Meet Chris Hammelev and Marissa Nicholson

Today we’d like to introduce you to Chris Hammelev and Marissa Nicholson.

Hi Chris and Marissa, so excited to have you on the platform. So before we get into questions about your work life, maybe you can bring our readers up to speed on your story and how you got to where you are today.
We started our business knowing we had a gift to share. There is a stigma in the dental field that consultants are stuffy and want to squeeze every client into their cookie-cutter ideal of what a dental practice should be and keep them in perpetuity whether they needed consulting or not.

We wanted to change the landscape. We created The Dental Practice Management Agency two plus years ago after 25+ years in the dental field and what we knew is we wanted to be us! From there we set forth to surround ourselves with the best dental entrepreneurs this field had to offer. We now have five consultants in our “Wolf Pack” alongside of Chris and me.

Our team represents every position in the dental field. Within the first six months of client engagement, our department specialists work hand in hand with the team to create customized systems.

On any given day, we are laughing, crying, dancing, and most importantly growing alongside of our clients who quickly become family. We encourage our team and clients to be themselves and let their vision lead them and success will follow.

We often stop and ask ourselves how we get to have so much fun and work with these amazing small businesses.

Would you say it’s been a smooth road, and if not what are some of the biggest challenges you’ve faced along the way?
We see every struggle as an opportunity for growth. To say it has always been smooth would be a lie. But, we are dancers in traffic and we truly believe this business was built on serendipity, so that’s our guiding principle.

Thanks for sharing that. So, maybe next you can tell us a bit more about your business?
As we started our business, the most important factor for us was staying true to our vision and boundaries. We set out to create a dental consulting agency that would help our clients not only have a better practice that helped patients get back to the health they deserve but to also create a culture of open and honest communication that grew the team members both personally and professionally.

We have been guided by those principles and get to help our clients, which are also small businesses, thrive. We don’t focus on the dollars or numbers; it turns out that if you do the right thing all of that follows. We just teach them to fish and then let them conquer!

What do you think about luck?
We don’t believe in good or bad luck. We believe that luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity. -Seneca.

As we said before, our business was built on intentional serendipity. Everything has come together for a reason. We haven’t looked for our team and we don’t go looking for clients; they have come to us in the best way possible. We believe that when you are doing good things, spreading kindness, and putting in the work, all else follows.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://www.dentalpracticemanagementagency.com
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dentalmanagementagency/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DentalManagementAgency
• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@thedentalpracticemanagementage