She Was Working 20 Hours a Day. Here's What She Built Instead.

She was working 20 hours a day in fee-for-service medicine, and her supervisor was online at 3am too, totally unbothered. That's when Dr. Victoria Leventis-Shew knew nothing was ever going to change. So she changed everything.Dr. Leventis-Shew is the founder of Victory Family Medicine in Columbia, SC, a physician-only micropractice she built intentionally, organically, and on her own terms. In this episode she gets radically honest about the financial decisions that shaped her DPC journey: using retirement savings to launch, hiring a consulting firm she wasn't sure she needed, growing slowly without advertising, and why a financial advisor has been one of her most important investments.What we cover:The 3am moment that made leaving feel like survival, not a choiceUsing retirement funds to launch, and why she'd do it againThe real cost of hiring a consulting firm (and the complicated truth about whether it was worth it)Why slow, organic growth is a financial strategy, not a failureHow a micropractice under 130 patients can be sustainable and deeply fulfillingWhat financial sustainability actually looks like when you're a solo physician with no staff🗓️ March on My DPC Story: Sustainable DPC Economics Every episode this month explores what it takes to build a DPC practice built to last. Listen to the full series.🎧 Extended, commercial-free on Patreon Patreon.com/MyDPCStoryExplore Hint's Marketplace today, an app-like experience connecting all your tools into Hint! CHIEF COMPLAINT COFFEE & TEA. Celebrating when nothing comes between you and your patient. NO PRIOR AUTHS. Literally, that's one of the coffees you'll find at CHIEF COMPLAINT COFFEE & TEA.Support the showGET your FREE MONTHLY BUSINESS TOOL DOWNLOADBecome A My DPC Story PATREON MEMBER! SPONSOR THE PODMy DPC Story VOICEMAIL! DPC SWAG!FACEBOOK * INSTAGRAM * LinkedIn * TWITTER * TIKTOK * YouTube