Podiatry Hive Member Profile – Damien Rossato

  • Member Profile

    Name: Damien Rossato

    Name of Clinic: North East Podiatry

    Where do you operate: Wangaratta Victoria

  • How long have you been in business?

    17 years

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    • What‘s your philosophy on WHY you’re in business?

      To control the directions of my happiness

    • What has been your biggest OOPS! moment?

      Dropping all my Nursing home work, home visits and taking a full day to work on my business and seeing our profits at the end of the month drop……

    • What has been your biggest A-HA! moment?

      Dropping all my Nursing home work, home visits and taking a full day to work on my business and seeing our profits at the end of 5 months rise to our best ever.

    • Can you you share one or two marketing elements or methods you’ve used in your practice, that have been successful, and have provided growth?

      Relationships – find a way to build relationships with businesses you like. Relationships are the biggest part or our Practice.

    • If you had your time over again, what would you do differently?

      Marry my wife earlier.

      Seek guidance on being a business owner earlier.

    • Other than being a fabulous Podiatrist, what do you do outside of Podiatry?

      • Run 2 half marathons a year
      • Run around after our 4 kids
      • Go to the horse races
      • Love eating out

    • You are a Podiatry Hive BlackBelt Mastermind Member, can you explain what you have learned from BlackBelt and your 3 biggest achievements / wins since joining BlackBelt:

      I have learnt there is a big difference between being a Podiatrist and a business owner. I have learnt that in the pursuit of happiness, you need to first work out what happiness looks like to you, then you need to plan to achieve it.

      1. The ability to leave our business with confidence it will run well
      1. Clear picture of the direction we want to take our business
      1. Confidence in our business