33% of Americans Want to Start a Business This Year. Here Is What Is Actually Stopping Them.
One in three Americans says they want to start a business this year. Most will not. And it is not because of money.
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I Spent 3 Years Building a 'Perfect' Personal Brand. Then Imperfect Content Started Beating Me.
AI flooded every platform with perfect content. Now imperfect is the signal of trust. Here's what changed and how to use it.
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I Stopped Optimizing My Business and Started Designing My Life. Here Is the Difference.
I hit a revenue goal I had been working toward for two years. Then I realized I had optimized for the wrong thing. The number was right.
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Most Aspiring Founders Think It Costs $28,000 to Start a Business. The Real Number Is $12,000.
47% of Americans cite cost as the top reason they haven't started a business. The average they imagine: $28K. The actual median: $12K. Here's what that gap really means.
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The Authenticity Paradox: Why Your Personal Brand Is Worth More as AI Gets Better
AI makes content creation free. That is exactly why your personal brand just became more valuable. This seems like it should work the other way around.
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The Follower Economy Is Dead. What's Actually Building Businesses in 2026.
Chasing followers in 2026 is like chasing MySpace friends in 2010. Here's what actually converts to revenue.
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Your Personal Brand Isn't a Profile. It's an Operating System.
Most creators are building display cases. They tweak the bio, obsess over the grid, redesign the highlight covers. Some hire a photographer.