Can You Build a Moat Around Your Idea in...

Adapted from Chapter 6 of Colin C. Campbell’s Start. Scale. Exit. Repeat. for the AI era. AI has made it...

Pick a Business Idea That Can Scale: A Guide...

A great business idea isn’t just about what you can start. It’s about what you can grow. Entrepreneurs naturally spend...

The Exit Window Is Open. Most Founders Aren’t Ready.

Buyers are back. In July 2026 alone, venture-backed M&A cleared $9 billion and twelve companies went public above a...

Second-Time Founders: Repeat Is the Hardest Word

Six weeks after the wire hits, most founders feel nothing at all. Not relief. Not triumph. Nothing. That's the part...

How to Scale a Startup: What Actually Breaks

Most companies don't die from lack of demand. They die from getting it. How to scale a startup is really...

Focus on Something You and Others Love: A Founder’s...

Adapted for an AI world from Chapter 4 of Colin C. Campbell’s Start. Scale. Exit. Repeat. In 1993, I made...

Global Startup Funding Has a Passport Now

Founders built 43.6% of the world's new billion-dollar companies outside the United States this year. You don't have to...

Record Startup Funding Is Not a Strategy

Venture capital just set a record, and almost none of it is coming to you. July 2026 delivered $65 billion...

Catch the Next Wave: Why AI Timing Matters More...

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

From Idea to Action in the Age of AI

Chapter 2 from Start. Scale. Exit. Repeat., adapted for today's AI-powered entrepreneurial world Ideas are cheap. Execution has always been the...

Ideas Are Everywhere: How Great Businesses Start by Solving...

The best business ideas don't begin in a brainstorm. They begin with an annoyance. Entrepreneurs love talking about "the next...

Launching a Top-Level Domain: Colin C. Campbell on Building...

Most people see a domain extension like .club and assume the hard part is getting approved. It's not. On the latest...