Financial AND Time Freedom for Dentists: 6 Keys | Dave Stech
“If you don’t find a way to make money while you sleep, you will work until you die.” Warren Buffett said it — and for most dentists, it lands a little too close to home. So here’s the obvious question: have you found it?
Dave Stech helps already-successful dentists add a zero to their net worth in order to unlock the real prize — financial and time freedom, beyond the chair. In this keynote, he lays out the framework his family uses to build (not just manage) wealth, and shows dentists how to stop trading hours for dollars and start building assets that keep working after they’ve left the operatory.
Beyond the chair: building wealth that works while you sleep
Most dentists look to wealth managers and financial advisors for guidance. Dave asks a pointed question: why take advice from someone who has less wealth than you? Dave heads up Stech Family Office alongside his two sons — a family that has built, not inherited, its net worth — and he shares the same research and strategy his own family uses.
Through this session, dentists will explore how to shift from high income to lasting freedom:
- Make money while you sleep — build assets and income streams that don’t depend on your presence at the chair.
- Rethink where advice comes from — learn from operators who have built real wealth, not just managed it.
- Access what most dentists can’t — research, investment education, and co-investment opportunities usually reserved for insiders.
- Build a legacy on purpose — because, as Dave says, “what you don’t learn, your kids will inherit.”
The result is a clear path to living life on your terms — with both the money and the time to enjoy it. It starts with legacy as a core part of your “why,” and it always should.
Objectives:
- Distinguish high income from true wealth — and understand why time freedom, not just money, is the real goal.
- Identify the six keys to accelerating financial and time freedom together, rather than trading one for the other.
- Evaluate where your financial guidance comes from, and how proven builders approach wealth differently than advisors.
- Apply a legacy-building framework so your success outlasts your years at the chair.
About the Speaker
Dave Stech helps already-successful dentists add a zero to their net worth — unlocking the financial and time freedom that lets them live beyond the chair. He heads up Stech Family Office with his two sons, a family that has built its wealth from the ground up; Dave spent the first 20% of his life in a trailer park. As he puts it, “it’s not bragging, it’s building.”
Dave created ACCESS Insiders™ for already-successful dentists after an orthodontist friend sold his practice to Smile Doctors, ended up with a wad of cash, and called Dave for counsel. Today, top-tier dentists and business owners benefit from Dave’s research, investment education, co-investment opportunities, and the Stech family’s legacy-building framework — because legacy should be a key component of every dentist’s “why.”
Dave and his wife have lived in Puerto Rico for 12 years, following 23 years in San Diego.
Dave’s second keynote: “The 10 Things I Want My Grandkids (and Kids) to Know Before I Go.” For more information, contact Kathy Paz at or 702-521-6092.