Can an Entrepreneur’s Perseverance Be Bad?

“I actually think he has too much perseverance,” my friend Mark, a fellow angel investor, commented.

Former C12 Member and CEO of Key Insulation share the tough decisions she and her husband faced regarding finding the right exit.

You know you’ll be an entrepreneur sometime in middle school to early high school. I hear this in every entrepreneur’s story.

Oftentimes, it feels like a Christian is an entrepreneur is an oxymoron. Honestly, the vast majority of entrepreneurs are unsaved and are focused on one thing: profit. Now, don’t get me wrong. Profit is the name of the game but as a Christian, there is a higher calling.

Originally published by WRAL TechWire — Bandwidth , a Triangle-born provider of communications-related services that has grown into a venture with global reach, might be riding high at the moment after recently hitting the $2 billion valuation mark. But as its founder and CEO David Morken can attest, it hasn’t always been smooth sailing. He credits one thing for getting him through: his Christian faith.

One day, our jobs will end. In that moment, what will people say about you? Doug McMillon, President and CEO of Walmart, addresses the importance of building a lasting legacy through a life of honesty and humility. 

“There are other ways of writing about the stages of business development. I’ve done it myself, but I find quantifying it in this way—0 to 1, 1 to 5, and 5 to 50—makes sense to a lot of my clients. It works in any industry, any style of corporate culture, and every market I can think of.”