Episode 20: Darius Somekhian | Falling Forward Into Entrepreneurial Success
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Show Notes
In this week’s Dental Handoff, Dr. Kelly is joined by Darius Somekhian!
Darius Somekhian is The Head of Business Development for Cloud Dentistry, a digital marketplace where dental practices and professionals connect for work hire. He is also the co-founder of Pair Dental, the agency which pioneered the dental specialists traveling model. He started Pair Dental several years ago, as a business development strategist who partners with traveling In-House dental specialists and helps grow their professional careers in dentistry, one dental office at a time. He started out working in the dental industry at the age of 18 from the trunk of his car. After growing his company to over 15 Million dollars in annual revenue, then transitioning to being on the corporate side, Darius has cultivated an incredible Rolodex of relationships in the industry.
Co-founder of Pair Dental, a disruptive model matchmaking specialist to dental practices, and servicing the relationship. Contracted with over 1500 dental specialists nationwide active in over 150 dental practices.
Cloud Dentistry is creating the largest dental talent marketplace, to change the way dental practices choose their talent and empower dental professionals to build thriving careers.
Darius attended UCLA as an undergrad and is currently the CRO of Pair Dental. He has done consulting for large 100M privately owned dental group practices based out of Texas.
Fun Fact about Darius: He designed, invented, and sold over 500,000 units of the world’s first “99 Cent Pregnancy Test.”
In the episode, Dr. Kelly and Darius discuss:
– Why he chose the dental industry due to both the stability of the industry and flexibility within the industry
– How he got his unique start in the dental sales of dental products
– How he has found the courage to try new marketing strategies to achieve success in the industry
– The one piece of footing for every entrepreneur needs to be successful
– How to get “unstuck” during the process of trying new strategies as an entrepreneur
– How Cloud Dentistry makes it so easy to find available jobs in the dental industry
– The benefits of peer to peer review system making booking through the platform simple and easy
– Darius’ best piece of advice he can give a professional looking for a forever home
– and so much more!
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