Building Better Businesses in ABA
Hi, I'm Jonathan Mueller and I believe that businesses don’t grow, PEOPLE grow. And people, in turn, grow their business. I started this pod to democratize access to the best business advice for owners, aspiring entrepreneurs and leaders in the Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) field.I have conversations every week with iconic names who provide deep insights about running a successful ABA practice. Only have time to listen to one thing? Check out the “Stop/Start” segment of every episode, in which my guests share one thing ABA business owners should START doing, and one thing they should STOP doing.I’ve spent more than a decade of my life in the field, including as Co-Founder and Co-CEO of two autism services businesses: Ascend Behavior Partners and Element RCM. I love sharing everything that I’ve learned (and everything that I’ve failed at!). Because I believe in paying it forward.Thank you for listening!Sponsored by ElementRCM
Episodes
93 episodes
Episode 93: Behavior Live: The Business of ABA with Mellanie Page
LinkedInOn the MendThe ABA C...
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Episode 93
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Episode 92: Setting WIGS (Wildly Important Goals) With Jeffrey Krepps
https://www.asd.earth/https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffreykrepps/
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Episode 91: Helping People Help People with Mordechai Meisels
Mordechai on LinkedInChorus Software Solutions
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Episode 90: Mixing Family & Business with Axis CEO Kristin Hanson
Kristin has not one, not two, not three, but FOUR family members involved in her ABA organization that she started in 2017. We dish on the tips/tricks needed to make that successful and what it means to build a values-aligned organization that'...
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Episode 89: "Ascending in Allyship" with Ascend's DEI Co-Chair Belen BuenRostro
I'm SO honored that Belen agreed to come on the Pod; she's been a leader in Ascend for years and recently became co-chair of our DEI committee. I love how she talks about the importance of asking for what you want and her advice to those consid...
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Episode 88: From Outdoor Educator to ABA with Pam Martien-Koch
Pam is a neighbor of mine in Golden, Colorado and fellow former outdoor educator ... in addition to being a BCBA, on the faculty of Purdue Global, and owning her own practice. It's easy to look back on our lives and think 'everything happens fo...
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Episode 87: Payer Price Transparency with Rafiq Ahmed
No Surprises Acthttps://www.cms.gov/nosurpriseshttps://www.serifhealth.com/
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Episode 86: Using a Balanced Scorecard to Build Operational Excellence and Clinical Quality with Dr. Gina Chang
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Episode 85 New Tools to Improve Retention & Recruiting with Dr. Jacob Bradley
https://psyctalent.com/retain-assessment/
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Episode 84: How to Achieve a client NPS Score of 85 with Dr. Callie Plattner of Mosaic Pediatric Therapy
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Episode 79: Love on the Spectrum with Devin Morrissey
I'm fortunate to have frequent conversations on this Pod that transform how I think about our world. And this conversation transformed me more than most. I hadn't seen the Emmy award winning Netflix show "Love on the Spectrum" before I met its ...
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Episode 78: ABA Owner, Global Non-Profit Founder and Advocate, Amber Nelms
Amber's a classic CEO/Entrepreneur/Founder: she's started an ABA practice, a global non-profit, she's starred in documentaries. I'll highlight two (of many) things I appreciated about our conversation 1) her international non-profit - focusing ...
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Episode 77: “Reaching Results: The Five Steps to Creating a Positive Work Environment" with Dr. John Austin
Resources:John's ...Website: https://drjohnaustin.com/New book (free audio download!): https://bit.ly/3LoEYaWLinkedin:
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Episode 76: Is Some ABA Better Than None? With Answers Now Founder, Jeff Beck
I've always been intrigued by the question: "is a little ABA better than none at all?" Some people/agencies I speak with insist on clinical models that conform exactly to clinical prescriptions and the traditional 2-tiered model of ABA. I total...
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Episode 75: Meet CASP's Newest Board Member Dr. Rachel Taylor
Dr. Rachel Taylor is the newest-elected Director of the CASP Board of Directors and a longtime ABA business owner/operator. When her son was diagnosed and she was seeking therapy, her reaction was "we know how to do this better." That's been th...
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Episode 74: Teaching the Autism Community Trades with Danny Combs
Build with TACT: https://www.buildwithtact.org/
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Episode 73: Stephen Donaldson: Renaissance Man & Catalyst Co-Founder
Look up "Renaissance Man" in the dictionary and you'll see Stephen Donaldson: behavior technician, technology entrepreneur, founder of Catalyst, attorney, COO and more. His life mission is to solve hard problems in our field ... while sharing h...
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Episode 72: Burnout and Turnover with Sarah Trautman
There is a moral and ethical imperative to address burnout in physicians." So says the Mayo Clinic and such is Sarah's passion for addressing burnout in our own ABA field. This isn't a 'nice to have' for ABA organizations, it's a must. Sarah's ...
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Episode 71: Life After Selling Your Practice with Zach Dugger
What happens after you sell your ABA practice? Most ABA practice owners don't just ride off into retirement with a golden horse. Zach helped me understand the level of intention it takes to plan for life post sale. Enjoy, kind listener!R...
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Episode 70: How Autism Became the Latest Target for Disruption with Gabe Perna
I was interviewed by journalist Gabe Perna for his December 2022 article “How Autism Became the Latest Target for Disruption." I turn the tables and interview Gabe this time about disruptions he's seeing in our field (telehealth/virtual is high...
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