Top Independent Business Books 2025: IPPY Awards

Weโ€™re thrilled to share that Start. Scale. Exit. Repeat. by Colin C. Campbell has earned the Gold Medal in the Business/Career/Sales category at the 2025 Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPYs). This award honors Colinโ€™s commitment to making entrepreneurship more accessible by sharing hard-earned insights from decades of building and scaling startups.

Colin is honored to be featured alongside fellow award-winning titles, including The Illusion of Innovation by Elliott Parker (Ideapress Publishing) and Sail to Scale by Mona Sabet, Heather Jerrehian, and Maria Fernandez Guajardo (How2Conquer), who tied for Silver; and Beyond the Hammer by Brian Gottlieb (Forbes Books), which earned Bronze. We are grateful for the continued support from our community!

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