Startup Newsletter

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...

One day I had this revelation — about partnering with God.

If I'm going to co-create with God, because my startup dreams are from God — then He's my business partner.

For me it changed everything about becoming the faith-driven founder/investor He has created me to be.

Together, we cannot fail.

Before a business finally takes off. 

Here's what most miss. 

The reality is most businesses are like the Chinese bamboo plant. It barely grows above ground — for its first four years. 

You hardly see anything happening. 

Even though your water it, fertilize it, make sure it's getting sunlight; ...

As a faith-driven founder, this is success defined.

It's understanding God's call ...

- on my life
- on my business

... and then doing it.

Success is understanding God's plan and purpose for me, in every season and assignment, and then walking out the journey with God, hand-in-hand.

That's succe...

Can entrepreneurship be taught?

Some say entrepreneurs are born, not made.

I say you were born to succeed. But whether you do or not is greatly affected by these factors.

- Your willingness to learn entrepreneurship?

- The experience of mentor who is teaching you?

- A systematic iteration proce...

Entrepreneurs: Are you a Vitamin or a Painkiller?

Vitamins are nice. Painkillers? Essential.

Why do standout brands resemble painkillers more than vitamins? The answer lies in the nature of pain itself—it demands our immediate attention.

Consider this: people rarely, if ever, overdose on vitamins...

Failure isn't the opposite of success.

It's the secret ingredient.

Picture this: Every setback, every closed door, every 'no' - paving the way for innovation. 

History's greatest achievements were born from countless failures. The light bulb wasn't invented in a day, nor was the first successful ...

Faith-Driven Founders gathering weekly — for Church for Entrepreneurs. 

Yea, I know. Some of you religious types might be bothered by our use of the word CHURCH. 

If you see the church as a place to go, perhaps it doesn’t make sense to be combined with an entrepreneurial ecosystem. But we see the ...

Do you know what you are looking at? 

It's 11 founders starting & restarting. A picture is worth a thousand words. 

This picture is 11 founders from these industries ... 

Fitness 
Military 
Health & Beauty 
Executive Search 
Apparel / Fashion 
Entertainment 
Marketing & Branding 
Nutrition / Sustainable...

While in Milwaukee ...

-  I ran into a lady

- About to jump off a bridge

- She said, do you think God will care if I jump?  

- I knew I needed to choose my words carefully

I said, Lord please help me help her. The Holy Spirit gave me these 6 promises to share with her. 

#1 - Through Christ, yo...

RevOps explained in 5 min. 

When mastered, it's like printing money. 

The key to RevOps, is building your playbook around The Buyer Journey of your targeted audience. 

I break RevOps into 3 strategies. 

1 - Demand Generation 
2 - Lead Generation 
3 - Sales Funnel/Pipeline  

I break Buyer Journey ...

Contentment in business is rare; Settling is fatal.

In the world of startups and entrepreneurship, we're often told to push harder, aim higher, and never be satisfied. But there's a profound difference between contentment and complacency, especially for faith-driven founders.

Being content doesn't...