May 24, 2021 | Business Blogs, Entrepreneurship & The Business Model Canvas
It is a popular time to launch a startup in America. It doesn’t feel like it should be that way, right? We have experienced a worldwide pandemic, political discord, economic uncertainty, and more in the past year. During the 2008-09 financial crisis, small business...
May 19, 2021 | Business as Mission, Business Blogs, Kingdom Impact
Deloitte recently released the top marketing trends for 2021. If one thing is for sure, it’s this—purpose is power. Consumers are searching to align themselves with companies that have a strong sense of mission and use social impact marketing. After the isolation,...
May 17, 2021 | Business Blogs, Entrepreneurship & The Business Model Canvas
If you are not familiar with the Business Model Canvas, it’s simply a strategizing method that helps you think on paper. There are several components to constructing a business plan, but in this post, I will focus on business model canvas key activities. Key...
May 12, 2021 | Business Blogs, Business Management
When an ambitious entrepreneur starts a business venture, they are typically filled with a mission and a sense of purpose. I find that this is especially true for Kingdom-minded business people or people whose businesses focus on social impact. However, over time most...
May 10, 2021 | Business Blogs, Business Management, Leadership and Your Organization
I started my career serving as a minister in a local church. I discovered so much about people and the principles of an organization. One of the things I noticed was that many of the systems and processes that are present in many medium to large businesses seemed to...
May 5, 2021 | Business Blogs, Entrepreneurship & The Business Model Canvas
They say that necessity is the mother of invention, but I think that’s partially true for innovation, too. Nobody needs me to tell them that the pandemic has been hard on our economy—especially not business owners. However, there are lessons that businesses have had...
Mar 29, 2021 | Biblical Encouragement, Business as Mission, Kingdom Impact
There is no question that the past year has come with unprecedented changes, loss, and heartbreak. We’ve been going through COVID for over a year now, and that time marker has caused me to reflect on some things. However, there’s always a silver lining. Actually, it’s...
Mar 8, 2021 | Business as Mission, Investing, Kingdom Impact, Tips on How to Invest, Tricord Global Testimonies
What impact can a small investment in someone’s life make? The following is a guest blog post written about Melta and David Briggs, the Vice President of Tricord Global. Melta Briggs grew up in the backwoods of Arkansas in a small, no-stoplight town. Her parents...
Mar 3, 2021 | Business as Mission, Business Blogs, Entrepreneurship & The Business Model Canvas
When you work for someone else, they typically have a system in place for you. When you start your own business, you’re in charge of creating the system. Dozens of ideas and possibilities tend to float around in the entrepreneur’s head, but these unguided thought...
