James Schramko Podcast

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The Donkey on the Bridge: The One Thing Your Business Is Waiting Behind Sep 15, 2026

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Eighteen years of recurring income later, James Schramko shows founders how to find the one thing their business is stuck behind and take it out.

Trapped in Your Own Business? The Model That Frees You (Two Decades of Receipts) Sep 04, 2026

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The model that frees you from a business you can't step away from, dates included.

Own The Racecourse Part 6 of 6 - Ready Sep 01, 2026

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In this episode: Why the platform shift that hit social feeds is about to hit the whole content layer, search included Two operators watching the same shift land, one owns the ground under them, one doesn't A podcast guest's Facebook group that lost its organic reach overnight, and what he built instead Why judgment, not content, is the one asset AI can't flood or copy Running a business on three one hour group calls a week, one messaging app, and a roughly $100/month AI subscription Why lean beats efficient when the shift you're bracing for can't be scheduled The one question the whole series comes down to: what's still yours if the platform disappears tomorrow All six parts of Own the Racecourse are in the feed. I'm reading this to you before it's a book, so if a part landed or didn't, tell me which one. That's what shapes the print version. Work with James: https://www.jamesschramko.com

Own The Racecourse Part 5 of 6 - The People Who Return Aug 26, 2026

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This episode shows the roster: names, dates and outcomes going back further than most of this industry has existed.

Own The Racecourse Part 4 of 6 - Sell Without Hard Selling Aug 25, 2026

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That's the starting point for Part 4 of Own The Racecourse: Sell Without Hard Selling.

Own The Racecourse Part 3 of 6 - The Business That Runs Without You Aug 11, 2026

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This part is about where output really comes from, and the systems that carry a business without the owner holding it up.

Own The Racecourse Part 2 of 6 - Subtract to Grow Aug 05, 2026

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Part two of Own the Racecourse is called Subtract to Grow: what James cut, how he knew, and why addition is the easy part.

Own The Racecourse Part 1 of 6 - Building on Someone Else's Land Jul 30, 2026

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Don't just be the horse running the race.

The Day I Read 16 Years of My Own Calls Jul 21, 2026

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What survived: the client who compounds, the deletion pattern, and the 10-year return cycle.

The Burned-Out Founder Who Was Just Underpriced Jul 13, 2026

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Two client stories on pricing and offer count, and what to simplify first.

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