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Most business owners don't ruin their lives with bad decisions.
They ruin them by winning the wrong game.
Let's be honest. You are a successful business professional.
But you can sense that more money isn't solving the real issue. You've started seriously considering selling the business, but making a decision that locks in a life you're not sure you even want is paralyzing.
This is not about escaping your life or business. It’s about designing one you don’t want to escape from.
If you feel time compressing with your kids, quiet dread in your weeks, or a growing gap between success on paper and alignment at home...
You’re not broken. You're just playing the wrong game. This is your chance to define where you actually want to go so we can help you get there, fast.
What we do with each member
Create Your Family Blueprint
Map out where you want to spend your time and how to make it happen.
Design Exit-Optionality
Design your business so you don't have to or want to sell.
Step Into Your "Next" Intentionally
Your exit is not the end. Build what comes after intentionally, this time, for maximum impact.
We don’t start with tactics. We start with truth. We help couples create their Family Blueprint, which includes:
- Clarifying what enough actually means
- Defining non‑negotiables for life, marriage, health, and time
- Building optionality instead of dependence
- Creating a blueprint for life — not just business
Then, we talk about execution. Because tactics without philosophy don’t create freedom. They just create better cages.
Exit-Optional: What It Really Means
Being exit‑optional isn’t about selling your business. It’s about not being trapped by it. Exit‑optional is having:
Time leverage - Your time is yours, whether in practice or out.
Emotional clarity - Less stress, more fulfillment
Relational alignment - Greater qualitative time with spouse, kids, and friends
Financial margin - Your future is secure, protected, and has the ability to grow
The ability to choose - Responding to market and life changes confidently, not reactively
The Freedom Founders Experience
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Is Freedom Founders Your Tribe?
Case Studies of Successful Members
The Financial Freedom to redesign their lifestyle and never miss another soccer game...
Dr Ben & Sondra Jensen
Breaking free from the traditional retirement mold and taking control of their future...
Dr. Cindy Rider & Scott Densmore
Found the Freedom to write her dream book and become a leader in her community...
Dr Hiru Mathur
The Boundaries We Must Draw
Freedom Founders is NOT...
Where you chase the next investment deal
We don't sell real estate, and our focus goes beyond the next deal. When you answer "how much is enough?" and "what really matters to me?" the right next steps will be made clear.
Maximize returns to fix dissatisfaction
If you are just looking for a place to put your money, this is the wrong group. Maximizing monetary values like ROI will not fix the dissatisfaction of your business or family life.
A place to hustle for a payoff later
This is more than just adding more work to complete for a specific, tangible result. Hustling is great when it serves a greater goal (purpose, relationships, alignment, freedom, etc.)
Collect tactics and strategies without recognizing the tradeoffs
Every decision is a tradeoff. There are no magic bullets or fairy dust solutions.
You’re trying to escape your current life instead of redesigning it
Escape is alluring, but only leads to a different prison. If you don't want to put in the hard (sometimes uncomfortable) work to redesign your life, this isn't for you.
You’re unwilling to include your spouse in real conversations
We believe in designing and building your life with your spouse. None of us were meant to go it alone, and when on the same page, your spouse can be your greatest ally.
Freedom Founders is FOR those...
Who built a successful business — but feel time slipping away
You are successful by society's standards (profitable, married, big house, nice car, etc.), but it's not translating to reality.
Sense the old playbook no longer works in this market or season of life
You can tell something is broken in our culture, in the current economy, and markets.
Are watching their kids grow up and realizing the window for presence is narrowing
You value quality and quantity of time spent with kids and your spouse.
Feel Sunday dread more than Monday motivation
You don't have to dread Monday. There is a way to exit responsibly or return to the joy of what you do.
Have high income but low optionality — and no clean off‑ramp
Have you built your exit plan, whether 2, 5, or 10 years in the future?
Know their spouse thinks “everything’s fine,” but quietly knows it’s not
If you feel a distance between your spouse and yourself, whether it's goals, direction, or resentment, this is for you.
Meet Dr. David Phelps
There I was. Sitting on the small, vinyl, padded bench in Jenna’s hospital room...
I had laid out my entire life in advance. “I’ve got this—the sky’s the limit.” Blessed with good intellect and a work ethic to boot. Failure was not an option. A perfect family. A perfect life. A perfect professional practice career.
But there I was. Sitting on the small, vinyl, padded bench in Jenna’s hospital room. The IV machine humming, holding several bags of fluids and meds, dripping into the tubes and through the needles that ran into her small and bruised hand.
Away from my busy and stressful practice, I had a lot of time to think at that hospital...
Books by Dr. David Phelps
The Exit-Optional Playbook
Sclaing Time vs Wealth
How Much Is Enough?
Inflation: The Silent Retirement Killer
Inflation: The Silent Retirement Killer
Own Your Freedom
From High Income To High Net Worth
What's Your Next?
Insights From the Freedom Blog
Preserving Your Capital During a Correction...
In our community at Freedom Founders, we have many real estate professionals who provide various opportunities in real estate investing...
Common Barriers to Freedom Today...
I wanted to give my field notes from my interactions and discussions with several key people in my network. The following are the insights....
Don't Go It Alone!...
Do not go it alone. As an investor, a business owner, and a steward of your family’s future financial security and financial freedom, it’s crucial...
Exit Optionality, Economic Updates and Wealth-Building Principles From David's Freedom Founders Podcast
Are You Winning the Wrong Game? True Wealth is Time and Freedom – Dustin Burleson: Ep #498
How much is enough? Have you ever sat down and truly considered what would be enough for you? Founder and CEO of Burleson Seminars, Dustin Burleson, joins the conversation today to discuss)...
THE HIDDEN DANGERS OF THE DSO ZEITGEIST (PART 2) – ALASTAIR MACDONALD: EP #440
Where did all of it come from? Where is it likely to go? In this episode, you will hear more about the caveats and dangers involved in practice transitions and particularly with DSOs...
THE EVOLUTION OF REAL ESTATE AND THE MARKETS – EDDIE SPEED: EP #468
How have bonds, funding, and real estate changed? And how can you make better investment decisions based on where we are in the market cycles?...
Success Stories
What Some of Our Happy Members Say About Us
We would not have the confidence to go through this process without Freedom Founders in the background just giving us that education and peace of mind. We know what to do with the money, we know where to put it and we won't be scared.
Drs Brad & Jen Mokris
Dentists
Freedom Founders is the most open and positive group of people I have ever had the privilege to be part of. The collegiality and mutual respect is incredible. Anyone and everyone is willing to talk with you and answer any question you want to pose with no judgements. It is very good at building confidence.
Dr Bob Villwock
Dentist
Looking at the spreadsheet, I realized the income I have from passive investments far exceeds my freedom number. It is a really nice place to be.
Dr Kent Moberly
Dentist
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