The U.S. Small Business Administration has revealed that a record number of new businesses were started in the 12-month period ending in June 2026. In this episode, Strategic Coach® co-founder Dan Sullivan joins EOS Worldwide’s Kelly Knight and Mark O’Donnell to discuss the likely reasons behind this growth, including the impact of AI.
No entrepreneur likes to fail, and trying to avoid failure can shut down your biggest growth opportunities. In this episode, Strategic Coach founder Dan Sullivan joins EOS Worldwide’s Kelly Knight and Mark O’Donnell to explore how setbacks create breakthroughs, why failure often produces the most valuable learning, and how entrepreneurs can redirect negative energy into new, higher-value projects. They also discuss Unique Ability®, clarity, confidence, and how AI can amplify your best thinking when you’re clear on what you want.
Is ambition something you’re born with or something you can continually grow? Dan Sullivan, Kelly Knight, and Mark O’Donnell show how treating ambition as a capability—powered by action, obstacles, and new doors of opportunity—keeps entrepreneurs excited, expanding their freedom, and avoiding the comfort traps that turn thriving companies into lifeless bureaucracies.
What if ambition isn’t about reaching a destination, but a capability you can strengthen forever? Dan, Kelly, and Mark explore how entrepreneurs can shift from scarcity to abundance, compete only with themselves, and build ambition as an endless muscle. Learn why true ambition thrives on collaboration, agency, and a future bigger than your past.
What if your existing business is actually an R&D engine for a second, infinitely scalable company? Dan Sullivan reveals how top entrepreneurs transform their hard-earned solutions into licensable IP.
In this episode of Strategic Coach and EOS Elevate Entrepreneurs to New Heights, our hosts discuss what keeps entrepreneurs up at night, what hidden issues prevent them from achieving their money goals, and how they can maximize their strengths and clarify their thinking.
When an entrepreneur finds themselves confused, afraid, or even paralyzed from taking action, it’s often because of complexity. This is where first principles come in. In this episode, Mark O’Donnell and Kelly Knight of EOS®Worldwide join Strategic Coach® co-founder Dan Sullivan to discuss what first principles are and how you can use them to succeed in any environment.
In this episode of Strategic Coach and EOS Elevate Entrepreneurs to New Heights, our hosts discuss what keeps entrepreneurs up at night, what hidden issues prevent them from achieving their money goals, and how they can maximize their strengths and clarify their thinking.
When something negative happens, we tend to see it as a disappointment or an obstacle. But with the right mindset, you’ll see all of your challenges as opportunities for growth. In this episode, Strategic Coach® co-founder Dan Sullivan and EOS® Worldwide’s Kelly Knight and Mark O’Donnell discuss the Coach thinking tool that allows you to transform any negative experience into a positive one.
In this episode of Strategic Coach and EOS Elevate Entrepreneurs to New Heights, our hosts discuss what keeps entrepreneurs up at night, what hidden issues prevent them from achieving their money goals, and how they can maximize their strengths and clarify their thinking.
Coaching Collaboration, hosted by leaders Dan Sullivan, Kelly P. Knight, and Mark O’Donnell, combines the best of EOS® and Strategic Coach®.
In this episode of Strategic Coach and EOS Elevate Entrepreneurs to New Heights, our hosts discuss what keeps entrepreneurs up at night, what hidden issues prevent them from achieving their money goals, and how they can maximize their strengths and clarify their thinking.
Ready to transform your business and life? Then get ready for The Coaching Collaboration podcast!
The world’s foremost expert on entrepreneurship in action, Dan Sullivan has spent the past four decades empowering business owners to reach their full potential in both their professional and personal lives. His strong belief in and commitment to the power of the entrepreneur is evident in all areas of his company, Strategic Coach®, and its successful membership community.
Dan is married to Babs Smith, his partner in business and in life. They jointly own and operate The Strategic Coach Inc., with offices in Toronto, Chicago, and the UK. Dan and Babs reside in Toronto.
Kelly has served as an EOS Worldwide Integrator™ since 2016. She’s worked with 11 Visionaries in her career and credits her father for being the first person to show her how to take an idea and make it real. Hardwired to find talented people and guide them to reaching their full potential, Kelly harmonizes the major functions of EOS while driving accountability and organizational clarity. Her gift is leading with positivity and heart, with a passion for uniting teams to achieve the extraordinary. Today, Kelly’s focus is sharing EOS with the world in a meaningful way, growing the EOS Community with people who are passionate about helping entrepreneurs get more of what they want from their businesses.
Mark is a highly successful entrepreneur, CEO, and Expert EOS Implementer™. He is the current Visionary and CEO of EOS Worldwide and has also served as Head Coach for the company. His passion for helping people live their ideal lives led him to his current mission of assisting a million people with tools like those found in the Entrepreneurial Operating System® (EOS). Mark is a lifelong learner and an alumnus of Albright College, Northeastern University, and The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. He lives outside of Philadelphia with his wife, mother-in-law, three children, and 100-pound dog, Blue.
