# Astruo Partners

> Med spa and aesthetic practice consulting for physicians and investors. Astruo Partners is a business development and strategic consulting firm that opens independent, physician-led med spas and aesthetic, wellness and longevity practices in the United States, from the first plan to opening day.

Website: https://astruopartners.com/
Contact: samantha@astruopartners.com (free consultation; response within one business day)

## Who it is for
- Licensed physicians opening their own aesthetic practice or med spa.
- Investors who are not physicians: Astruo introduces a licensed physician, who owns the clinical practice (a professional corporation), while the investor owns the management company beside it.

## What Astruo handles
- Supplier introductions and preferred pricing: Introductions to suppliers who already serve physician-owned aesthetic practices, with accounts opened and first orders prepared.
- Staffing and leadership hiring: The clinical and front-desk staff, and the leadership that runs the day, in place before the doors open.
- Technology and booking systems: Booking, devices and platforms chosen and set up before the first patient.
- Location and build-out: Finding, evaluating and securing the location, then carrying the build-out.
- Operations, consents and protocols: Consents, protocols and operating policies written and ready before the first patient.
- Licensing and legal coordination: What your state requires to open, mapped before you commit, with the attorneys and filings the opening needs.
- Financial strategy and startup budget: A timeline and budget set before you commit, including the location and the suppliers.
- Branding and website: An identity and website designed around your vision, or built around an existing brand.
- On-site launch support: Chief Operating Officer Samantha Wolf is on site four weeks before opening day and two to three weeks after.

## Founders
- John Udelhofen, Founding Partner & Chief Executive Operator
- Samantha Wolf, Founding Partner & Chief Operating Officer
- Jes Beach, Founding Partner

## Common questions
### What does Astruo Partners do?
Astruo Partners is a business development and strategic consulting firm that opens independent, physician-led med spas and aesthetic, wellness and longevity practices. We handle the location, legal work, suppliers, staffing, technology and branding, from the first plan to opening day, for physicians and for investors partnering with a physician.

### What do I need to bring?
If you are at the beginning, two things. Astruo confirms which license your state requires, then takes the launch from there. You bring: A name for the practice, and the license to own it. A physician can own a med spa in every state. Some states also allow a nurse practitioner or another licensed clinician. Astruo handles: The location, the legal opening, the suppliers, the staff and the leadership, and the brand if you do not already have one.

### What if I am investing, and I am not a physician?
Astruo introduces a licensed physician, then builds the practice the same way it would for a physician owner. The physician owns: The clinical practice, set up as a professional corporation. That is the entity that practices medicine. The physician keeps the clinical decisions. You own: The management company beside it: the location, the brand, and the non-clinical operations. A management agreement is how that company is paid. Attorneys set it for your state. After that introduction, Astruo does the rest. Location, legal work, suppliers, staff and leadership, branding if you need it, and Samantha on site for the opening.

### What does Astruo handle from the start?
From the first plan to opening day, the launch is ours. Finding and securing the location The legal work required to open, and the attorneys who do it Suppliers and the relationships behind them The full staff and the leadership team Branding, when you do not already have it in mind

### What if I already have a brand?
Keep it. Branding is part of the launch only when you want it to be. If the name and the look are already yours, we build the practice around them.

### How is the legal work handled?
Astruo figures out what your state requires to open and carries that work, including the attorneys. You are not the one finding counsel, permits, or the structure. What the opening legally requires, mapped before you commit The attorneys and filings that opening needs The structure for your state, whether you hold the license or you are investing beside a physician

### Who hires the team?
Astruo does. You get the people who run the practice, not a stack of resumes to sort. The clinical and front-desk staff The leadership that runs the day A team in place before the doors open

### Who is there when we open?
Samantha Wolf is on site with you for the opening, so the first weeks are not left to chance. Four weeks on site before opening day Up to two or three weeks after, until the practice is running smoothly

### What is my role once it is open?
If you hold the license, you keep the medicine and the benefit of the practice. If you are the investor, the physician keeps the medicine, and you keep the benefit of the company that manages it. Either way, the location, the staff, and the leadership are already in place.

### How long does it take, and what does it cost?
Both depend on the city, the space, and the services. We will not quote one number for every practice. Astruo sets the timeline and the budget as part of the launch, including the location and the suppliers, before you commit.