The Stethoscope and the Spreadsheet

In Episode 1 of The Stethoscope and the Spreadsheet, co-hosts Martin Traub-Werner and Dr. Peter Weinstein introduce themselves and explain why they launched a podcast dedicated to independent veterinary practice ownership.Topics covered:• Why 75% of companion animal practices are independently owned — and why that matters• Martin's journey from veterinary data analytics to founding VetBooks, a bookkeeping firm exclusively for independent practices• Peter's path from independent practice owner to selling, and what he learned along the way• The debut of the Stethoscope & Spreadsheet Seven — the rapid-fire questions you'll hear every episodeWhether you're a current practice owner, an associate thinking about ownership, or a veterinary professional who believes independent medicine is worth fighting for — this one's for you.New episodes biweekly. Produced in partnership with Veterinary Management Groups (VMG).---SHOW NOTESEpisode 1: Why Independent Practice Needs Its Own PodcastBefore the guests arrive, meet the hosts.In this debut episode, Martin Traub-Werner and Dr. Peter Weinstein sit down to introduce themselves, share the story behind the podcast, and make the case for why independent veterinary practice ownership deserves its own platform.Martin is an entrepreneur who stumbled into veterinary medicine through data — building the industry's first business intelligence and analytics company, selling it to VetSource in 2018, and going on to found VetBooks, a bookkeeping firm exclusively serving independent veterinary practices. Peter is a veterinarian, MBA, speaker, and advocate who owned and operated an independent practice for over a decade before selling, and has spent the years since disrupting, educating, and championing the profession he loves.Together, they introduce the Stethoscope & Spreadsheet Seven — the rapid-fire question segment you'll hear at the end of every episode — and answer all seven questions themselves.In this episode:• Why 75% of companion animal practices are independently owned — and why that's worth celebrating• The tools and ecosystem shifts making independent ownership more viable than ever• Martin's journey from PIMS data problems to veterinary bookkeeping• Peter's path from Cornell rejection to independent practice owner to VMG advocate• The Stethoscope & Spreadsheet Seven: what keeps them up at night, their greatest joys, hardest conversations, and the animals that changed them• What advice they'd both give their younger selvesMentioned in this episode:• Veterinary Management Groups (VMG) · myvmg.com• VetBooks (Martin's bookkeeping firm for independent practices)• The E-Myth Revisited by Michael Gerber• Good to Great by Jim Collins• In Search of Excellence by Tom PetersNew episodes every two weeks. Supported by Veterinary Management Groups (VMG) · myvmg.com