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What do you do when your brook runs dry? 

Don't be surprised when God directs you to someone else who is running on empty. 

When it's God ordained, His providence, prepare for His multiplication. 

That's what happened to God's prophet Elijah. 

God had used Elijah to declare a 3.5 year drought ov...

Some of the greatest founders ever — will be birthed out of a recent layoff.

You have a great job
Great pay
Great team
Great boss

Feels like family. Until you get the cold-notice that you have been chosen to leave the family.

- When you started you felt like you were adopted in.
- Not you just got ad...

I love getting it right. 

That's why I love being wrong. 

Because when I'm wrong, I have an opportunity to get it right.  

And I love being right.  

Anyone who meets me knows I have a bold humility. And that I'm a tough love guy. 

I shoot it straight. 

That comes through being a veteran entrep...

Most new entrepreneurs feel unequipped. 

There are 2-paths to getting equipped. 

The first. Decide if you're going to reject God's help and learning His way of entrepreneurship. Will you become a faith-driven founder? 

We all start out flawed. 

- Our original idea is flawed 
- And we are flawed 

It's easy to become discouraged, thinking things will never work out. 

Especially for entrepreneurs. Here's what they miss. 

- You are not defined by your failure. 
- Instead, you are prepared by it. 

Thomas Edison failed 2000 times trying to invent the light bulb. 

Perhaps you feel that way tryi...

God always multiplies what you already have. 

Here's how.

He did it with the water to wine miracle 
He did it with feeding the 5000 

This is one of the faith principles I've learned over the past 40 years as a serial entrepreneur. 

If I offer up my life to Him, give Him my dreams and goals, and p...

You decided to start a business. Great! 

Build it with God, here's how and why. 

There are two types of faith-driven founders.  

- those who try to bootstrap 
- those who try to raise capital  

Both have become obsessed with a problem they are committed to solve. 

All will go through at least th...

Most entrepreneurs never make money. 

But everyone who really wants to, can.  

Every founder at some point musters up the courage to leave the 9-5 and pursue what most would call the new American dream — entrepreneurship.  

It's the pursuit of freedom and prosperity to provide the best life for y...

Every founders' original idea is flawed. 

If you go-to-market before you do this, you're screwed! 

Every entrepreneur launching a business starts out with an idea. What most don't know is that the idea is deeply flawed.  

They all are — at first. 

Experienced entrepreneurs/investors know they ha...

Imposter syndrome is negative self-talk.

It's a big lie that should be reversed.

You are actually rehearsing your failure. Instead you need to reverse it.

Don't rehearse it. Reverse it.

Anytime you aim higher than your past limited experiences, you will experience what many call imposter syndrom...

I've prayed two different ways in my life. I've prayed hoping God would answer my prayers and I've prayed expecting God to answer my prayers. Someplace between my dreams and my destiny, something changed.

Growing up I always knew God COULD do anything for me, but I wasn't sure He WOULD. To me it se...

I don't trust anyone

Unless they have a slight limp.

I need to know they've been through the fire.

That's where all of us are refined. In the fire.

So if you're going through the fire right now, consider it God's finishing school.

Whatever God allows, He'll use it to refine you, and prosper you...