The Camp Gladiator Story
JEFF AND ALLY DAVIDSON – CAMP GLADIATOR
For fun, Ally Davidson decided to try out for American Gladiator (TV show) the morning of her wedding. She ended up winning, and then used that opportunity to start Camp Gladiator-fitness boot camps across America.
Jeff and Ally were also guests on the FDE podcast. Check out their episode here: How an Interview with Hulk Hogan on Their Wedding Day Started a $40 Million Business with Jeff and Ally Davidson of Camp Gladiator.
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH RIGHTNOW MEDIA @ WORK
A simple way to care for your employees and cultivate a healthy team. RightNow Media @ Work is a voluntary, faith-based video library designed with your employees in mind. From topics like leadership, parenting, and finances, RightNow Media @ Work is relevant to everyone on your team. Every member of your team — and their families — can benefit from RightNow Media @ Work. And it’s available on all their favorite devices, whenever they need it.
Unleash The Power of People
Bryant Ambelang of Naturesweet Tomatoes
While digging wells in Mexico, Bryant Ambelang saw how the absence of sustainable income fractured families. He was inspired to create real opportunities for entire communities to become whole again. In this RightNow Media @ Work documentary, hear the story of NatureSweet Tomatoes. The best solutions to communal problems is often the very people of the community. The story of NatureSweet shows that there’s real power in people.
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH RIGHTNOW MEDIA @ WORK
A simple way to care for your employees and cultivate a healthy team. RightNow Media @ Work is a voluntary, faith-based video library designed with your employees in mind. From topics like leadership, parenting, and finances, RightNow Media @ Work is relevant to everyone on your team. Every member of your team — and their families — can benefit from RightNow Media @ Work. And it’s available on all their favorite devices, whenever they need it.
Ping Golf
JOHN SOLHEIM OF PING GOLF
Bubba Watson won the 2012 & 2014 Masters using PING irons, giving John Solheim another reason to smile. John is Chairman and CEO of PING, as well as a LeTourneau University Trustee and former LeTourneau student. In 2014 PING earned 15 gold awards in Golf Digest’s “Hot List” — more than any other brand for the third straight year. Both John and Bubba give God the glory for their success. Watch the video interview below to learn how John believed in Bubba’s potential early on, and how he leads PING, keeping the family’s commitment to “run the business for glorify the Lord.”
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH LETOURNEAU CENTER FOR FAITH AND WORK
Established to revolutionize the way Christians think about work and to help them experience Christ’s transforming presence and power in every workplace in every nation. Championing the faith-work legacy of R.G. LeTourneau, we offer live workshops, books, and over a thousand online resources including, articles, curriculum, video profiles, and original research to arm Christians with wisdom and skills to live out their faith at work, do business to the glory of God, and prepare them to claim their workplace as their mission field. Learn more at centerforfaithandwork.com
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IN PARTNERSHIP WITH LETOURNEAU CENTER FOR FAITH AND WORK
Established to revolutionize the way Christians think about work and to help them experience Christ’s transforming presence and power in every workplace in every nation. Championing the faith-work legacy of R.G. LeTourneau, we offer live workshops, books, and over a thousand online resources including, articles, curriculum, video profiles, and original research to arm Christians with wisdom and skills to live out their faith at work, do business to the glory of God, and prepare them to claim their workplace as their mission field. Learn more at centerforfaithandwork.com
Best Practices And Five Stars
VICTOR HO OF FIVE STARS
Victor Ho founded Fivestars with the mission of “transforming transactions into relationships.” Then the start-up hit a rough patch and needed to lay off 50 people. Best practices suggested handling the lay-offs with surgical precision. Victor felt compelled to take a different approach that was consistent with the company’s values: humbly admitting his mistakes, honoring the workers’ contributions, and mobilizing the entire firm to help those being displaced.
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH FAITH & CO
Faith & Co. is a documentary series by Seattle Pacific University (https://spu.edu). which highlights the struggles, triumphs, and stories of people like you: businesspeople wrestling with what it means to live out business as their calling. Through these inspiring examples, filmed across three continents and 18 U.S. cities and featuring a wide range of industries — high tech, health care, retail, and property development — we seek to provoke questions and provide insights about what it means to act as faithful followers of Christ in business. Whether you are a business professional, a minister, a student, or simply someone interested in exploring how the Christian faith is lived out in the global marketplace, Faith & Co. challenges traditional assumptions and hopes to inspire you to re-imagine business practices to more closely align with God’s creative and redemptive agenda. Learn more at https://faithandco.spu.edu/.
Glory Bee
DICK AND PAT TURANSKI OF GLORY BEE
GloryBee sits squarely in an interesting cultural nexus: Christian-owned, organic food, Oregon, and committed to environmental sustainability.
The company, started out of a backyard selling honey for 40 years, aims to provide the world with food that is not only nourishing for families but is also good for the planet. Today, the company has grown to international scope and recently became a certified B-Corporation (verification of social and environmental commitments), while maintaining an explicit commitment to honoring God in all it does.
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH FAITH & CO
Faith & Co. is a documentary series by Seattle Pacific University (https://spu.edu). which highlights the struggles, triumphs, and stories of people like you: businesspeople wrestling with what it means to live out business as their calling. Through these inspiring examples, filmed across three continents and 18 U.S. cities and featuring a wide range of industries — high tech, health care, retail, and property development — we seek to provoke questions and provide insights about what it means to act as faithful followers of Christ in business. Whether you are a business professional, a minister, a student, or simply someone interested in exploring how the Christian faith is lived out in the global marketplace, Faith & Co. challenges traditional assumptions and hopes to inspire you to re-imagine business practices to more closely align with God’s creative and redemptive agenda. Learn more at https://faithandco.spu.edu/.