Faith Driven Entrepreneur

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 that we think is worth exploring as the effective use of language and even emotion are so incredibly important for us as leaders in the workplace. We look at this issue from a variety of angles in this short edition: How does one navigate the dynamic between relatability and holiness? Is the "Queen's English" sufficient to get our point across? How does one deal with bad language from others in the office? How does language and it's use help us to understand our level of anxiety, our ultimate identity and our ability to witness. Let us know if you think we're missing something in this brief look at h

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 very relevant for entrepreneurs of all types. For any fundraiser, I believe the heart motive is the most important. This really ties into one’s purpose and why he is fundraising in the first place. This necessarily forces the fundraiser to know his "why" (see May 3, 2018 blog). We don't want to confuse activity with clarity. Once the fundraiser is clear on his/her goal, which is aligned with God's purpose (if faith based), then there should be no room for manipulation. While some may view fundraising as somewhat transactional, I submit that it should be relational. This means that the fundraiser has an awe

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 through that a bit and delve in to what it looks like to love, not just the employee who may need to be let go, but also the other employees that that one individual might be holding back with their performance. Lastly, as many of our podcasts will do, we take a quick tangent and talk about how to clearly communicate expectations with our employees. William then realizes that we're on to something and sees another edition of the podcast in the making on a topic we'll explore further in the future.

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, and the modeling we talk about doesn’t need to have a thing to do with raising money. It talks about the common mistakes made by business owners in planning for growth and how to avoid them. It then goes a bit deeper and we have a brief conversation about one of the struggles many business owners experience….at least one we have: the propensity to exaggerate. We talk about how to think about growing a business, and our faith and our reliance on God to provide, not just the work of our hands. We hope you’ll enjoy it. Please let us know if you do. Please let us know if you don’t. And as always, please let us know

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 - Trust God