Faith Driven Entrepreneur

Entertainment is something that most entrepreneurs will be a part of, whether that is recruiting team members, hosting corporate events, trying to raise money or creating unique opportunities for your team to bond. In this episode, we talk about how we think about entertaining while maintaining a sincere heart towards holiness. While there are some black and white rules from scripture that we need...

In this episode of the Faith Driven Entrepreneur Podcast, Henry, William and Rusty tackle the issue of language. At one level, they aren't going to tell you anything that will surprise you....cursing is a bad thing and it's not helpful in the workplace, or anywhere else for that matter. The book of James hits this issue squarely, and so do dozens of other references. Yet there's some nuance here t...

Fundraising. It’s something that we as entrepreneurs all have to tackle at some point. In this week’s FDE podcast episode, we examine the different issues that are associated with fundraising. You'll hear Henry note at the outset that this particular episode is a bit more weighted for the social entrepreneur or ministry entrepreneur....but I hope you'll agree that the mindset on fundraising is ver...

In this week's podcast, we tackle the issue of how to let people go....and how to do it in a way that honors them and honors God. Rusty introduces the framework of how to let someone go in a way that speaks the truth in love, makes sure that they aren't surprised, gives an opportunity to cure and generally follows the golden rule. There's a bunch of nuance to that, of course, and so we talk throug...

In this episode we’ll talk about projections. At first listen, this seems to be a little more relevant for companies that are after venture financing as we talk about the three year projections and the modeling that entrepreneurs show to venture capitalists etc., but I hope that you’ll find a lot more here than advice in working with a Venture Capitalist. We talk about plain old business planning,...

Henry, Rusty and William share the reasons they are producing the Faith Driven Entrepreneur Podcast

In this episode, we will discuss the importance of culture in your organization. 1:00 - How do I think about culture? 2:00 - There is a spectrum 4:15 - What is God telling you? 5:00 - We are representatives of God 7:05 - Make it your own story 7:45 - Capital aligned with values 11:15 - Why we do what we do? 15:00 - Brian shares the reason behind his company 17:15 - Rusty’s personal story 19:20 - T...