The Bird Bath: Third week of May 2025
Mars and Stress, New Specialities, Intern Class Action, and a Busy Week
Dive In
Stories that deserve an extra look
Dr. Ivan Zak took to Today’s Veterinary Business to shine a light on why acquiring a clinic doesn’t buy you the employee’s loyalty. Through Galaxy Vet’s acquisition of practices, the employee share ownership model was tested, and broke. 👉 Read Ivan’s full article here
Full disclosure: I was on the founding team and am still an enthusiastic shareholder in Galaxy Vets.
Why you should care
Your corporate culture might be solid in a pitch deck, but you still have to sell it to your acquired employees. With staffing shortages continuing, employees have more options of “employers of choice” and they don’t always want to be handed that new employer.
Beyond the Branch
Intriguing news from outside the veterinary industry
TikTok’s new bedtime routine is a guided-meditation pop-up that barges into teen feeds after 10 p.m. (optional for adults) to yank everyone off the scroll treadmill. And because zen looks better with receipts, it’s dropping $2.3 million in ad credits on 31 mental-health nonprofits via its beefed-up Mental Health Education Fund. 👉 Read about it directly from TikTok
Why you should care
TikTok is designed to keep you swiping, tapping, commenting, and sharing. With this new pop-up, we might get the nudge we need to set down the phone and re-enter life IRL.
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Fetch Nashville; Nashville, TN
May 30-31, 2025
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June 18-21, 2025
VETgirl U; Nashville, TN
June 27-29, 2025
