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Christ—The Hope for the Entrepreneur and the Calling for the Investor
By Andy Perez
It was a couple months after the horrific events of 9/11. In the fall of 2001, I was in Seattle working for a private equity that was led by a believer. I was heading one of our portfolio companies. I received a call from ...
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Working Capital: The “Missing Middle” Required For Scale
By Greg Spencer
The Paradigm Project, L3C provides direct consumer financing for “last-mile” distribution in East Africa of durable, energy-efficient products. Our purpose is to improve the livelihoods of women and families at the BOP by...
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Businessman or Christian?
By Scott Cheatham
My dad was on the phone seemingly all the time when I was a kid. My family owned a large company, and he was the brains behind the operation. All day long he was talking with people, either at home or at the office. I saw it ...
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God’s Economy—Four Principles for Christian Investing
By Kevin O’Neal
My first attempt at a Christian investment was a complete failure. My friend Daris grew up in a neglected part of Dallas. His story is not unusual: he grew up in a fatherless home in a bad neighborhood and dropped out of s...
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Generosity with Discernment
By Al Mueller
As the global generosity movement expands and grows, the mantra of more is always better needs to be carefully examined. For the last 17 years I have had a front row seat as the generosity movement has evolved. Groups like...
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Mission Impossible: Demonstrate your Faith in Business with your Breath
By David Payne
When we are young, we have indefatigable amounts of energy but limited wisdom. When we are near the end of our lives we have tremendous wisdom from our life experiences but limited energy as we prepare to leave this world. We...
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Theocentric Collective Impact
By Joe Panter
For more than a decade I’ve been deeply engaged in an active practice of relational mentoring known as The Open Table. The model draws together small groups of volunteers who meet weekly for a year with a young adult or the...
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What I Learned From a Prostitute About Smart Business Decisions
By Cris Zimmermann
As investors and stewards we often strive towards the cleanest and most effective business ideas. And we should. Responsibility and thorough assessment are a crucial part of stewardship and Christian investing. However, we re...
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Reverse Alchemy: Turning Gold into Salt and Light
By Andrew Moedinger
WITH ELIOT SAMUELS Forget Big Data, high-speed trading, and machine learning. Think email, phone calls, and fax machines. That’s gold, as it’s currently traded. Even though bullion trading is a $20+ trillion-per-year i...
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Redemptive Stewardship Practices—Of Cyclones, Governments, Justice, and L...
By Ben Freeth
In Zimbabwe we have recently experienced Cyclone Idai, described by the World Meteorological Organisation as the strongest tropical cyclone ever recorded in the entire southern hemisphere. Cyclone Idai made landfall in Mozamb...
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