Colin C. Campbell is a serial entrepreneur and award-winning bestselling author of "Start. Scale. Exit. Repeat.," the most awarded entrepreneurship book in history, with 30+ global honors. He has co-founded ventures including Startup Club, Tucows, Hostopia, Club Domains, GeeksforLess and Paw.com.
The obsession with hypergrowth and billion-dollar valuations pushes founders toward failure. Real wealth comes from discipline, systems, and scaling one zero at a time.
Here are the five key indicators that your idea, timing, team and plan are aligned for success, based on decades of real-world entrepreneurial experience.