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A Better Way To Build Your Vet Practice...
Proven By Owners Exactly Like You!

You know more is possible... So let's diagnose the blockage and implement the system that has succeeded for 100's of Independent Practice Owners.

✓ Numbers that make sense
✓ A team that runs the day without you
✓ Weekends that stay yours
Join The Path Walked By Hundreds Before You!

Owners From Across The Globe Arrive Here For One Of Two Reasons.

You’ll Probably Recognise Yourself In One Of These.

You’re the proactive owner who can see the next level. A few years in, or a couple of decades deep. The Practice is good and you want it great. You’ve got clients who love you, a team that cares for the patients, decent revenue. The elements are all there.

Or you’re the owner who’s worn down. The business you built to give you freedom is quietly taking it instead. And somewhere along the way, the dream became a job you can’t quit.

You're not broken and you're not the only one who feels this way. You just built something that grew up around you. Nobody taught you how to build the structure beneath it...

It's time to get the Medicine, Business and Life working together, instead of trading one off against the others.

“I feel like I'm trying to keep my team, my clients, my kids, my husband and the accountant happy, and it leaves me so exhausted that at the end of the day I have vegemite on toast and a cup of tea, and I fall into bed, only to get up and do it all again.”

— Practice Owner, Regional Australia

...What you’re carrying is real, and it’s far more common than anyone says out loud.

If you’re still reading, you’re an Independent Vet Practice Owner asking the question nobody else seems to ask out loud: “OK. But how do I actually fix it?”

You’re Carrying The Whole Practice.

And you didn’t build this to be trapped inside it.

Most owners think the issue is effort. Or a difficult team member. Or a tough patch in the local market. Or one fee schedule that needs revisiting.

Yet the problem causing the problem is almost always structural. And that same structure is the things that lets the job get done without you, that’s the part nobody taught you to build.

The Accelerator works on that structure. The numbers move because the structure moves. The team steps up because the structure asks them to. Your time comes back because the structure stops needing you for everything.

New Zealand

“I had very little business background, so the Program was extremely helpful for understanding business fundamentals, the necessary tasks, and where to focus my attention. I run a niche Practice, so at times I had to work out the relevance for me, but it introduced things I hadn't thought of and I was able to get value. The Program was great.”

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Helen Orbell
Rash Vets

Clarify. Create The Plan. Implement it!

Three phases. Four weeks each. Same structure for every Practice. The symptoms are not the disease. Once you see what's actually driving them, the next move becomes obvious, and that feeling of not knowing where to start disappears.

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Clarify

Weeks 1–4

We find the problem causing the problem. (Often it isn’t the one you’ve been worrying about.)

  • A deep diagnostic on your Practice. Numbers, team, time, energy. Where the real constraint is actually sitting
  • Learn to read your own P&L the way Sam and Shane read them. The way that tells you where the next $50K is hiding
  • Time and energy audit. Where the Practice runs on you, and where the load can come off
  • By the end of week four, the picture is honest. You see the structure under the Practice. Often for the first time
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Create The Plan

Weeks 5–8

The plan gets small. Small enough to actually do.

  • A simple, custom 90-day plan with the 3 to 5 levers that will actually move your dial
  • We give you half a day a week back, minimum. Most owners get more
  • Your best hours go to the few things that actually move the dial. You build a Perfect Week that stops running on reaction
  • By the end of week eight, your plan is small and simple enough to actually execute
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Implement

Weeks 9–12

We walk the implementation with you, week by week.

  • Fortnightly small-group coaching with your cohort. Course correction in real time
  • Peer accountability from owners running similar Practices in similar markets
  • Frameworks, scripts and tools designed to land in the Practice by Monday morning
  • By the end of week twelve, the trajectory has shifted. The Practice is moving. The team is moving...and you can feel the momentum.
From Recent Accelerator Owners
NSW, Australia

Latest month: 12.5% margin

“As a new owner, the Program helped me find my feet. I'm tracking the numbers better, and my most recent month jumped up above the 10% margin to 12.5%. I'm happy with the progress on my plan, I've enjoyed the process, and I wouldn't have added anything. The Program was great.”

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Kylie Hardwicke
Hawkesbury Equine Clinic
NSW, Australia

“The amount of information in the Accelerator made it absolutely amazing value. If you implemented everything available, you would be streets ahead. Even implementing a small part of it would make a huge difference. You could observe people's mindsets changing as the program progressed.”

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Alastair Hayward
MiVet, Leeton

Twelve Weeks. Built To Make The Change Stick.

Everything below is built around one outcome. A Practice that thrives, with you choosing how much of your life it consumes.

A Proper Diagnostic

A real read on your Practice. Numbers, team, time, energy. Where the real constraint is sitting. Where the next $50K to $200K is hiding inside the Practice you already have.

A Customised 90-Day Plan

The 3 to 5 levers that will actually move your dial, in the order that makes sense for your Practice. Specific. Built around your numbers. Yours to keep.

Small-Group Coaching

10 Practice owners max per cohort. People running similar Practices in similar markets. Wins get shared. Problems get worked. The honest stuff gets said. (Kindly. But said.)

Video KPI Reviews

You send the numbers. You get back a recorded video walking through what’s working, what needs adjusting, and exactly where to move next. The kind of review you’d pay a consultant $5,000 for.

The Methodology That Works

The same Clarify, Simplify, Amplify structure used with 257+ Practices to generate a $176K average annual profit increase. Adapted for the 12-week cohort window.

Structured Accountability

Calls focused on what got done this fortnight. Planning without execution is dreaming. Twelve weeks is too short to spend dreaming. The cohort makes sure you spend it doing.

From Recent Accelerator Owners
NSW, Australia

“It was a good all-around course for business. I still have a lot to unpack, but I've already started completing some protocols and making some pricing and template changes.”

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Katherine Dodd
Rivers Equine
Tampa, Florida, USA

“The teachings about mindset have made a big difference already. I've begun looking over my own invoices, and I enjoyed the process.”

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Albert Nelmapius
Safari Vet

People Who Made The Change

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Three Perspectives. One Job. Your Practice.

For thirteen years we’ve done this work with 257+ Practice owners across Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the United States. We bring clarity, honest numbers, and support by someone who’s actually done it. None of it works by piling more pressure onto an already-full plate, so we don’t.

Sam Bowden, BVSc
Sam Bowden, BVSc
Founder

Sam spent 15 years as a practicing Vet and built two Practices himself. The first one nearly broke him. The second ended up with the highest margin in the southern hemisphere. He’s a Vet who learned the business side the hard way, and 257+ Practice owners have used the same playbook since.

Shane Barker
Shane Barker
Co-Founder, The Enforcer

Shane is the reason plans get executed. He’s not a Vet, which is precisely the point. He sees the Practice from outside the medicine, simplifies the complex, and reads what isn’t working. He’ll name the things you’d rather he didn’t. (Kindly. But he’ll name them.) That’s the whole point. Progress.

Lisa Scheepers
Lisa Scheepers
Coach

Lisa has built, led, and successfully exited Veterinary Practices. Practical, direct, and the kind of calm that comes from having actually done it. She focuses on performance, people, systems and client experience. She works closely with Practice owners to lift accountability and build cultures where high standards become the everyday.

Accelerator Owners In The United States

The Work Travels.

Kentucky, USA

COGS 38% → 31% in two months

“As an owner, I'd spent most of my time figuring it out on the fly and flying by the seat of my pants. The Accelerator gave me a concrete framework to focus on, and I no longer just have to hope that things improve. What surprised me most was the focus on clarifying what I wanted. That was eye-opening. I've added charges I didn't know about, like dispensing fees, I'm capturing missed charges, and my COGS have come down from an average of 38% to an average of 31% over the last two months. The Program was great.”

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Jennifer Connolly
All About Pets
Colorado, USA

Revenue held while short-handed

“The Program was worth it, and what we have learnt will make a big difference in the Practice. We've been knocking it out of the park and in hyperdrive for implementation. We used the job ad formula to refine our search for a Vet, and despite being short-handed we maintained monthly revenue by reviewing our fees and pricing structure and focusing on missed opportunities. Overall it was a wonderful process and we would certainly recommend it to other US owners.”

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Clint Dennison
Plateau Valley

Different Practices. Same Path. Real Numbers.

Different starting points, different timeframes, one methodology. These are the owners who actually did the work.

Practice OwnerRevenue ChangeProfit / EBITDA Change
Lisa B. — Small Animal, Regional+$1,560,000 (+62%)+$895,000 (+214%)
Isaac R. — Small Animal, RegionalRevenue doubledEBITDA doubled. ATV $180 to $255
Sally R. — Mixed Practice+$266,857 (+27%)Margin 5% to 20%+
Georgina & Lisca — Multi-siteSignificant growthMargin 5% to 25%
Andrew & Erica — Mixed, Rural$1.2M to $2.5MDoubled turnover in 2 years

Results and timeframes vary based on individual Practice circumstances and implementation. 257+ Practice owners served. $176K average annual profit increase and a 121% average profitability increase over 24 months.They all started in the same place, and made the changes required.

What Practice Owners Are Saying

“I was a sceptic when I first considered joining. Their process works. In just 25 months, revenue increased by $1,560,000 (62%), and profit increased by $895,000 (214%). Don’t wait 25 years like I did.”

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Lisa Brisbane
Canobolas Family Pet Hospital

“It has been a personal and financial awakening. For the first time in my career I feel financially secure, and I actually feel that I deserve to be financially secure. The change in me has had a profound effect on my staff.”

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Dr Danielle Richardson
Coral Coast Vets

“We purchased the business with lots of challenges and no business experience. Revenue doubled in 2 years. Team grew from 10 to 25 staff. ATV jumped $70 per transaction. Growth allows me to do anything I want.”

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Isaac Roebuck
Tamworth Vet Hospital

“My overriding impression of the last 10 years had been PAIN. My wife and I made a pact: one last shot, or we were selling. We stopped talking about selling out and started enjoying going to work again. We doubled our owner’s salary.”

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Dr Iain Trueman
Esk and Fernvale Vet Clinics

“Especially as we are in a small regional town in a rented facility. It has been, no exaggeration, life changing. Not just financially but deeply personal as well.”

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Joan Gibbons
Murwillumbah Vet

“We’d been chasing $1,000,000 for about 5 years now, always falling just short. This year, $1,248,533. Never before have we had to try and spend money at the end of the year.”

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Sally Reikers
Mansfield Vet

“If I compare gross earnings for the last quarter to pre-APA, we are approximately 70% ahead. Staff are now motivated, work independently, and proud to be part of the team.”

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Fiona Wallace
New Lambton Vet Clinic

“The wisdom, happiness and wealth that I, my family and my team have achieved has greatly exceeded my expectations. I have been blessed to rediscover meaning in the work I do.”

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Rhys Erskine
Woolondilly Animal Hospital

This Is Built For A Specific Type Of Owner

Better to be honest about it now, rather than 4 weeks in.

This is for you if…

  • You own an independent Vet Practice, you’re past the early survival years, and you can feel the ceiling pressing down
  • Your Practice does $500K to $5M+ in annual revenue
  • You’ve read the book, taken the Assessment, sat through workshops. Your gut keeps telling you there’s more in there. (It’s right.)
  • You want the Practice to thrive. Keep it, grow it, hand it on later. The choice stays yours either way
  • You’re willing to be coached. To try the new approach before deciding it won’t work for you

This probably isn’t for you if…

  • You’re in genuine crisis with negative margins or actively considering closing. The Accelerator extends what’s working. For genuine crisis we have other paths
  • You want a video course you can binge alone. The work happens in the calls, the audits, the implementation
  • You won’t share the real numbers. We can’t fix what we can’t see
  • You believe your Practice is so unique no system could apply. (It’s probably less unique than you think.)
  • You’re allergic to honest feedback. Shane will call the things that aren’t working. That’s the job

Not sure if you qualify? Submit Your Interest. Every one is read personally by Sam. If it’s not the right fit, he’ll tell you and point you toward what is.

The Accelerator Is The Starting Point.

We built our 24-month flagship first. Plenty of owners loved the idea of it and still couldn’t say yes, because committing two years to anything when you’re already overloaded feels like one more weight.

So we built this. Twelve weeks. Ten owners. Long enough to see clearly and start moving. Short enough that the time and the cost are both reachable.

For some owners, twelve weeks is the whole job. They get their numbers clear, their plan built, their week back, and they run with it. For others, it’s the start of something longer, the on-ramp into the deeper work of building an abundant Practice. You find out which one you are by doing the work, not by guessing.

And whether you keep the Practice for 20 more years or hand it on one day at a number that makes the decision easy, the work is the same. (PE groups are paying real multiples right now for Practices with their numbers in order. The work that makes yours worth a premium is the same work that makes it worth keeping.)

Australia

Scaling without compromising family time

“I loved everything. The learnings. The coaching calls. The community. Everything. The biggest lesson was that systems matter: getting them dialled in is critical if you want to scale to multiple sites. It also showed me how to manage and prioritise my time and focus so we can scale the business without compromising family time. Thank you to Shane and Lisa for the effort put into the program.”

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Devon Bornhutter
Hey Bud Vets

Common Questions

Honest answer: the reason you’re working 60+ hours is exactly the reason this works. Without dedicated time to work on the business, the trajectory doesn’t change.

We ask for 1 to 2 hours a week. One of the first things we work on is reclaiming time, so the investment pays for itself fast. Most owners get half a day a week back inside the cohort window. That alone covers the time cost of the program twice over.

Honest answer: most programs are information. The Accelerator is implementation. The cohort, the small-group coaching, the KPI reviews, the diagnostic, the fortnightly calls. They exist for one reason: to make sure the change actually gets done this time.

You don’t quietly fall off the back of this one. We notice. So do the 9 other owners going through it with you.

Twelve weeks is enough to read your real opportunities properly, build a customised 90-day plan, and start putting it into the Practice. Most participants reclaim at least half a day per week and identify multiple profit-producing strategies inside the cohort.

The 12 weeks is the turning point. The next 12 months is where the bigger numbers compound. Lisa Brisbane’s +$895,000 profit increase happened over 25 months. The Accelerator is where you find that trajectory.

Yes. Most owners we work with are building a Practice they want to keep. The point of the Accelerator is to make that Practice thrive. Better profit, better team independence, better life. Whether you ever sell is your call. The work is the same.

We’ve worked with solo Practices and 5-site groups. Small animal, mixed, rural, metropolitan, equine. Australia, NZ, Canada, USA.

The methodology adapts because the principles are structural. The plan is customised. The frameworks are universal. If you own an independent Practice doing $500K+ in revenue, the work travels.

The Accelerator is the 12-week intensive. Designed to create clarity, build a customised plan, and start the shift. Ideal for Practice owners who want to experience the process before committing to a longer engagement.

AMG is the 24-month flagship for owners ready for sustained transformation. Many Accelerator graduates go on to AMG with momentum already in place. You don’t have to, yet most want to. And there’s no need to decide now.

The investment is $9,000 AUD plus GST, paid as three monthly instalments of $3,000. For owners in New Zealand, Canada and the United States, the AUD figure converts at the prevailing rate on your card.

Most participants identify 3 to 5 profit-producing strategies inside the 12 weeks that cover the program many times over. Whether you action them is a different question. The cohort exists to make sure you do.

But honestly, the bigger cost is the one you're already paying. The late nights. The lost weekends. The years spent figuring it out alone.

Submitting Your Expression of Interest costs you nothing but a few minutes... Cohorts run small. 10 Practice owners maximum. Sam reads every one personally. If it’s not a fit, he’ll tell you and point you toward what is. Sometimes that’s the workshop. Sometimes it’s the book. Sometimes it’s wait 6 months, implement ‘x, y, z’ and reapply. Nobody gets sold something that doesn’t suit them. That’s not the business we’re in.

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When we survey owners after the process and ask what they valued most, the answer isn't better numbers or better systems. It's confidence. Confidence in the business. Confidence in how they lead. Confidence in their future. That’s peace of mind worth the effort.

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