{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Optometrists Building Empires","title":"Your First Associate: Hire When the Number Is Real","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/b7860f73\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1271,"description":"See content/show-notes.md. Summary: busyness is not demand; an associate multiplies demand, does not create it. AOA hours 1,828 vs 1,731. Income gap $70,559. Widest gap at 4-6 years in practice, $59,716. Count the third open slot every Monday for four weeks. Guests featured via clips: Dr. Carlos Grandela (E092), Dr. Kyle Maxam (E089). Sources: AOA Survey of Optometric Practice 2018 (2017 data); Review of Optometry Dec 2024; Veritasium scale episode; West, Pierce, Thomas 1962.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/YL2_iApAQKMNenVMuJU6VxjEqr2JuXxMbz-e8njM13g/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS83N2Jh/YWIyNmE5MGNiZTA3/YTRhZDQ2Nzc2OTUw/YzQyOS5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}