EYE OWN A BUSINESS

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What does your dream optometry practice look like, and are you ready to make it a reality? Whether you’re an established owner, an aspiring optometrist, or someone looking to grow within the field, Eye Own a Business is your go-to resource for building a thriving practice and a fulfilling career. Hosted by Dr. Steve Vargo, a former optometrist turned expert in practice management, this podcast offers invaluable insights to help you grow both your business and your patient care. Each episode focuses on two essential pillars: elevating your practice’s operations and enhancing the patient experience. We understand that runn...

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EYE OWN A BUSINESS

Episodes (100)

Tue Aug 4th You didn't hire the wrong person — you onboarded them wrong
Jul 28th Why Most Optometrists Are Thinking About AI All Wrong
Jul 21st How to Become the Go-To Doctor in Your Town—Without Buying a Single Machine

EYE OWN A BUSINESS

Aug 4, 2026
29 minutes
26 MB

In this episode, Dr. Steve Vargo tackles a problem that quietly costs practices their best hires: a great candidate on paper who, a few months in, becomes quiet, hesitant, and error-prone. Why does this happen? Drawing on onboarding research and his own not-so-great first job experience (a training manual the size of a phone book), Steve unpacks the uncomfortable reality that most struggling new hires aren't a hiring mistake — they're an onboarding failure. He walks through the three things every new hire actually needs to succeed, the predictable emotional rollercoaster of someone's first 90 days, and th...

EYE OWN A BUSINESS

You didn't hire the wrong person — you onboarded them wrong

IDOC

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