Catholic Founders

In this episode of Catholic Founders , we continue our conversation with Alessandro DiSanto, co-founder of Hallow , the #1 Catholic prayer app. If you missed our first episode with Alessandro, go back and check it out—we focused on how to pray as a Catholic entrepreneur, how to discern your call to entrepreneurship, and how to integrate prayer into both success and failure. But today we’ve got som...

Please help us out by participating in our reader survey! We have heard a lot about the parable of the sower. But do we understand why Jesus only shared the meaning of the parable with His disciples? And why He intentionally speaks in parables? The gospel reading from the 29th of Jan, 2025 (new calendar) is Mark, 4:1-20 — in it, we hear the parable of the sower, delivered from a boat to the vast c...

Entrepreneurs are fundamentally people of action. Catholics fundamentally believe that God has a specific calling. So what do we get when we put these things together? There tends to exist, a conflict between our will and God’s will. But there shouldn’t be! We know that we must follow God’s will. The problem is it’s often really hard to know what God’s will actually is for us. Understanding what G...

Three things: * We’re launching the Catholic Founders podcast — here is the trailer. Stay tuned, the first episode is a banger. * Ask 1: Help us rank on Apple Podcasts for our launch * Ask 2: Share this with a Catholic entrepreneur, or aspiring Catholic Entrepreneur #1 — Launch! So… check out the teaser we’ve created for the upcoming Catholic Founders episode. Share this with your networks — let’s...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.catholicfounders.com Hey everyone! We’ve got an audio post for you today — I’ve found I much prefer creating content in audio format so let me know what you think. If you prefer to read, you can check out the transcript. I’ve also got a blog version of this below. Have a Blessed Feast of the Epiphany! To support our work, upgrade to...

Welcome back, everyone! Today I’m recapping Thursday's events and learnings from Sent. Let’s dive in. Morning Mass & Prayer The day started with Mass, the Liturgy of the Hours, and Adoration. The sermon stood out, particularly because the priest had spent seven years working in the tech industry before entering the priesthood—he even co-founded a tech company back in the '90s. The key takeaway fro...

Hey y'all! I wanted to share what I’ve been learning at the SENT Summit. What is SENT? SENT Summit is an event organized by SENT Ventures, a community of Catholic CEOs and founders who have achieved some traction in their ventures. They focus heavily on venture-scalable companies. The conference is open to non-members as well, and I’m attending as a non-member this year. The Schedule The summit ki...