Sara Cummins on Entrepreneurship, Voluntary Discomfort, and the Art of Dentistry

Sara Cummins is a hustler, a mother, a businessowner, a solo traveler, an artist, and a bad ass human being. Give her a Louisville Legend banner already. I’ve known her for most of my life as she’s been my dentist and friend through it all. This is the woman who fixed me after I broke myself post Derby ’17 and there’s nothing I can say about her other than it’s all love. Sarah joins the show to share her strengths, her insights, and her expertise on how to build a business and what she believes are the core keys any entrepreneur should have. We start with how she grew up and how her parents’ divorce when she was young shaped her adolescence, and how she’s strived to do things different through her own divorce (8:20) She takes us through her time in college (13:26), starting out as an artist, and eventually moving back home to make the shift into dentistry. She shares how the two things are synonymous for her. Then (24:12), we get into the meaty parts of how she built her business, starting from scratch, the system building that had to happen (27:57), the processes and the culture she built (33:30), and eventually, opening an additional location. We talk about what it’s like being a mom and running a fulltime business and how she balances all of those things (37:20) Later, we go super deep when talking about rock bottoms (46:05), why she loves being in solitude and solo traveling, women in business, voluntary discomfort, and finally, she gives her realest talk. I’m so so grateful that she trusted me to share her story. Editing this episode, I felt like I was touching something so delicate, so fragile, because it’s that special to me. Thank you, Sarah, for all that you do for the Louisville community!