Accelerate Practice Academy - Medicine. Business. Life.
For Independent Veterinary Practice Owners

Medicine. Business. Life.
Stop sacrificing—have all three.

You've been told you have to pick two: Be a great vet with no life. Have a life but struggle financially. Make money but compromise the medicine you love.

That choice is killing you. And it's a lie. It's time for change...

It's not your fault. You were trained to heal animals—not manage spreadsheets, HR crises, and shrinking margins. That's not a weakness. That's exactly why you became a vet.

257+
Independent Practices Transformed
$176K
Average Profit Increase Annually
2hrs
Implementation Per Week

Clients are proving it daily: When you love practicing the medicine again, success follows. When your business grows, freedom appears. And when you live a greater life outside the clinic, everything thrives.

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The Reality

The industry that trained you to heal
is making you sick.

You didn't become a vet to become a burnt-out business owner. But here you are:

Checking your phone at 10pm to see if overnight coverage is sorted. Again.

Taking home similar pay to your employed vets despite the extra responsibility.

Retreating to your office for 5-mins of peace before dealing with another team conflict.

Wondering when your spouse will stop asking "When do WE get to matter?"

50+

Hours Per Week

Average for practice owners. Your kids have stopped asking if you'll be at their games. They already know the answer.

6-8%

Profit Margins

Industry average. After decades of training. With life-and-death responsibility. It's not enough.

$202K

Average Debt

Carrying this weight while trying to build a business and a life. Something has to change.

4×

Higher Risk

Four times higher suicide risk. One colleague lost every 12 weeks. You're not imagining the weight you're carrying.

The Permission

What if you could have all three?

...Without selling your soul.

You became a vet because you love medicine. That hasn't changed. What needs to change is the approach that's crushing practice owners across the country.

With one simple shift, you can:

✓ Practice the medicine you trained for, without compromise
✓ Build a team that stays, grows, and treats the practice like their own
✓ Create profit margins that fund the life you desire
✓ Step away knowing the business runs without you
✓ Be home for dinner without guilt—because your team has it handled

"I finally believe I deserve success."

Most practice owners we work with started exactly where you are. Overwhelmed. Underpaid. Yet knowing, there's more. That there is a better way. Months later, they can't imagine going back.

The Results

Results that speak for themselves

$176K
Average Annual Profit Increase
90%+
Team Retention Rate
121%
Average Profitability Increase
2hrs
Implementation Time Per Week

Medicine you love again. Business that grows. Life you actually live.

Where are you on the journey?

Every practice owner we work with started in one of these three places, knowing there was a 'better' way forward...

1

Trapped in a Trade-Off

Working harder than ever. Margins thinner than they should be. No time for anything but the clinic. You're doing everything right—but something's still wrong.

"I can't keep doing this. My family is disappearing while I'm trying to save everyone else's pets."

2

Running to Stand Still

You've built a team. Revenue's growing. But the business still runs on YOU. Every day feels like firefighting. Taking a week off seems impossible.

"I built something that needs me to survive. That's not a business—that's another full-time job I can't quit."

3

Ready for Much More

Your model is proven. Profitability is solid. The question isn't whether you can succeed—it's whether you can build a much bigger business that runs without you.

"There has to be a simpler way to multiply."

Your Family Deserves To Have You Back

We know your spouse has been patient. Maybe too patient.

The missed dinners. The cancelled plans. The conversations that always circle back to practice.

They didn't sign up to be a practice widow/widower. And you didn't sign up to choose between your family and your calling.

257+ practice owners who've choosen to grow the APA way will tell you: Their families noticed the change before their bank accounts did.

Success Stories

Practice owners who stopped sacrificing

Revenue +62% • Profit +214%

"I was a sceptic when I first considered APA. But the results have been incredible. If you're considering it, my advice is simple: Trust the process. Don't wait 25 years like I did."

LB
Lisa Brisbane
Canobolas Family Pet Hospital
From Liquidation → Financial Freedom

"We were drowning in debt and ready to liquidate. Now we live life on our terms—with time for family, travel, and a business that thrives even when we're away."

SG
Alex & Steve Gilmore
Waiheke Vets, New Zealand
20%+ Profit Margin

"I went from feeling like an impostor, overwhelmed and underpaid, to a confident owner of a thriving practice. I finally believe I deserve success."

SR
Dr Sally Rekers
Mansfield Vets
Enjoying Veterinary Again

"This has been life-changing. The bottom line is I have a flourishing business that has doubled in profitability and I am enjoying the veterinary profession more than ever."

CR
Cameron Rain
Practice Owner
Your Guide

How Sam Helps You Get All Three

Sam Bowden, DVM

Sam Bowden, (BVSc - DVM)

Founder, Accelerate Practice Academy

"I was where you are 15 years ago."

Working huge hours each week. Taking home the same as my employed vets. Missing my kids growing up.

I tried everything: Business coaches who'd never owned a practice. Clinical consultants who ignored the money reality. Work-life gurus who didn't understand the Vet business.

Then I figured it out.

I was choosing between Medicine, Business, and Life.

And the problem was the system that made me sacrifice between them.

So I built a new system. One that integrates all three. Then I taught it to other practice owners.

My spouse finally stopped talking about how disconnected we'd become. My kids started inviting me to things again — and I could actually say yes. More Practice owners started asking how I did it.

That's when I knew: This wasn't just my solution. It was THE solution.

Now I'd like to show you how to create an abundant practice, so you never have to sacrifice again.

— Sam Bowden, (BVSc - DVM)
Founder, Accelerate Practice Academy

It's Time To Take Your First Step Towards Real Change?

Join Our Live Workshop

Clarify - Simplify - Amplify:
Join The Winning Path In 2026

Attend The Winning Path Workshop - Gain clarity on exactly what to implement, and make the next 12 months, your best ever.

→ Understand the ONE shift that changes everything for our practice owners (and why most never discover it)
→ Why another year of "working harder" won't get you different results in 2026
→ The real reason most practice owners feel busy but not productive—and how to fix it
→ Why your "goals" from last year became "maybes" — and how to make the next 12 months different
→ The hidden cost of running your practice without a clear destination (hint: it's not just money)
→ Why "I'll figure it out as I go" is the most expensive strategy in Veterinary Practice Ownership

"After my first Seminar, I knew ONE thing for sure—this process was going to work. It went on to create deep change on all levels for me."

— Kathleen Javen, Bay Vets Runaway Bay

Change Your Results Forever

Create a roadmap you'll follow, identify priorities that move the needle, and step forward with the confidence to attain greater results. Discover what becomes possible when you stop choosing between being a great vet and having a great life.

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The Only Risk Is Staying Where You Are

In 15 years and 257+ practices, we've never had someone follow our process and not see results. The only way this doesn't work is if you don't implement.

But here's the truth: If nothing changes, you already know where you'll be in 12-24-36 months.

Same overwhelm. Same thin margins. Same life and same family sacrifices.

That's the risk we can't protect you from.

Discover Your Winning Path?

Join us for The Winning Path Workshop and find crystal clear clarity on what YOU actually want — Not what the industry says you should want. Create a roadmap you'll actually follow, identify the 2-3 priorities that will move the needle, and step forward with the confidence of knowing exactly what to do and what your results will be. Discover what becomes possible when you stop choosing between being a great Vet and having a great life.

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