What Comes After a Foundation Group?
By now, you’ve likely participated in one of our Foundation Groups in person or online. And you might be wondering, “What’s next?” Our invitation is for you to continue meeting with like-minded entrepreneurs every month.
Whether you move ahead with your current group or you join with a new Faith Driven Entrepreneur Group, you have the opportunity to spend more time diving even deeper into the Marks of a Faith Driven Entrepreneur. And you get to take the journey with trusted friends and allies who are on the same road as you.
The Next Step In Your Journey
You’ve already spent 8 sessions building a strong foundation of friendship with people who, perhaps for the first time in your life, can really empathize with your journey of entrepreneurship. Now is the time to take a bold next step.
Continue meeting once a month to discuss our Entrepreneur Video Series. Together as a group, you’ll spend 90 minutes watching these videos and then talking about what it means to fulfill God’s purpose for your life and work. You’ll also take the time for one person in your group to share more about their business and get insight into the current opportunities and challenges ahead.
Henry Kaestner, co-founder of Bandwidth (Nasdaq: BAND), Sovereign’s Capital, and Faith Driven Entrepreneur and Investor, and Jessica Kim, co-founder and CEO of ianacare, will guide you through the powerful real-life stories of entrepreneurs living out their faith. They will dig deeper into Christian entrepreneurship, and they will continue to point back to the nuclear energy source of it all—faith anchored in Christ.
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The Videos You'll Watch
Coming to you from landmarks all across Silicon Valley and showcasing the powerful stories of companies like Brazen Animation, Canlis, Feast World Kitchen, Camp Gladiator, and more, Henry and Jessica will highlight and share more about the common attributes shared by Faith Driven Entrepreneurs. These are the topics you can expect to cover each month as part of the Entrepreneur Video Series.
CALL TO CREATE
Seizing Your Divine Moment
Entrepreneurs don’t lack vision or insight. Sometimes they just miss the moment. No matter how much we try to close that gap between the known and the unknown, eventually we will need to take the leap. It will require faith every time.
*Featuring the story of Camp Gladiator
IDENTITY IN CHRIST
Who Do You Think You Are
Identity is one of the most important lessons we must wrestle with as entrepreneurs. Who do we think we are? More importantly, whose do we know we are? Our work doesn’t define us. The successes and failures we experience along the way only refine us.
*Featuring Phil Vischer, Creator of Veggietales
STEWARDSHIP -vs- OWNERSHIP
God, Money, Humanity
Every provision—money, opportunity, success—is from God above. These gifts are freely and abundantly given to us not because we earned them, but because God loves us, and he expects us to use his provisions to bless others and bring glory to his name.
*Featuring Teaching from Andy Crouch
JOYFULLY GENEROUS
Creating Consistent Acts of Generosity
Generosity is having an open hand with the resources—the businesses—that have been entrusted to us. Beyond the bottom line, how can I create consistent ways of using my business to help humanity flourish?
*Featuring the story of a Chick-fil-a Operatorr
IN PARTNERSHIP
Connecting in a Detached World
When Christ-like motivation drives two or more people leading a business, there are no limits to where the work can go.
*Featuring the story of Brian Roland and Abenity
DON’T WORSHIP WORK
The Hidden Danger
Many of us are running from something, whether we realize it or not. It's been a source of determination, grit and hustle. But if we’re not careful, we can run back to it in the dangerous journey of an entrepreneur
*Featuring the story of Anne Beiler of Auntie Anne's Pretzels
EXCELLENCE MATTERS
Your Best At Work
Excellence matters. And the more we pursue quality in our work, the greater influence we have with our peers and in the marketplace. But we must be thoughtful and disciplined about the way we get after it.
*Featuring Brazen Animation
FAITHFUL vs WILLFUL
The Fine Line of Faithfulness
If we find ourselves thinking, “I want to do God’s will, but I just want to do it my way,” we might be in trouble. What does it take for us to walk the fine line that makes it possible for us to faithfully follow God’s lead rather than our own?.
*Featuring the story of Canlis
MINISTRY IN DEED
Welcoming Stranger Among Us
We’re in the marketplace for the majority of our days. Opportunities to share the Gospel can be found if we're willing to look and ready to act. What can we do to welcome the stranger among us?
*Featuring the story of Feast World Kitchen
MINISTRY IN WORD
Relational By Design
God himself is made to be relational. He created us with the same purpose in mind. What does it look like for us to love people in the same way that God loves us?
*Featuring the story of McCoy’s Building Supply
ACTIVE IN THE LOCAL CHURCH
Better Together
At the end of the day, missionaries, pastors, and entrepreneurs aren’t all that different. We’re doers, we’re builders, we’re leaders. We want the best for the people around us. But we also want to be the best. It’s not just strengths we share—our weaknesses match as well. We need each other.
*Featuring the story of DaySpring
CONNECTED TO THE GLOBAL CHURCH
Made to Flourish
All Christians are called to ministry. Not necessarily to a paid ministry job, but to leverage our lives for the Great Commission. That means when you decided to follow Christ, you also accepted the call to mission.
*Featuring the story of SeatKing
Are you looking to for even more rich and edifying content to enjoy? You’re in the right place. Here are 4 special episodes that cover unique topics. These can be great for the special circumstances you or your group are going through. Check out these powerful stories with corresponding commentary from Henry and Jessica.
FAITHFUL -VS- WILLFUL
Financing, Fundraising and Bootstrapping
IN PARTNERSHIP
Pruning to Grow
MINISTRY IN DEED
My Teammate is Experiencing Extraordinary Pain
STEWARDSHIP -VS- OWNERSHIP
A Journey of Generosity
