Free business education for veterinary practice owners
Vet school taught you medicine. This is the business education it skipped.
Practical, no-fluff lessons on your numbers, your team, your operations, and your exit — from a practicing veterinarian who owns and runs two hospitals.
Adam Miller, DVM · Owner, Rice Village Animal Hospital (Houston) & Deer Park Veterinary Hospital (Cincinnati) · Viticus Group Board of Directors
Why this exists
Independent practices rarely lose on medicine. They lose on business.
Corporate groups have CFOs, operations teams, and dashboards. Most independent owners have a lunch break and a stack of reports they don’t have time to read. The gap isn’t talent — it’s training.
The Veterinary CEO closes that gap. Every lesson and guide here is built to answer one question: what should a practice owner actually do on Monday morning? Real talk. No fluff. Written by someone who signs the payroll checks too.
Start here
Four things every practice owner has to master
Pick the area that’s keeping you up at night. Each one is a learning track with plain-English lessons and tools you can use right away.
Track 1
Know Your Numbers
The handful of metrics that tell you whether your practice is healthy — and what to do when they’re not.
- The 7 numbers to review every month
- Reading your P&L like an owner
- Pricing with confidence
Track 2
Build Your Team
Hiring, compensation, and leadership so the practice doesn’t depend on you being in the building.
- Comp models that protect margin
- Building a leadership bench
- Retention without overpaying
Track 3
Run the Operation
Scheduling, workflows, and a weekly rhythm that replaces daily firefighting.
- A weekly meeting cadence that works
- Fixing appointment bottlenecks
- Systems that run without you
Track 4
Grow & Exit
Adding services, adding locations, and building a practice that’s worth more when it’s time to sell.
- What drives practice value
- Before you open location #2
- Independent vs. corporate exit paths
Meet your guide
Meet Dr. Adam Miller
Dr. Adam Miller is a Purdue-trained veterinarian (DVM 2007) with a business management degree. He has owned veterinary hospitals since 2009, has been on both sides of a practice sale, and today owns Rice Village Animal Hospital in Houston and Deer Park Veterinary Hospital in Cincinnati.
He serves on the Viticus Group Board of Directors, invests in animal health startups through the Veterinary Angel Network for Entrepreneurs, and advises NectarVet. Through The Veterinary CEO, he teaches practice owners the business side of veterinary medicine that vet school skipped.
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Want hands-on help?
Alongside the free education, I work directly with a small number of practice owners on coaching, practice valuation, and exit planning.