Building a Sellable Private Practice with Craig Goldslager
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What makes a private practice a sellable asset for SLPs?
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To download your free copy, please visit startyourprivatepractice.com backslash roadmap to sign up. Now on to the episode. Did you know that private practices are sellable assets? Meaning that when you're ready, you don't just close your doors and give away all of your clients and materials, but that you can actually sell your private practice and enjoy a nice payday? On today's episode, you're going to meet Craig Goldslugger, who's a financial advisor and certified exit planner. Craig specializes in working with SLPs. Why? Well, because he's married to one, so he cares deeply about our profession and the people in it. Craig has been invited to speak at ASHA and other industry conferences. He's a really nice guy and just wants to make sure that SLPs get what they deserve and aren't selling themselves short.
No matter where you are in the private practice journey, this is an important episode for you to listen to because one day you'll be done with your private practice. Selling your private practice is a great option. So this episode will teach you more about it. So stay tuned. I'm Jenna Castro-Casbon, speech-language pathologist, business coach, and creator of the Start Your Private Practice system, and I'm on a mission to turn stuck SLPs into successful private practitioners. If you're tired of dealing with high productivity requirements, high caseload sizes, and low pay, it's time to take control of your professional, personal, and financial life, and finally get the freedom, flexibility, and financial abundance that you deserve by working with private clients in your own practice.
Join me here each week as I share tips, best practices, and inspirational interviews on the Private Practice Success Stories podcast. If you're a private practitioner or one in the making, you're in the right place, so let's get started.
All right. So today we're having a very special guest on the podcast. I'm going to let Craig introduce himself in a second. But Craig is a financial planner who has a very interesting connection to speech pathologists. And I'll let him share that with you. So welcome, Craig.
Jenna, thank you so much for having me. And when I give talks at ASHA or other industry conferences, and if you go to my website, the first line of my bio is, I'm married to speech pathology, literally. So that is my connection. My wife, Lauren, hey, Lauren, is a private practice owner, speech pathologist. So yes, I'm intimately aware of speech pathology.
Yeah. And Craig, you and I have had numerous conversations and been an advisor for a couple of my programs, which has been awesome. But, you know, one of the things that's really interesting, and you know this as someone who's married to an SLP, is this idea of thinking about the future, right? SLPs love to be very responsible. And most of us really kind of think about, you know, investing in terms of like retirement and that kind of thing. But what I was hoping to be able to chat a little bit with you today about is like this idea of investing in yourself as a business owner, right? Because a lot of SLPs just really have this identity of helping people person that then when people start talking about business stuff and retirement, they kind of shut down a little bit.
So let's talk a little bit about what your experience has been like, you know, again, being the husband of a private practitioner and like working with SLPs to help them reach their financial goals.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What makes a private practice a sellable asset for SLPs?
0:00–6:27
2
How does Craig’s personal connection to speech‑language pathology shape his exit‑planning advice?
6:27–12:08
3
What mindset shift is needed when moving from a W‑2 employee to a private‑practice business owner?
12:08–17:17
4
How can SLPs use income calculators to design their ideal work‑week and earnings?
17:17–22:06
5
What are the key steps to building a sellable private practice from a solopreneur stage?
22:06–27:01
6
When and how should clinicians consider using debt or financing to grow their practice?
27:01–31:52
7
What role do community relationships and multidisciplinary partnerships play in scaling and eventually selling a practice?
31:52–37:03
8
What resources and next‑step programs does Craig recommend for SLPs ready to monetize or exit their business?
37:03–42:45
Speakers
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