“Hurt is going to happen.” With those five words, I was reminded once again of why we so separately need Jesus. We’re all going to fail. And sometimes, it’ll be big. And every time it will hurt.
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We fret so much about wasting precious time, when the other side of that same coin says: time is always there. Experience cannot be quantified as cleanly as results or outcomes, but that does not eliminate it’s value.
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God has given us the Holy Spirit to guide us in decision-making. And because entrepreneurs are risk-takers, we know we must take a calculated risk.
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Five years ago, I applied for a new job. I quickly rose to the top of the candidate pool and got that feeling– I’m going to land this job! After multiple interviews, each better than the last, I was told that it was just a matter of final details and one last interview.
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The most difficult circumstance of my life thus far — spiritually, emotionally, and in fact financially — has come through the failure of a start-up in which I was an investor.
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As someone who enjoys the strategy behind building an organization and its personnel, there seems to be a common denominator in the NFL coaching carousel I have observed that can explain this phenomenon.
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Someone asked me once, “Why are you afraid to fail?” I remember wading through a bunch of half sentences until I admitted, “I don’t want to fail because I’m afraid of who that means I am. Basically, my identity is at stake.”
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What if God is glorified by taking us to Red Sea Moments on purpose? How do you respond as a leader when you find yourself up against the wall?
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Two weeks into COVID-19, when other people were losing jobs and schools were shutting their doors to complete the school year online, God spoke to me about returning to the marketplace.
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I never saw it coming. I started my business part-time in January, 2000, and I completed my MBA in September of the same year. I purchased my second new construction home. Things were going well, and I could not have been happier.
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Lara Casey built Southern Weddings Magazine out of a sheer desire to see something beautiful in a world that felt very broken. The success of that publication is no secret, but today, she shared with us the ins and outs of her decision to let it all go...
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None of us, including experienced business people, have led a company in such a time as this. For over 20 years, Charlie Paparelli has been an professional angel investor and entrepreneur, co-founding 12 startups and investing in twenty-three. Read his take on where we go from here…
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For over 20 years, Charlie Paparelli has been an professional angel investor and entrepreneur, co-founding 12 startups and investing in twenty-three. On a daily basis, he mentors 10 startup founders and advises many more. Read more about his practical tips to be Christian business person during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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In the Midwest, Christian entrepreneurs are searching for relief from the corrosive grind of company-building—while some faith leaders preach the gospel of crushing it. There’s a hunger among entrepreneurs to redefine what it means to be successful in tech: the enduring message is that in an industry that seems by nature to demand imbalance in the lives of those who work in it, they hope to find a different way.
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“In the early days of the business, we were flying. We were growing, hiring, and making a big splash… It was the Silicon Valley dream and I was one of the few, the proud, the chosen. Pride is a funny and destructive thing. But God in His incredible graciousness dashed me hard against the rocks to break this pride into pieces.”
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One of the best definitions of entrepreneurship is that of Harvard Professor Howard Stevenson (1983): “the pursuit of opportunity beyond the tangible resources that you currently control”. This short yet powerful definition has three components, and each is worth deeper consideration, particularly if you are a follower of Christ.
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We could go on and on about the great, meaningful work that Pete Ochs has been doing but we rather let you hear it & see it from him yourself. We want to highlight one of our Top 10 Video Stories on him: #8 JAILHOUSE BUSINESS OF GENEROSITY “To inmates, seeing someone who had a genuine desire for them to succeed changed everything.”
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The DEALMAKERS Film Series was created to entertain, inspire and connect audiences to look at faith and work differently. Their first episode features this week’s podcast guest Pete Ochs discussing his radical idea of a triple bottom line. Watch here!
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The remarkable story of one gutsy contractor’s determination to end poverty in Africa. Grant Smith is not a visionary or an enthusiastic missionary. He’s a problem solver. When confronted with the desperate problems of poverty he witnessed in Africa, he did the only thing he knew how to do–business.
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For over 20 years, Charlie Paparelli has been an professional angel investor and entrepreneur, co-founding 12 startups and investing in 23. On a daily basis, he mentors 10 startup founders and advises many more. Read more about his 11 thoughts on how to see failure as an entrepreneur.a
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