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How Do You as a Pharmacy Owner Define Independence?

Posted by Benjamin Coakley on Wed, Jul 13, 2016 @ 01:25 PM

The Statue of Liberty was a joint effort between France and the United States, intended to commemorate the lasting friendship between the peoples of the two nations. Today, it remains an enduring symbol of freedom and democracy, as well as one of the world’s most recognizable landmarks. Nothing symbolizes independence more than America's Great Lady.
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Topics: community pharmacist, life after pharmacy, community pharmacist independence, community pharmacy independence

Three Questions Community Pharmacy Owners Must Ask

Posted by Benjamin Coakley on Wed, May 28, 2014 @ 05:08 PM

Maintaining a hectic pace and managing to succeed in the face of constantly changing and increasingly challenging circumstances is “situation normal” for practically every independent pharmacy owner we work with.

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Topics: community pharmacy owners, succession development, creative thinking, community pharmacist independence, community pharmacy employees, pharmacy key employee evaluator, community pharmacy exit strategies, family business

NCPA 2013 Observation: The Emergence of Pharmacy Junior Partnerships

Posted by Benjamin Coakley on Thu, Oct 24, 2013 @ 01:48 PM

As many of you know, we recently attended the NCPA National Conference in Orlando.  We learned and experienced many different things while there. We even were blessed to see former President Clinton speak.  After time to decompress from all the information, we concluded that there were three important insights we needed to share from the conference.

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Topics: pharmacy junior partner, pharmacy junior partnerships, community pharmacist independence, Community Pharmacist Lifecycle

Does Life After Pharmacy Actually Exist? Two Untold Truths

Posted by Benjamin Coakley on Wed, Sep 25, 2013 @ 01:16 PM

Some scientists spend their whole life searching the cosmos for the existence of life.  They spend countless hours gazing through telescopes or listening for radio signals from galaxies light years away. They push themselves to the limits of their entire being all because they believe it actually exists.  I bet you think I am writing about extraterrestrial life.

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Topics: community pharmacy owner, life after pharmacy, community pharmacist independence

A five-step asset strategy that works for community pharmacy owners

Posted by David Plaisance on Wed, Sep 18, 2013 @ 09:26 AM

Our ability to take great care of the independent community pharmacists we work with is driven in a large part by our process of continuous discovery. At the beginning of every relationship, we use a formal discovery process to assess our new client's current situation in a number of key areas. Among those areas is the strategy they use to manage their assets.

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Topics: community pharmacy owner, community pharmacist independence, pharmacist asset strategy