Your Practice, Your Path
Pathways to Practice Ownership program
Pathways to Practice Ownership
Join us live-online for our Pathways to Practice Ownership webinar series. Free to NYSVMS members.
Plus, we have partnered with Veterinary Ownership Advocates to bring you a self-paced, 24-hour, CE-approved program that gives you the real-world finance, legal, leadership, and operations skills vet school didn’t.
NYSVMS members save $500 on the VOA program.
Veterinary Ownership Advocates
Leading the Way
Why this program
Owning a practice is achievable—and worth it. VOA’s faculty bring 60+ years of practice and leadership experience and a practical roadmap from “thinking about it” to thriving as an owner.
What you get
- 4 hours of CE you can complete on your schedule.
- Self-paced online learning with clear, step-by-step modules.
- Live mastermind community to ask questions, get support, and swap resources.
- Owner-ready templates & frameworks focused on finance, KPIs, HR, marketing, and growth.
How this fits our Pathways Program
This course complements our Pathways to Practice Ownership webinar series—start with a webinar to sample the journey, then dive into VOA for the full owner toolkit. (VOA also offers free RACE-approved intro sessions you can preview anytime.)
Curriculum at a glance
- Fundamentals: partnership vs. solo, de novo vs. acquisition, business models, business plans, location, financing, construction, legal team.
- Finance & Legal: budgeting, financial statements, KPIs/benchmarks, vendors, inventory, CapEx, accounting.
- People: leadership, VMV & standards of care, culture, hiring/retention, comp/benefits, HR, staff meetings.
- Operations & Marketing: systems, scheduling, leveraging, service mix, retention & acquisition marketing, social/referral, PIMS, maintenance, regulatory.
After You’re Open: when to hire (team/vet), manager vs. consultant, common pain points, scaling, moving a practice.
Who it’s for
- Associates exploring ownership in the next 6–24 months
- New owners seeking a structured playbook
- Practice leaders leveling up finance, HR, and growth systems