MyStory: $6M, 35 Employees, and a Leadership Problem

Bulletproof Dental Practice · May 12, 2026 · 47m

Dr. Tommy Dooley bought a low-reimbursement practice in 2017 doing $1.3M with $600 crowns. Eight years later, he's at $6.1M across two locations with three partners, 35 team members, and 47% overhead. He followed the Bulletproof playbook to the letter: dropped from 10 insurance networks to three, expanded from 7 to 12 ops, brought in partners, and hit 20% year-over-year growth for five straight years.

But then he hit a problem growth could not solve: he's redlining. Not clinically. Not financially. Psychologically.

Tommy thought the next level of leadership meant knowing every team member…