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Run the Numbers Before You Open Location Two
E116 · Republish. The full original E028 conversation with Nathan Hayes, director of financial services at IDOC. First aired February 20, 2025. 41:34.
The short version
Nathan Hayes works on practice financials with independent optometry owners. He also helps run Books and Benchmarks, a bookkeeping and benchmarking service from IDOC.
When an owner tells him they want a second location, his first question is always "why?"
This is the full conversation, back in the feed: what multi-location owners do well, who controls each line of the P&L, the cost targets he watches, EBITDA, what buyers pay…
The skinny
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