you in deciding whether those at the table align with your culture and vision for the future.
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Tamara Zwick, J.D.
Founder
Mustard Seed Partners (MSP) was a natural progression following a decade of practicing business law with a focus on dental, medical and veterinary merger and acquisitions. Our team saw a need to help professionals navigate the DSO/MSO journey with a high touch and detailed approach to ensure a smooth process. I had the extreme fortune during the last 10 years of my legal career of being mentored by and working with some of the best and brightest attorneys in Columbus, OH. Uniquely, two of those colleagues held dual degrees of D.D.S./J.D. and R.D.H./J.D. I also had the privilege of guest lecturing at dental graduate programs, dental symposiums and study groups.
Over the past couple of years, I stepped away from the legal world to focus on our family of six. During that time, I also helped guide my husband through the process of partnering his own orthodontic practice with an orthodontic support organization (OSO). In the last 5 years as their company has grown and changed, so has his role, moving from a purely clinical orthodontist to helping lead the Business Development team for a company that recently had a $2.4B valuation.
Mustard Seed Partners was born out of the many conversations we have had over the past 5 years with friends and colleagues asking about the DSO/MSO space. The ability to leverage my knowledge and relationships of the industry with my husband’s experience and combining our passion for helping doctors realize their goals and dreams set me on this humble journey. I enjoy watching these partnerships grow and helping doctors navigate these rapidly evolving industries.
Already Have an Offer?
Whether you decided to initially negotiate this path on your own and it became overwhelming, or received an unsolicited offer, it is not too late for MSP to help. We have proven that by partnering with MSP we can come alongside and increase the value of your offer in hand.
FAQ
- MSP brings a unique set of skills and experience while providing a very personalized experience for their clients. I do not sign you up and pass you along to anyone instead will walk through the process of finding the right partner step by step until the closing day celebration.
- Knowledge of not only the buyers/partners out there but also knowing through personal relationships many of the doctors/leadership teams involved is very valuable to our clients ensuring not only financial fit but a cultural alignment as well.
- In our experience of working with smart doctors, just like you, we have been able to streamline a very stressful and exciting journey. Having walked down this path both personally with my husband’s partnership of his own practice and professionally on both sides of the table, our team understands the complex and time-consuming nature of this process.
- MSP will help you find the partner you want to grow with by being an advocate on your behalf, ensuring the correct structure while working to maximize your deal value.
- Our team will also ensure accuracy of the buyers EBITDA calculation ensuring all those perks you enjoy as a business owner are added back correctly.
- Our team only reaps a fee if what we sow together during this process grows into a transaction that closes. If you do not partner, we do not get paid.
- Our success is directly tied to your success because we are paid on a percentage of your Total Enterprise Value at close. This creates great alignment during the valuation process.
Following an introductory call and the decision to work together we will send you a very straight forward engagement letter outlining the details of our agreement. When you engage our team we ask for a 6 mo. exclusivity period of introducing you to potential partners. If we complete a partnership, the percentage of the total valuation is paid upon closing. Again, you will owe us nothing should a great partnership not be formed and closed.
In our experience the entire process, with a good cadence on diligence requests, should take around 6-9 months from initial engagement kickoff call to close.
Resources
The American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons supports its members' ability to practice through education, research, and advocacy.
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The American Dental Association is your source for clinical guidelines, oral health research, and industry news and data to support your career in dentistry.