Aesthetic Appeal
Aesthetic Appeal
Podcast Description
In the world of medical aesthetics, the pursuit of beauty often collides with the complexities of business. At Aesthetic Brokers, we aim to create a sanctuary for aesthetic entrepreneurs - a safe haven where business acumen meets industry empathy. Our priority is to maximize your personal lifestyle while generating uncommon financial results; all without compromising your integrity. The medical landscape is evolving and we are committed to staying ahead of the curve. Join us on our podcast adventure where we discuss various topics to build your business within the space.
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The podcast focuses on a range of topics pertinent to the medical aesthetics field, exemplified by episodes discussing healthcare cyberattacks, wealth management for aesthetic entrepreneurs, and trends in compounding pharmacies. Specific areas of focus include financial management, private equity trends, and regulatory insights affecting practitioners.
What is your medical spa actually worth — and what would it take to sell it for real money? Aesthetic Appeal is the podcast for medical aesthetics practice owners thinking seriously about valuation, growth, profitability, and the exit they actually want. Hosted by Bill Walker, Founder & CEO of Aesthetic Brokers, and Jessica Hunter, Head of Aesthetic Consulting, the show breaks down med spa M&A, private equity deals, EBITDA, pricing, and the operational decisions that quietly add or destroy millions in enterprise value.
Every episode answers the questions med spa owners, plastic surgeons, and cosmetic dermatology operators type into Google at midnight: what is my practice worth, when should I sell, how do I raise prices without losing patients, why is my million-dollar practice not profitable, and what does private equity actually want from aesthetic clinics in 2026.
Bill brings the deal side. A former Marine Corps pilot turned M&A advisor, he led mergers and acquisitions for a private equity-backed healthcare platform before founding Aesthetic Brokers, helping doctors unlock hundreds of millions of dollars in generational wealth. On the show, he covers valuation math, buyer behavior, deal structure, due diligence, letters of intent, and what investors are actually paying for an aesthetic practice today.
Jessica brings the operator side. After consulting with more than 75 medical aesthetic clinics across the U.S. and Canada, she knows exactly what makes a clinic sellable long before a broker is on the phone — provider redundancy, P&L hygiene, time discipline, pricing strategy, and the financial habits owners avoid until it’s too late.
Recurring topics include medical spa valuations and EBITDA multiples; private equity, MSOs, and platform consolidation in aesthetics; selling a med spa or plastic surgery practice; exit strategy planning for first-time founders; pricing models and raising prices without losing clients; the hidden math behind “million-dollar” practices; GLP-1, compounding pharmacy, and regulatory shifts; cybersecurity and HIPAA risk for healthcare practices; wealth management for aesthetic entrepreneurs; and leadership, team building, and operations inside a high-growth clinic.
If you own — or plan to own — a medical spa, plastic surgery center, cosmetic dermatology practice, or any aesthetic-adjacent healthcare business, Aesthetic Appeal is built for you. Press play before you list, before you sign, and before you assume the first offer in your inbox is the best one.
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Most medical spas are held together by a patchwork of disconnected tools—one or more for marketing, another for scheduling and charting, a third for photos, another for payments. Every handoff between them quietly eats staff hours nobody is tracking.
Bill Walker talks with Walker Szurek, co-founder and CEO of Prospyr, about why he built a single connected platform instead of one more point solution. Szurek starts with the EMR and CRM living in one place, then adds point of sale, e-commerce, memberships, and reporting that finally ties a lead all the way through to revenue.
The bigger promise isn’t AI for its own sake, it’s giving staff their time back. Szurek explains how 60 to 70% of inbound texts are just booking, rescheduling, and canceling, work that can be automated so the front desk spends its hours on new leads and clinicians stop charting at 1 a.m.
Questions answered by this episode
- What is the best all-in-one software for a med spa?
- What software do plastic surgery and wellness practices use to manage patients?
- How can AI save time at a medical practice front desk?
- How do you manage multiple med spa locations in one system?
- What is the difference between an EMR and a CRM for aesthetic practices?
- How much of a front desk’s time goes to booking and rescheduling?
- How do you reduce the number of software systems your practice runs on?
- What features should aesthetic practice management software include?
- Does AI transcription actually help with medical charting?
- What is Prospyr and who is it built for?Learn more about Prospyr
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Walker Szurek
Co-Founder & CEO, Prospyr
Walker Szurek is the co-founder and CEO of Prospyr, an all-in-one practice management platform built for medical spas, wellness clinics, and plastic surgery practices. A Stanford-trained mechanical engineer, he started out in private equity due diligence at Bain & Company before moving into software, including a product director role at Chargebee. He founded Prospyr in 2021 with CTO Greg Kopyltsov, shaping the product from a network of practice owners, managers, injectors, and front-desk staff before writing a single line of code. Today Prospyr runs on roughly 500 locations, unifying the EMR, CRM, marketing, point of sale, and AI tools that practices otherwise stitch together across separate systems. Based in Austin, Texas, he stays close to customers and credits listening as the company’s real superpower.
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Follow Prospyr on Instagram @prospyrmed
About Aesthetic Appeal
Aesthetic Appeal is where Aesthetic Brokers brings you the latest insights straight from Southern California. We break down what’s happening in the medical aesthetics world—especially when it comes to private equity and transactions with mergers and acquisitions that matter to you as a practice owner.
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Theme music: Blinding, Cushy
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