From Employee to Multiple 7-Figure Private Practice Owner in 5 Years | Dr. Karen Kaufman

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The EntreMD Podcast
From Employee to Multiple 7-Figure Private Practice Owner in 5 Years | Dr. Karen Kaufman
Feb 16, 2026 Episode 513
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How do you go from employee to running a multiple 7-figure private practice in under 5 years?

I hijacked an episode of my daughter's podcast called The Profitable Private Practice Podcast. My daughter is Cheta. She is 17 years old, and for the last few months, she has been interviewing doctors in the EntreMD Business School who are in private practice, finding out their secrets, and tracking their journeys from the beginning.

Today, you are going to listen to the incredible Dr. Karen Kaufman, who takes us all the way back to when she was working as a naval physician, to when she started her own private practice. You’ll learn how she built it, all the challenges she had to overcome, and how she reached multiple 7 figures in less than five years.

Tune in and get inspired! 

Key Takeaways:

  • 00:00 Intro
  • 01:18 Is private practice dead? 
  • 05:27 Entrepreneurship sparked during military fellowship years 
  • 09:09 Mindset shifts before launching private practice 
  • 12:48 Scaling to multiple seven figures fast  
  • 18:36 Inside EBS business school experience  
  • 22:02 Private practice impact on personal life  
  • 25:47 Key lesson for struggling practice owners  
  • 27:41 Overcoming control while building strong team 

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  • The Profitable Private Practice Movement - If you want to build a thriving private practice that serves a lot of patients, while creating time and financial freedom for you, come join us here.
  • EntreMD Business School Grow - This is our year-long program with a track record of producing physician entrepreneurs who are building 6, 7 and 7+ figure businesses. They do this while building their dream lives!
  • EntreMD Business School Scale - This is our high-level mastermind for physicians who have crossed the seven figure milestone and want to build their businesses to be well oiled machines that can run without them.

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