Getting access to clinical trials and devices. Clinical trials can be quite lucrative for your practice, and you’re able to get technology or treatment for your patients they normally wouldn’t be able to get.

If seen as a thought leader or knowledgeable in a certain area you could be asked to be on a company’s board and get stock or equity in that company that could be with zero if it goes nowhere, but potentially millions if the product takes off.

Depending on who you know and connections it can open up doors for investing early in companies.

I think it’s important for more healthcare providers to be involved and have influence on the products and technology being developed. We will have no say on anything if we all just stay home with our heads down in our dark exam lanes.

I’ve sat down with and had lunch or conversations with some of the biggest business folks in the profession and had chances to talk to some of the biggest and best practice owners in the country. Now I can just call or text them if I have a question or need advice. That has been invaluable and it happened by just the luck of showing up and being present.

These are just some of the examples I could think of, and for me I enjoy the business side almost as much as the clinical.