The Most Awarded Entrepreneurship Book in History

Start. Scale. Exit. Repeat. just added more honors with the Best Indie Book Award and multiple new Goody Business Book Awards bringing its total to 37 global awards.

Colin C. Campbell’s bestselling entrepreneurship playbook has now been recognized across nearly every major business, publishing, and indie award platform. With distinctions spanning writing, design, leadership, startups, and nonfiction, it has officially become the most awarded entrepreneurship book ever published.

Built on Campbell’s repeatable cycle for spotting ideas, scaling companies, and exiting successfully, the book continues to resonate with founders and reviewers around the world. These awards reflect both the quality of the content and the impact it’s having across the entrepreneurial community.

“We practiced what we preached. After 10 years of research and over 200 interviews with serial entrepreneurs and experts, we knew we had something special. But having a great product isn’t enough. We didn’t want to end up like the movie “Hugo” great movie, bad promotion. We went for it applying for the top awards in the entrepreneurship space. The result? 37 awards to date. The lesson? If you build something great, you have to believe it and promote the hell of out it.”

1. Axiom Business Book Awards (2025) – Gold Medal, Entrepreneurship / Small Business
2. Nautilus Book Awards (2025) – Silver, Business & Leadership
3. Kirkus Reviews (2024) – Best Indie Business Books
4. Independent Publisher Book Awards – IPPY (2025) – Gold Medal, Business/Career/Sales
5. IBPA Benjamin Franklin Awards (2024) – Silver Medal, Business & Career
6. International Book Awards (2024) – Winner, Best Interior Design
7. International Book Awards (2024) – Winner, Best New Nonfiction
8. American Legacy Book Awards (2024) – Winner, Entrepreneurship & Small Business
9. Book Excellence Awards (2024) – Winner, Entrepreneurship
10. Kirkus Reviews (2024) – Kirkus Star
11. National Indie Excellence Awards (2024) – Finalist, Entrepreneurship
12. National Indie Excellence Awards (2024) – Finalist, Book Interior Design
13. Independent Publisher Book Awards (2024) – Bronze Medal, Non-Fiction
14. International Book Awards (2024) – Finalist, Best Cover Design
15. International Book Awards (2024) – Finalist, Business: Entrepreneurship & Small Business
16. IBPA Benjamin Franklin Awards (2024) – Silver Medal, Business
17. Independent Publisher Book Awards – IPPY (2024) – Bronze Medal, Nonfiction
18. American Legacy Book Awards (2024) – Finalist, Business: General
19. American Legacy Book Awards (2024) – Finalist, Nonfiction: General
20. Goody Business Book Awards (2024) – Winner, Startups
21. Goody Business Book Awards (2024) – Winner, Entrepreneurism
22. Goody Business Book Awards (2024) – Finalist, Small Business
23. Goody Business Book Awards (2024) – Finalist, Career Success & Small Business
24. Nonfiction Book Awards (2024) – Gold, Small Business / Entrepreneurship
25. IndieReader Awards (2024) – Business, Best New Nonfiction, Cover Design
26. International Impact Book Awards (2024) – Business, Entrepreneurship, Cover, Interior Design
27. American Bookfest (2024) – Nonfiction – Business – Entrepreneurship
28. PenCraft Book Awards (2025) – Winner, Non-Fiction: Business / Finance
29. Firebird Book Awards (2025) – Winner, Business / Entrepreneurship
30. Firebird Book Awards (2025) – Best Book Title
31. The ANDY Awards (2025) – Finalist
32. Dan Poynter’s Global Ebook Awards (2025) – Gold Medal, Business Non-Fiction
33. Dan Poynter’s Global Ebook Awards (2025) – Silver, Best Ebook Cover
34. NYC Big Book Award (2025) – Distinguished Favorite
35. Best Indie Book Award (2025) – Non-Fiction: Business Startup & Entrepreneurship
36. Goody Business Book Awards (2025) – Entrepreneur: Entrepreneurism
37. Goody Business Book Awards (2025) – Entrepreneur: Start Ups