Startup Newsletter

For most entrepreneurs going after the big dream, your identity is defined by your progress.

But for children of God, it’s different.

You become who He says you are The Moment you receive your calling. In that very moment, your identity is forever changed.

In Abraham’s case, He became the Father ...

For us, this is what it means to operate a faith-driven venture capital firm.

Our mission is probably not what you think.

It’s not about a couple of managing partners getting rich.

Don’t get me wrong, we have the power and ability to create great wealth and we are doing it at scale.

But our miss...

People become hopeless when this happens to them … when they become faithless.

I’m not saying when people become faithless they stop believing in God. They become faithless when they are unsure of what God will do for them. Then faithlessness develops into full-blown hopelessness.

When you have fa...

I'm not moved by what I see. I'm not moved by what I feel. I'm moved only by what I believe.

This is what drives the faith-driven founder who has developed the faith to move mountains and has removed unbelief from their lives.

Every day I speak with faith-driven founders who are unhappy with their...

A competitor offered me the CEO role at their company. It’s a pattern that has repeated itself 5x.

One with revenues more than 10x mine offered me the CEO role, a mid 6-figure salary, a 49% equity stake, and 50% of the profits.

The offers have come from competitors and turnaround clients. Eventual...

OH ... I can remember reaching out to Super-Successful Christians for mentorship — who wouldn't give me the time of day.

That feeling of rejection still stings.

Do you know how I've grown so close to Jesus? For so many years He was the only one who would take my call. Ha!

As a young entrepreneur ...

You can have the dreams and desires of your heart.

Here’s how.

Like you, I’ve always had dreams and desires for a better life. So I launched my first startup at 23 to go after my dreams.

In typical startup fashion, my plans were failing, both personal and business. Life wasn’t working out the way...

We all experience seasons when life isn’t working out the way we planned it.

It’s during these times this truth will open up the window of hope in your life.

Your future will be re-ignited when you come to believe this profound truth from God Himself.

>> Your future doesn’t get determined by your...

Can entrepreneurship be learned?

Short answer. Yes.

But the “Yes” is determined by ‘what’ is being taught and ‘who’ it is being taught to.

In my opinion, if you are doing the teaching, teach how to have entrepreneurial success with a great focus on building revenue and profitability.

Teach from ...

Here’s why I left the Church.

I realized Church wasn’t a place to go, it was a people. An Ekklesia.

Jesus gave us our marching orders in two of the gospels TO GO and make disciples of people and nations.

I began to realize it was time for the church to be re-imagined and leave the building.

So I...

Sometimes my plans totally bomb.

My annual CEO conference in Las Vegas is always a sell out. 100% full at $1495 a seat.

But I grew tired of bringing the whole crew out to Las Vegas and we decided to host it locally at the Ritz Carlton.

But as it turns out, my home turf is no Las Vegas.

A few day...

If you’re not being called crazy, you’re not thinking big enough.

God-sized ideas always seem impossible at first. They’re not realistic.

Your critics will remind you of this.

And without God’s favor, they are right.

But because of God’s favor, you’ll go further than people with more resources a...