Startup Newsletter

Divine Wisdom: Challenges for Faith-Driven Founders as Teams Grow

As your company grows from 6 or 7 employees to 15 or 40, a remarkable transformation unfolds. In the early days, everyone embraces many roles, becoming jacks-of-all-trades.

Yet, as your workforce expands, managers must shift from ja...

Faith-Driven Founders, when you trust God, trials work for you not against you.

But you must learn how to become 100% yielded to God.

Because if your heart and mind are divided, trials will rip you apart.

Friends, trials prepare us for blessing. 

Over the years I’ve learned that I must do the Wo...

So many Faith Driven Founders aren't sure if it's God's will to PROSPER them.

People often overlook the true meaning of happiness when they hear the words "prosperity and success." 

They fail to realize that true happiness lies in every aspect of their lives.

When I say "my life goal is to be pro...

Ever wonder how a $425M exit happened?

It started by redefining what's urgent. Dive in to discover how I transformed my task prioritization, and found clarity beyond measure. 

Here's what I've learned, my three levels of PRIORITY for growing a startup.

For me, it's no longer Low, Medium and High....

I had a sudden revenue shift in one of my ventures, going from $200,000 to $1 million in monthly sales. The shift happened over 30 days. 

We hit a roadblock at $200k per month and tried various tactics to accelerate growth, but we were stuck in the mud for 11 months straight. 

We kept at it, conti...

I only partner with faith-driven founders who walk with a slight limp.

Those who have gone through hell and high water, but they're still in the race. 

They never gave up!

Like a timex, they took a licking but kept on ticking.

They are battle-tested.

They no longer mess their pants when a bomb ...

Faith-Driven Founders: How long should it take you to reach your first 1M, 10M or 100M?

And more importantly, what has to happen to reach each revenue level profitability?

If you can’t see clearly what has to happen to get to each stage, the odds are you'll never reach them.

For instance, if you ...

Has God ever planned on killing you?

It happened to Moses. But why?

God chooses Moses, a murderer, for an important assignment. Moses feels under-qualified and begins to question God’s decision:

- Why have you chosen me?
- How will I do it?
- What if I fail?

Moses chickens out and tells God to sen...

Life is full of ups and downs. At times you will be confused, you'll lose your bearings and feel like quitting.

You'll have to control your thought life if you want to succeed.

Why? Because your thought life will control your feelings about everything in your life.

I’ve learned not to let them in...

Decoding Woke Double-Talk: Why faith-driven founders must embrace brutal honesty over woke lies.

We need to prioritize truth over comfort, even if it's uncomfortable.

Ever encountered someone who talks in riddles and woke cliches, like they're reading from a fortune cookie? It's not just confusing...

When people fail to achieve their desires, dreams and goals — it's because they see themselves failing.

Stop the dress rehearsal.

It's a coup d'état on your success, with you as the ringleader.

-Gerald

13 years ago I launched my first digital course. 2995 people signed up in our first few months.

We learned how to do 1M a month in revenue. Here's how ...

In one of my ventures we were marketing software coding bootcamps. Training people for dream jobs and dream incomes.

Our sales had stalled and...