Foundations · Small-group mentorship
Foundations is small-group virtual mentorship for women dental practice owners who are done being the answer to every question.
You'll:
$2,499/month · Starts January 8, 2027
Every woman dental office owner we work with has felt some version of this. It means you've outgrown how the practice runs today and need the mentorship to get you to the next level.
Dr. Dennison
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Decide what you really want from your practice and your life, and let that set the plan.
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Read your practice metrics with confidence with the monthly report sent to you and make data-driven decisions.
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Grow a key leader in our program, hold standards with warmth, and step back and let your team shine.
If you read that list and felt seen you're ready for the next version of your practice, and of you.
Dr. As-Sanie
Starts with: whatever's on fire today
Your numbers: guesswork
Your team: runs through you
Support: none
Starts with: a single topic
Your numbers: theory
Your team: new ideas, no follow-through
Support: none
Starts with: production and systems
Your numbers: their report
Your team: new systems
Support: one advisor
Starts with: what you really want and what success looks like for you.
Your numbers: you understand them yourself
Your team: a key leader grows with you
Support: three owner-mentors, two team leader mentors, plus peers
Meet your mentors
Founder, Ladder5
23+ years in dentistry. Owner of two large multi-doctor practices in Colorado's Vail Valley, which run without her in the chair. Coach and faculty with Dental Success Institute, Fortune 5000 recognized, and creator of the 5 Pillars.
Foundations Co-Coach
Dr. Schneider owns a highly successful fee-for-service practice in Tucson, Arizona, built so she can practice the dentistry she loves while keeping overhead low and profit margins high. She has developed an exceptional leadership team and a culture of real accountability. Over her career she has purchased three practices, run two at once, and sold one, so she knows ownership from every angle. She’s also a Black Belt Coach for Dental Success Institute alongside Dr. Kassmel.
Foundations Co-Coach
Dr. Urda is the founder of a patient-centered practice in Chicago. She grew it from a $3M office with 4 operatories to a 12-operatory practice generating $6.5M in revenue, while keeping overhead under 50%. She’s known for teaching doctors to become exceptional treatment planners and to use their teams at the highest level. A former coach with Dental Success Institute, she brings a practice owner’s hands-on perspective to Ladder5: how to build a thriving practice around exceptional care, personalized treatment, and a strong presence in the community.
Clearing the Chaos
We define success on your terms first, then build the plan around it.
The Compound Effect
You'll learn the numbers that matter in your dental practice and build the small weekly habits that compound.
Leading With Impact
You'll get exact scripts, like Dr. Kassmel's 5 Cs Framework, for the conversations you've been avoiding.
Rooted in Resilience
This is where we work on your nervous system behind over-hiring, avoiding hard conversations, and micromanaging under stress.
Legacy in Motion
You'll set the long-term vision and grow the leaders who carry it. Most importantly, you will enjoy what you are building now (not in 10 years) because you have done the work to climb your personal ladder of success.
Also included monthly: two live group calls · one small group strategy session with one coach · a Team Collective seat for your key leader · practice analytics report · the resource vault
Bonus · $449 value
Worried about fitting this into an already full week? The Self-Guided Course gives you the full 5 Pillars framework on your own schedule, so you can catch up between calls or go deeper on a pillar whenever it works for you.
Dr. Don
Owners we work with usually make back the entire investment for a full year of mentorship within their first three months. Here's what that looks like.
One year of Foundations
$2,499 a month for 12 months
Earned back in 3 months
in added profit a month covers the whole year
Months 4 through 12
Every gain after that goes back to your practice and your family
The return starts in your first 30 days, when we turn your numbers into a clear plan: the overhead that's been leaking, the production you're already capable of, and the decisions your team can own without you.
Save your seat
Seats are capped at 30. Your first group call is January 8, 2027
Small-group mentorship
You don't have time because everything runs through you, and that's the first thing we fix. We show you how to make time without sacrificing your patients, your family, or yourself. The calls are two hours a month, and you leave each one with your next 3 steps.
Bring the whole pile. Every session ends with your next 3 steps, and Clearing the Chaos is built for exactly this moment.
Your mess is a message: it tells us where to start. Every owner in the room has one, Dr. Kassmel included. The group is capped at 30 women owners who know what your Monday looks like.
Most dental coaching starts with production goals and systems. Foundations starts with what you really want and how you lead yourself, then builds the practice around it. You also learn from three owner-mentors who have run multi-doctor practices.
Yes. Your enrollment includes a Team Collective seat for your key leader, so she grows alongside you.
The calls are recorded, and are replays available in the Ladder5 portal.
Everything lives in the Ladder5 portal. You'll get your login and welcome steps right after you enroll.
Success stories
Dr. Cohen
"Because of working with Summer, I was able to increase the profits in the business, and I gained flexibility and freedom that I wouldn't have today. Summer listens deeply, she has thoughtful questions, and she truly tries to understand what the problem is before offering solutions. She has a 'no BS' approach. It's clear, it's direct, I can digest it and implement it right away. If you have the chance to work with Summer, just take it."
Dr. As-Sanie
"Working with Summer has been a game-changer. She brings a refreshing perspective as a woman in the field, one that's grounded, insightful, and deeply empowering. She helps you think strategically and big-picture, always moving with intention toward your specific goals. The way she trains you to elevate your thinking has truly blown my mind."
I've sat exactly where you're sitting.
"Is this the right time?" There's never a quiet season in a dental practice. The owners who wait for one are still waiting a year later. Avoidance has no return time on it.
"Will this work for a practice like mine?" Foundations is built around your practice, your numbers, and your goals. You bring your real situation, and we work on that.
"Can I figure this out on my own?" You're capable of it. You've also been trying for a while, and doing it alone is how you ended up holding it all.
Hi Doctor,
I was the owner lying on my dog's bed at 2 am, crying, because the practice I'd taken out loans and a second mortgage to build felt like a prison. I swung from doormat to dictator with my team, and I didn't know what real leadership looked like.
I spent a decade, and a lot of money, figuring out a better way. It all started with one question: what do I really want?
I built Foundations so you don't have to find that answer alone. Dr. Schneider, Dr. Urda, and I have run multi-doctor practices and had the hard conversations, and we want more for you than you might be allowing yourself to want.
You don't have to abandon yourself to build a practice you love. If you're ready, there's a seat with your name on it.
Let's get to work.
$2,499/month · Capped at 30 owners · Starts January 8, 2027
