Legal Tips Archives | Sam Vander Wielen

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The Arrival Fallacy Is Quietly Sabotaging Your Business

April 21, 2026

When I Get My Dream House, I Won’t Be Happy I couldn’t click on the listing fast enough. It’s not often your dream house goes on the market. And it’s even rarer when it goes on the market directly across...

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What My Book When I Start My Business, I’ll Be Happy Is Really About (It’s Not What You Think)

April 14, 2026

What My Book When I Start My Business, I’ll Be Happy Is Really About Let me clear something up, because I’ve been hearing the same thing over and over from entrepreneurs who have finally read it: “This was so much...

How to Keep Building Your Business During Hard Times (Without Burning Out)

April 7, 2026

How to Keep Building Your Business During Hard Times (Without Burning Out) Nobody told me this when I started my online business: life was not going to pause so I could build it. There would be seasons of grief, health...

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I Didn’t Have Time to Girlboss — So I Built a Multi-7-Figure Business Anyway

March 31, 2026

I Didn’t Have Time to Girlboss — So I Built a Multi-7-Figure Business Anyway When I walked out of the law firm for the last time on Friday, August 19, 2016, I was convinced I was about to build a...

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The Quiet Strategy Behind a $500K Launch (And How to Build a Business That Lasts)

March 24, 2026

The Quiet Strategy Behind a $500K Launch (And How to Build a Business That Lasts) This winter, deep into a Long Island cold spell, I did something I hadn’t done in a while: I watched reality TV. Specifically, I watched...

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How I Got 1,000 Substack Subscribers by Learning to Be Bad at Something New

March 17, 2026

I’m not very good at being bad at things. And I don’t mean I’m good at everything. I mean that when I am bad at something, I turn into a full-on meltdown in progress — think: a kid who got...

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How to Know If You’re Cut Out for Online Business (Hint: It’s Not About Talent)

March 10, 2026

My office closet is basically a graveyard of business ideas I used to have. There’s a fancy camera I bought but never learned to use. A 20-piece lighting system that never came out of the box. Editing software that collected...

Weekly Habits That Help Me Grow My mil+ Business

Weekly Habits That Help Me Grow My $8mil+ Business

October 28, 2025

What actually fueled my $300k week I had a blast these past few weeks — and not just because I had another $300k+ 4-day launch (my second in 8 months!). I had fun because: A. I love what I do,...