She Opened During COVID and Built a Multi-Million Dollar Practice

The EntreMD Podcast

The EntreMD Podcast
She Opened During COVID and Built a Multi-Million Dollar Practice
May 19, 2026 Episode 526
Dr. Una

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Dr. Tolu Olabintan launched her family medicine practice in the middle of COVID and grew it to a multi-million dollar, multi-clinician practice — here's how she did it.

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Private practice is not dead. Dr. Tolu built the evidence.

In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Tolu Olabintan  — family physician, obesity medicine specialist, and founder of Livingspring Medical Center in Mansfield, Texas — for a conversation that covers the full arc of her journey: launching virtually in November 2020 at the height of COVID, opening on the ground in July 2021, and building from her first four-figure month all the way to multiple seven figures, 10,000+ patients served, and a team of six clinicians.

Dr. Tolu gets real about what it actually took — letting go of micromanaging everything herself, building a team when the space felt too small for one, staying coachable when she thought she already knew, and saying no to the distractions that looked like opportunities. She also talks about what changed when she stopped asking "is this possible?" and started asking "how?" — and how that shift in thinking touched every part of her business and her life.

This is a behind-the-scenes look at a physician who built the dream practice and the dream life, and is still building.

Tune in and get inspired!

Timestamps:

00:00 Teaser 

01:20 Welcome and intro 

02:50 Dr. Tolu's background and origin story 

04:40 Where the practice stands today 

08:55 The mindset shift: "if" to "how" 

10:30 Work-life balance at multiple seven figures 

14:20 AI scribing and note systems 

15:30 The birthday dinner story 

18:00 Why team is non-negotiable 

20:30 Overcoming resistance to building a team 

22:25 The cost of saying no 

24:40 Who she was vs. who she is now 

36:00 Three things she had to say yes to 

37:45 Mentoring and receiving it 

43:40 Coaching as a shorter cut 

49:25 Three things she said no to 

52:50 The biggest obstacle between physicians and their dream

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Follow Dr. Tolu on Instagram: @dr_olabintanmd

Dr. Tolu on YouTube: @dr_olabintanmd 

Livingspring Medical Center: www.livingspringmedicals.com 

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