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Back in the year 2000, the member-nations of the UN unanimously agreed upon a resolution titled the “Millennium Development Goals”. These 8 objectives aim to make radical improvements to the lives of those living in the Developing World. If all goes well, the goals should be achieved by the year 2015. We are half way […]

Throughout Scripture, God makes it explicitly clear that he “loves justice” (Ps. 37:28). We cannot, as followers of God, turn a blind eye to the acts of injustice that are being committed across the world.200 years ago, William Wilberforce could not turn a blind eye to the slave ships that were kidnapping Africans and taking […]

A recent study suggests that the traditional business plan might not be as useful as once thought…
Spending months and months researching and writing “the perfect plan” doesn’t necessary improve your start-up’s chance of success. William Bygrave, an entrepreneurship professor from Babson College, suggests that entrepreneurs stick to a more “informal” plan that will push them […]

If you are looking to start a Kingdom Business, you will most likely have to “pitch” your new business idea to various groups as you prepare to launch the company.
Guy Kawasaki has a great article by Bill Reichert, of Garage Technology Ventures, listing out some tips to help you create a perfect Powerpoint presentation to […]

OnStartups.com has two great posts that give some great advice to those looking to launch their own start-up.
The first post contains 17 quick tips for founders. Here are a couple good ones:

Eventually, your product will need to work and do something useful. No amount of marketing or strategy will get you around this.
At the […]

The Economist has an inspiring profile on Ayisi Makatiani and his efforts to help develop successful businesses across Africa. Makatiani first saw success as a founder of Africa Online, an Internet Service Provider, which eventually became the largest ISP in Africa and was acquired by Prodigy.
After an internal shake-up at Africa Online, Makatiani left the […]

George Verwer, founder of Operation Mobilization, recently put out a list of the top 10 most unreached nations:
1. North Korea
2. Saudi Arabia
3. Tibet
4. Turkmenistan
5. Yemen/Socotra
6. Libya
7. Tunisia
8. Afghanistan
9. Somalia
10. Iraq

For those looking to start their own business, Seth Godin provides one of the best (and free) resources to help you manage the task of “bootstrapping” your own new venture.

The Bootstrapper’s Bible contains many helpful tools that will guide a business owner on the path towards profitability. FYI: A “bootstrapper” is an individual who is […]

We live in a world that is obsessed with money.
We are bombarded with media that constantly reinforces the drive to “get rich”.
BUT, if you live in the US you already are rich, just you may not realize it yet.
We don’t realize just how rich we are because we look at the lifestyles of movie stars […]

One of the primary inhibitors to the launch of new “Business as Mission” (BAM) ventures is the simple fact that starting a new business is HARD!
It is hard enough just to start a successful, non-BAM business in the US, let alone attempting to do this in a foreign country. Throw on top of that the […]