🚀 What Are Top Founders & Industry Disruptors Are Doing in 2026?

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We hear the same big names all the time but what’s more interesting is what the current wave of high-level operators quietly dominating their niches and what they are actually doing differently right now.

Because in 2026, winning isn’t about being the loudest, it’s about being the most aligned, leveraged, and precise.

Here are 3 less mainstream, but highly effective founders and what they’re doing that you can apply immediately 👇

1️⃣ Shaan Puri (Business Builder/Media x Leverage)

Shaan is not just building companies, he’s building full distribution + leverage ecosystems.

What Shaan is doing differently ⭐

• Turning ideas into assets quickly (no overthinking)

• Using audience as leverage before product

• Building “permissionless” momentum (he doesn’t wait, he tests)

👉 Key Insight:

Start sharing your ideas before they’re perfect. Your content becomes your testing ground and your audience becomes your unfair advantage.

2️⃣ Codie Sanchez (Boring Business Acquisitions)

She’s made “boring” sexy and wildly profitable.

What stands out about Codie is:

• Buying cash-flowing businesses instead of starting from scratch

• Simplifying wealth creation (no hype, just numbers)

• Teaching + documenting the process publicly

👉 Key Insight:

Look for opportunities in what others overlook. Whether it’s your niche, your messaging, or your offer, simple and profitable ALWAYS beats flashy and inconsistent.

3️⃣ Greg Isenberg (Community x Product Integration)

Bridging the gap between audience and product like few others.

What he’s doing:

• Building community-first, then layering monetization

• Turning conversations into product ideas

• Using community as retention, not just acquisition

👉 Key Insight:

If you’re running a Skool community, this is HUGE. Don’t just “have” a community, build with them. Let their problems shape your offers, elevate your content, and refine your systems.

📈 The Real Pattern (This Is What Matters):

Across all three of these Founders, I've found that:

• They move FAST on ideas (execution > perfection)

• They build leverage (audience, systems, or cash-flowing assets)

• They stay close to reality (data, feedback, conversations)

• They simplify instead of complicate

They’re not guessing. They’re iterating in real-time.

⚡ What This Means for YOU (Right Now):

You don’t need more information, you need tighter execution loops.

I had to seriously start asking myself...

• Where am I overthinking instead of testing?

• Where can I build more leverage instead of more workload?