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Something I've learned about past failures, present circumstances and future challenges.

$hit Happens.

- God will use them as manure for your growth.
- God will use what the enemy meant for harm, into opportunities.

When you go after God-planted dreams, look forward not backwards.

Some great wisdom...

I see a new breed of investors and entrepreneurs emerging.

When you talk to them or co-labor with them, they are very different than other entrepreneurs who happen to be Christians.

These investors and entrepreneurs are driven by ...

- driven by faith in God
- driven by faith in the Bible
- driven by...

Founders — you must have a CEO, but you don't have to be the CEO.

What distinguishes extraordinary entrepreneurs is their willingness to give up everything for the belief in their vision. Especially a scaling vision.

And that includes the role of the CEO.

The CEO needs to be focused on...

Many, many, many ventures will collapse. Unless ...

Unless you learn to DWELL.

You don't have to be the sharpest pencil in the box to understand this.

Big Tech, Business, Media — You Name It, are laying off the workforce at scale.

This would be a great time to study Psalm 91. Understand...

Not just exceedingly, not just abundantly, but exceedingly and abundantly above all you can ask or think.

If your entrepreneurial thesis is to disrupt and change the world, your ASK will need to be bigger.

If you are an investor and/or entrepreneur driven by faith, purpose, freedom and the Kingdom...

I see a predictable pattern as to why founders don't get funded.

>> They don't have Founder/Investor Fit.
>> Which is exactly like Product/Market Fit.

And to fix this, they'll have to rewire their thinking.

When it comes to investors (or donors for nonprofits), there is ...

- Dumb money
-...

Is the pursuit of the American Dream over?

No, but here's what has changed.

This has been the American Dream for so many. The world desires the American Dream.

- land a great career
+ marry the love of your life
+ buy your dream home

What's changed is the notion that working for someone else, or...

Great entrepreneurs have learned how to fail.

In fact, it's said we will have to invent and fail ten times for every success.

So, if you want your venture to succeed, you'll have to embrace failure to learn what doesn't work.

Don't sulk. Invent.

Do this over and over. I call this cracking-the-code.

If...

There are two biblical promises I invoke by faith, daily.

1. God's promises to protect me.
2. God's promises to bless me.

His hedge of protection doesn't mean I will live a life free of trouble. In fact, He actually guarantees I will experience much trouble because of my faith.

What He promises to do...

The idea that everybody can be an entrepreneur and create a startup is simply false. But I believe entrepreneurship can be taught. Here are 3 Distinctives iconic entrepreneurs possess.

1. Their solution is a Painkiller not a Vitamin.

2. They understand Not Knowing the difference between Wishful...

The most ineffective faith-driven entrepreneurs believe in God — but not everything in the Bible. They have become clouds with no rain. All hat no cattle.

Look, even satan believes in God. He's just no longer a follower.

You can't believe in the Bible if you don't study it.

- I see the Bible ...

I have a visceral aversion to inefficiency. Especially with church.

The net net — is a pagan culture.

- Like the 94% of Christ followers who lack a biblical worldview.
- And the 60% of pastors who have become woke, without a biblical worldview.

But this has led to some interesting conversations...