Micro-Business Weekly Digest: Nov 9–15, 2025

Micro-Business Weekly Digest: Nov 9–15, 2025

Hello Physician Entrepreneur,

I hope your weekend is off to a reflective and energizing start. I spent a little time this Saturday morning looking back on our conversations and posts from the week—and it’s exciting how the themes began to line up: autonomy, value, structure. If you’re wondering how to take the next strategic step in your physician micro-business, you’re in the right place.

1. Inspirational Quote

“Physicians who act like employees are managed. Physicians who act like entrepreneurs are invited to lead.”

-This quote appeared in Monday’s post and captures the mindset shift we’re working toward.

2. This Week’s Posts – Summary & Read More

Monday: “Employment-Lite for Physician Administrators”

In this post I explored how physician administrators—even CMOs and VPs—can escape the “employee mindset” while staying within their leadership roles by forming a micro-corporation and utilizing a professional services agreement (PSA). Read more →

Key takeaway: Your professional entity becomes the mothership—through which your leadership contract flows, plus side income streams—avoiding the hidden “employee” structure.

Wednesday: “How Doctors Reclaim Autonomy Through Business”

This post focused on reframing your identity—not just as a physician working within the system but as a physician-entrepreneur owning your work and professional vehicle. Read more →

Key takeaway: Autonomy isn’t about leaving medicine—it’s about restructuring how you engage with it. The shift from employee to business owner unlocks freedom and value.

Friday: “Know Your Value: How I Gave Myself a Pay Raise Without Changing Employers or Moving (Marit Health)”

In this post I walked through how I identified my true market value, restructured my contract and tax strategy, and captured substantially more income—not by changing employers—but by changing how I operated. Read more →

Key takeaway: Recognizing your worth, structuring your micro-corporation, and capturing the difference can often deliver more income and autonomy without relocating or radically altering your job.

3. Top Tip or Tool of the Week

Curious what your independent contracting career could look like beyond short-term locums?Long-term independent contracting gives you the stability of a committed role with the freedom, control, and financial upside of running your own micro-business. If you’re ready to blend security with autonomy, this week’s resource lays out the pathway through what is known as “Employment Lite”

👉 Take a closer look at Long-Term Independent Contracting (Employment-Lite).

4. Affiliate / Partner Highlight

This week I’m pleased to highlight our partner Contract Diagnostics. They specialize in physician compensation benchmarking and FMV (Fair Market Value) data. Why this matters: In Friday’s post I emphasized knowing your true market value. Contract Diagnostics gives you data, reports, and benchmarks that empower you in contract negotiations and value capture. Worth checking out if you’re ready to flip the script on compensation.

5. Upcoming Offers

e-Book Offer: “Design Your Career Around Your Life: The Physician’s Guide to Professional Freedom” is now available for free download this week in the PEA-SimpliMD resource library.

6. Course / Coaching / PEA Membership Promo Box

If you’re ready to move past reading and start doing, consider joining the Physician Entrepreneur Academy (PEA) membership. We have three levels:

• Explorer: Entry-level. Access to core tools, community, and monthly Q&A.

• Builder: Elevated. Includes strategy templates, member workshops, and exclusive checklists.

• Pro: Premium. 1-on-1 coaching, business planning sessions, priority access.

• 👉 Ready to join? Visit https://www.simplimd.com/PEAMembership and pick the level that fits your current goals. Whether you’re just exploring or ready to build and scale, we’ve got you.

7. Closing Charge

As we wrap up this week together: remember, you are more than your title. More than your W-2 line. You are a business. If you’ll commit to treating your professional self that way—structuring it, protecting it, growing it—the marketplace will begin treating you differently. This isn’t about abandoning your calling—it’s about amplifying it. Go into this week with the charge to define your worth, own your business identity, and step into the leadership zone where you’re invited to lead.

Here’s to your micro-business growth and physician-entrepreneur journey. See you in the community.

Warmly, Dr. Tod Stillson

President & Founder, PEA