Jakob Zwaan

E-Digital Dentistry

Founder https://www.e-digitaldentistry.com

Born and raised in the Netherlands, where I took my grade in dentistry, I emigrated to Italy in 1987. After a series of collaborations in practices of italian colleagues I launch myself to opening in 3 different provincial towns small dental practices. Spaces for rent and a minimum of equipment, necessary to exercise the profession, no patients at all. A real start from scratch.

I have a great passion for the work but none whatsoever for the managerial tasks that come with it. So, when the demand for service goes beyond my capacity to deliver, I simply close first one and then another practice, only to avoid having to assume colleague co-workers. Anyways over time it is inevitable to increase the team to 15 people in the one practice left. We deliver high end service implementing the latest digital technologies.

Never I considered myself to be an entrepreneur until a friend introduces me to EO, where I found out that we share many challenges, but also the creativity and drive to improve that are typical to the entrepreneurial life. Without the ideas and experiences, not advices!!, of the other members I would not have been able to build a sales plan as efficient and satisfying for myself and the purchasing part as I did. Today I am a happy part-time co-worker of the practice I grew in the years before, finding time to do scientific research and lecture in professional congresses.

Again, thanks to the inspiring stories of fellow members, I was stimulated to start a new company that focuses on online education of colleagues in those areas where I acquired a certain level of mastery. I hope with all my heart that this new adventure will permit me to transmit the accumulated knowledge and experience as to facilitate the professional growth of colleagues that are involved with the work I always profoundly have loved.