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Leadership Under Pressure: How to Scale Through Trust

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A founder can launch a company through personal effort. Scaling it requires something different: the ability to trust other...
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Start. Scale. Exit. Repeat. Wins 2026 NYC Big Book...

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Some business books explain entrepreneurship. The best ones help entrepreneurs act. Start. Scale. Exit. Repeat. by Colin C. Campbell has...
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Steal these 5 “Cheats” to Make Your Nonfiction Book...

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4,000,000 books will be published in 2027. Just think about that for a second… That’s about half of the...
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From Idea to Launch: Building a Startup With AI

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A great idea is not automatically a great business. In this episode of The Complete Entrepreneur, Colin Campbell and Michael Gilmore...
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10 AI Agents Every Entrepreneur Needs

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AI agents are giving entrepreneurs a new way to start and scale businesses. Unlike passive AI tools that wait...
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Stage Gates: Know When to Keep Going, Pivot, or...

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Adapted from Chapter 7 of Colin C. Campbell’s Start. Scale. Exit. Repeat. AI has made it easier than ever to...
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The AI Mindset: How Startups Can Scale With AI...

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https://youtu.be/HkO76Yagg7I?si=5mjOzqJPdPPztQqj “AI isn’t about replacing people. It’s about democratizing expertise.”— Abhimanyu AI is no longer just a tool for answering questions...
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Can You Build a Moat Around Your Idea in...

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Adapted from Chapter 6 of Colin C. Campbell’s Start. Scale. Exit. Repeat. for the AI era. AI has made it...
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Pick a Business Idea That Can Scale: A Guide...

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A great business idea isn’t just about what you can start. It’s about what you can grow. Entrepreneurs naturally spend...
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The Exit Window Is Open. Most Founders Aren’t Ready.

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Buyers are back. In July 2026 alone, venture-backed M&A cleared $9 billion and twelve companies went public above a...
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Second-Time Founders: Repeat Is the Hardest Word

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Six weeks after the wire hits, most founders feel nothing at all. Not relief. Not triumph. Nothing. That's the part...
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How to Scale a Startup: What Actually Breaks

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Most companies don't die from lack of demand. They die from getting it. How to scale a startup is really...
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Focus on Something You and Others Love: A Founder’s...

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Adapted for an AI world from Chapter 4 of Colin C. Campbell’s Start. Scale. Exit. Repeat. In 1993, I made...
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Global Startup Funding Has a Passport Now

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Founders built 43.6% of the world's new billion-dollar companies outside the United States this year. You don't have to...
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Record Startup Funding Is Not a Strategy

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Venture capital just set a record, and almost none of it is coming to you. July 2026 delivered $65 billion...
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Catch the Next Wave: Why AI Timing Matters More...

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Part of Startup Club's ongoing series exploring Colin C. Campbell's Start. Scale. Exit. Repeat.—reimagined for the AI era. This...
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From Idea to Action in the Age of AI

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Chapter 2 from Start. Scale. Exit. Repeat., adapted for today's AI-powered entrepreneurial world Ideas are cheap. Execution has always been the...
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Ideas Are Everywhere: How Great Businesses Start by Solving...

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The best business ideas don't begin in a brainstorm. They begin with an annoyance. Entrepreneurs love talking about "the next...
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Launching a Top-Level Domain: Colin C. Campbell on Building...

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Most people see a domain extension like .club and assume the hard part is getting approved. It's not. On the latest...
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EP222: The Entrepreneur’s Roller Coaster: How to Stay Steady...

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https://youtu.be/hdNr-It7tRY?si=_Z6XqjI1zACGzgtq Entrepreneurship is rarely a smooth ride. One day can bring momentum, validation, and growth; the next can bring rejection,...
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How Entrepreneurs Can Catch the Next Tech Wave

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Every major technology wave looks obvious in hindsight. The internet. Broadband. Cloud computing. Smartphones. The sharing economy. Artificial intelligence. But...
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The Entrepreneur’s Roller Coaster: How to Stay Steady Through...

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Entrepreneurship is often described in heroic language: freedom, vision, independence, impact. All of that can be true. But anyone...
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EP221: AI Growth Hacks Every Entrepreneur Should Be Using...

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https://youtu.be/J7dAdXsOUlA?si=Zit88yqRS9KTJzny In this episode of Serial Entrepreneur Secrets Revealed, the Startup Club community dives into practical AI growth hacks entrepreneurs are...
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EP220: When Business Gets Hit by Forces Outside Your...

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https://youtu.be/8z-lZOYTurQ?si=gzRfQp31XecSaL08 Entrepreneurs are often hit hardest by forces they never saw coming: rising interest rates, tariffs, government policy changes, supplier...
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AI Growth Hacks Every Entrepreneur Should Be Using Now

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AI is no longer a future-facing technology reserved for large companies, technical teams, or venture-backed startups. It has become...
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When Business Gets Hit by Forces Outside Your Control

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Every entrepreneur eventually faces a moment when the problem is not bad execution, weak demand, or a poor product....
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Winning Moves: The CEO’s Guide to Strategic Focus

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The Trap of Trying To Do Everything A few years ago, I was sitting across from a CEO who had...
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How to Write a Successful Business Book: Part II

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10 New Lessons for Writing a Best-Selling Business Book in the Age of AI Two years ago, I wrote an...
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Why Most Entrepreneurs Fail at the Exit

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Colin C. Campbell on founder identity, timing the market, and the biggest mistake entrepreneurs make after success This article is...
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The Agentic Mindset: 50 Ways AI Agents Can Automate...

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We recently hired 19 new agents at Paw.com and completely automated our accounting and logistic systems. The crazy part isn't...
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Fable 5 Shutdown: Why Restricting Advanced AI Hurts Startups,...

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Last week, I used Anthropic's Fable 5 AI model to accomplish something that would have cost me thousands of...
Serial Entrepreneur: Secrets Revealed!

EP219: What To Do When Disaster Strikes: The Entrepreneur’s...

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The Real Measure Of An Entrepreneur is How they Lead When Things Go Wrong In this episode of The Complete Entrepreneur,...
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What To Do When Disaster Strikes: The Entrepreneur’s Real...

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The Day Everything Breaks Is The Day Leadership Begins Most entrepreneurs don't fail when disaster strikes. They fail in the...
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5 Ways To Improve Customer Experience Without Adding Headcount

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Customer satisfaction is the foundation of any successful business, but scaling customer experience (CX) often requires costs and personnel...
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Startup Time to Sell Index Rebounds as AI IPO...

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The Startup Club Time to Sell Index (TTSI) has rebounded to 26.8 after falling to 16.8 in April amid...
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Best Books for Entrepreneurs: 14 Founder-Recommended Reads

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When Colin C. Campbell asked his LinkedIn network to share the most impactful books in their entrepreneurial journeys, the...
Serial Entrepreneur: Secrets Revealed!

EP218: The Simple Communication Shift That Makes Better Leaders

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Why Great Entrepreneurs Speak Differently In this episode of The Complete Entrepreneur, Colin C. Campbell and Michael Gilmour discuss how...
Serial Entrepreneur: Secrets Revealed!

The Simple Communication Shift That Makes Better Leaders

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Why the way founders communicate shapes culture, trust, and growth Most founders think strategy builds companies. In reality, communication does...
Serial Entrepreneur: Secrets Revealed!

EP217: Why Scaling a Startup Requires a Different Kind...

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From Founder Chaos to Scalable Systems In this episode, Colin C. Campbell sits down with scaling coach and entrepreneur Matt...
Serial Entrepreneur: Secrets Revealed!

EP216: From Stuck to Scaling: The Mindset Shift Every...

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Why Scaling Starts with Identity In this episode of Start Scale Exit Repeat, Colin Campbell, Michele Van Tilborg, and guest...
Serial Entrepreneur: Secrets Revealed!

EP215: Know When to Hold, Know When to Fold

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The Founder’s Hardest Decision: Keep Going or Let Go? Every founder faces the moment where they have to decide whether...
Serial Entrepreneur: Secrets Revealed!

Why Scaling a Startup Requires a Different Kind of...

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Starting a company and scaling a company are not the same job. That was the central message on our recent...
Serial Entrepreneur: Secrets Revealed!

From Stuck to Scaling: The Mindset Shift Every Entrepreneur...

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There is a brutal paradox at the center of entrepreneurship. The exact traits that help founders survive in the early...
Serial Entrepreneur: Secrets Revealed!

Know When to Hold, Know When to Fold

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Every entrepreneur faces the same painful question at some point: how far should I take this? An idea starts with...
Serial Entrepreneur: Secrets Revealed!

EP214: AI Agents Are Not Magic. They’re the New...

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AI Agents: The Next Evolution for Entrepreneurs AI is shifting from simple prompts to powerful, task-driven agents—and entrepreneurs who understand...
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AI Agents Are Not Magic. They’re the New Workforce...

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Artificial intelligence is no longer just about asking ChatGPT a question and getting an answer. The next wave is...
Serial Entrepreneur: Secrets Revealed!

EP213: Work Hard, Play Hard: The Entrepreneur’s Balancing Act

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Designing a Balanced Entrepreneurial Life Entrepreneurship isn’t just about relentless hustle. It’s also about building a life that can sustain...
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Work Hard, Play Hard: The Entrepreneur’s Balancing Act

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Entrepreneurs are often told to work hard. Less often are they reminded to play hard, not as an escape...
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It’s Time America Launches .USA Domain

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Why .USA Is the National Domain America Actually Needs I have spent over thirty years building things on the internet....
Serial Entrepreneur: Secrets Revealed!

EP212: What Private Equity Isn’t Telling You Before You...

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What founders get wrong about selling... and how to exit with leverage In this episode, Colin C. Campbell and Michele Van...
Serial Entrepreneur: Secrets Revealed!

EP211: Why Entrepreneurs Feel Fear and Self-Doubt (And What...

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The real reason founders don’t start, and how to move through fear In this episode of Start, Scale, Exit, Repeat,...
Serial Entrepreneur: Secrets Revealed!

EP210: From Startup Mode to Scale Mode: The Mindset...

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Why most founders fail to scale, and how to get out of your own way.  In this episode...
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What Private Equity Isn’t Telling You Before You Sign

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This article is based on a live conversation on Start, Scale, Exit, Repeat, a Startup Club show hosted by...
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Why Entrepreneurs Feel Fear and Self-Doubt (And What to...

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This article is based on a live conversation on Start, Scale, Exit, Repeat, a Startup Club show hosted by...
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From Startup Mode to Scale Mode: The Mindset Shift...

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This article is based on a live conversation on The Complete Entrepreneur, a Startup Club show hosted by Colin...
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Time to Sell Index (TTSI) Update Pulls Back in...

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The Time to Sell Index (TTSI) jumped to 26.8 in 2025, fueled by a sharp rebound in IPO activity...
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How to Buy a Cruise Ship Condo: 8 Reasons...

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Ever since I hosted a podcast from the North Atlantic aboard a Royal Caribbean cruise ship, I’ve been thinking...
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How to Scale Your Startup – Colin C. Campbell...

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Colin C. Campbell joined John Lee Dumas on Entrepreneurs on Fire to discuss common entrepreneurial obstacles, and the message...
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15 Business Travel Tips for Entrepreneurs: Travel Smarter, Save...

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After 40 years of nonstop business travel, including a recent nine-flight sprint across three continents, I’ve learned one thing...
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HOW TO SCALE A BUSINESS: THE ULTIMATE 10X GROWTH...

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In Start. Scale. Exit. Repeat., we spent a lot of time identifying what actually works when scaling a business....
Serial Entrepreneur: Secrets Revealed!

EP209: Life Hacks for Entrepreneurs: 21 Tips From the...

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The best founders don’t just build great companies– they build systems to improve all aspects of life and business....
Serial Entrepreneur: Secrets Revealed!

Life Hacks for Entrepreneurs: 21 Tips From the Startup.club...

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No theory. No fluff. Just what works. The best founders don't just build great companies. They engineer their lives to...
Serial Entrepreneur: Secrets Revealed!

EP208: How Fear and Self-Doubt Kill Great Businesses

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Why fear is driving more decisions than you think Colin C. Campbell and Michele Van Tilborg sit down with Dr....
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How Fear and Self-Doubt Kill Great Businesses

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Colin C. Campbell and Michele Van Tilborg spoke with Dr. Rowshanak Hashemiyoon to discuss one of the most common...
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Avora Cruise Residences: What We Learned From the AMA...

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We set out to have an honest and open conversation.No polished pitch. No filtered answers. https://youtu.be/7wMCshadSBo?si=fSvksILXejzeWVcE This AMA was hosted by...
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Storylines Article Taken Down

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I want to address why the Storylines article was taken down. Prior to publication, I received a legal notice from...
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Join the LiveAtSea.com Community!

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Most people see cruise ships as vacations. Colin sees them as homes. With the launch of LiveAtSea.com, he’s betting on...
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You Cannot Outsource the Entrepreneur

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Every week someone opens an AI chat and types the same doomed prompt: "Make me a million dollars." And...
Serial Entrepreneur: Secrets Revealed!

EP207: You Cannot Outsource the Entrepreneur

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Why AI won’t build your business Everyone is asking AI the wrong question and getting the same useless answer....
Serial Entrepreneur: Secrets Revealed!

EP206: The Reality of Entrepreneurial Failure and How to...

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The Reality of the Entrepreneurial Rollercoaster Entrepreneurship comes with inevitable highs and lows, and this conversation dives into how founders...
Serial Entrepreneur: Secrets Revealed!

The Reality of Entrepreneurial Failure and How to Manage...

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Entrepreneurship is not just building. It is losing, recalibrating, and getting back up faster than before. In this Startup...
Serial Entrepreneur: Secrets Revealed!

EP205:The Truth About Entrepreneurship: Stress, Risk, and Resilience

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The emotional and operational reality of entrepreneurship, and how founders navigate uncertainty, pressure, and the constant highs and...
Serial Entrepreneur: Secrets Revealed!

The Truth About Entrepreneurship: Stress, Risk, and Resilience

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Entrepreneurship is not a straight line. It’s a rollercoaster of risk, pressure, momentum, setbacks, recovery, and optimism. In this...
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Ryan Serhant Success Story: From 2008 Crash to $20B...

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This article is based on an in-depth interview with Ryan Serhant conducted by Scott Clary on the Success Story...
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How to Build a 5-Star Airbnb Business (Lessons from...

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I hate hotel rooms. I’ve spent a good part of my life traveling for business, and for reasons I still...
Serial Entrepreneur: Secrets Revealed!

EP204: How to Launch a Successful Kickstarter Campaign: 10...

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Launching a Kickstarter in Real Time: Lessons, Mistakes, and Strategies from a Live Campaign (Recorded Live on Clubhouse March 6,...
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How to Launch a Successful Kickstarter Campaign: 10 Proven...

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Lessons from Paw.com CEO Michele Van Tilborg, Funded Founder Launching a successful Kickstarter campaign is not luck. It is preparation,...
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Avora Plans Residential Cruise Ship Aboard Regent Seven Seas...

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Ever thought about living at sea, working remotely while traveling the world, or building a company without being tied...
Serial Entrepreneur: Secrets Revealed!

EP203: Patterns Behind Repeat Startup Success

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Serial Success Has a System  In this OpenMic episode, the team breaks down what repeat startup success actually looks...
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Patterns Behind Repeat Startup Wins

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Most founders want the same thing: a repeatable way to win. Not a one-hit wonder. Not a lucky breakout....
Serial Entrepreneur: Secrets Revealed!

EP202: How to Win at Trade Shows and Conferences...

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Networking That Actually Converts Trade shows and conferences can be either a budget drain or a growth accelerator—depending on...
Serial Entrepreneur: Secrets Revealed!

How to Win at Trade Shows and Conferences (Without...

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Trade shows and conferences are either a revenue driver or an expensive way to stay busy. There is rarely...
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Best Ecommerce Conferences in 2026: Top Events, Insights, and...

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Best Ecommerce Conferences to Attend in 2026 While attending the Billion Dollar Sellers Summit (BDSS), one of the top Ecommerce...
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Top Movies For Entrepreneurs to Watch

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20+ Lessons from Real Founders Ever watch a movie and think, I could do that? I had that moment recently while...
Serial Entrepreneur: Secrets Revealed!

EP201: How Successful Founders Handle Fear and Uncertainty

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Facing Your Startup Fears in 2026Fear shows up at every level of entrepreneurship, from launching your first idea to...
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How Successful Founders Handle Fear and Uncertainty

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2026 is here, and with it comes a familiar companion for founders: fear. The quiet, constant pressure that shows...
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Top Streaming Shows Every Entrepreneur Should Watch in 2026

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Want to be a great founder?It might be time to open up Netflix, grab some popcorn, and learn a...
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How to Become a Top Amazon Best Seller: 10...

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For years, “Lunch With Norm” was a regular appointment with a bearded mentor, a series of experts, and hard-hitting...
Serial Entrepreneur: Secrets Revealed!

EP200: 7 Habits of Effective Entrepreneurs

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Habits That Scale Companies Michael Gilmour and Colin C. Campbell break down the habits and values that consistently show up...
Serial Entrepreneur: Secrets Revealed!

7 Habits of Highly Effective Founders

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This week on The Complete Entrepreneur, hosted by Colin C. Campbell and Michael Gilmour, the conversation set out to...
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Avora Cruise Condos Announced: A Bold New Entry in...

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A new Live-at-Sea residential project has entered the market, and it may be one of the most aggressively positioned...
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Time to Sell Index (TTSI) Climbs to 26.9 in...

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Eighteen months ago, we launched the Time to Sell Index (TTSI) to track market sentiment and help founders better...
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Why a Profitable Dog Brand Is Liquidating Its Best...

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What Paw.com’s Forced Liquidation Reveals About Small Business Lending in America A profitable company. On-time payments. A recognizable consumer brand.And...
Serial Entrepreneur: Secrets Revealed!

EP199: Part 2 – 26 Best Startup Ideas to...

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26 startup ideas worth paying attention to in 2026.Colin C. Campbell and Michele Van Tilburg break down where opportunity...
Serial Entrepreneur: Secrets Revealed!

26 Best Startup Ideas to Launch in 2026

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Startup Ideas for 2026 We are on the precipice of one of the greatest years to ever start a business...
Serial Entrepreneur: Secrets Revealed!

EP198: Eric Malka’s Tips to Winning the Startup Game

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How Art of Shaving Founder Eric Malka Turned a Simple Idea into a Global Brand (Recorded Live on Clubhouse November...
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Eric Malka’s Tips to Winning the Startup Game

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Colin C. Campbell spoke with Eric Malka, co-founder of The Art of Shaving and author of On the Razor’s...
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AI Haves and Have Nots: What Every Entrepreneur Needs...

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Are you winning in the AI era or are you getting left behind? Back in the early internet days a...
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Top 25 Books for Starting a Business in 2026

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This  curated  list  highlights  the  most  influential  and  practical  books  for  aspiring  and  experienced  entrepreneurs.  Selections  are  based  on ...
Serial Entrepreneur: Secrets Revealed!

EP197: 8 Traits That Define the Startup Mindset

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The real difference between startup ideas that die on the whiteboard and those that become global successes? The mindset...
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