Startup Newsletter

There comes a point when all entrepreneurs get sick and tired of being sick and tired — with our lack of progress.

When you are ready, these two hard truths & decisions will precede your New Beginnings

Both new and seasoned entrepreneurs will find themselves here.

It's when you realize what has g...

There has never been a better time to start a business.

The Choice: 90% failure vs. 70% success.

You've heard the cliche, The future is now. Still true.

Forget the unicorn, that's for wishful thinkers. Instead, plant an oak tree.

When's the best time to plant an oak tree. 20 years ago or right n...

Don't take soldier advice from someone who hasn't been to war. 

Don't take entrepreneurial advice from anyone who hasn't grown a business to over 1M in revenue. 93% have not. 

7% surpass 1M 
1% surpass 10M 

If you're going to get solid advice, find one who's already been to where you're trying to ...

If your venture feels stuck, maybe God's polishing, not punishing. 

Let's explore. 

When a faith-driven founder can't seem to crack-the-code, and the revenue (success) is noticeably absent, I can guarantee you it's because God is working on your character. 

He's teaching you how to face life's im...

Being poor sucks.

I know, I started out poor.

How do I define being poor in America? 

- struggling to pay your bills
- living paycheck to paycheck
- no cash reserves
- living in lack

What's the opposite of being poor? 

- To me it's prospering
- When things are getting better financially
- When you h...

Why are so many Coaches, Mentors, and Consultants broke — or struggling?

Simple.

They never learned how to become true entrepreneurs.

No one is born an entrepreneur, entrepreneurship must be learned.

Every serial entrepreprenur/investor understands all original ideas are flawed.

We NEVER go-to-...

What do you do when your brook runs dry? 

Don't be surprised when God directs you to someone else who is running on empty. 

When it's God ordained, His providence, prepare for His multiplication. 

That's what happened to God's prophet Elijah. 

God had used Elijah to declare a 3.5 year drought ov...

Some of the greatest founders ever — will be birthed out of a recent layoff.

You have a great job
Great pay
Great team
Great boss

Feels like family. Until you get the cold-notice that you have been chosen to leave the family.

- When you started you felt like you were adopted in.
- Not you just got ad...

I love getting it right. 

That's why I love being wrong. 

Because when I'm wrong, I have an opportunity to get it right.  

And I love being right.  

Anyone who meets me knows I have a bold humility. And that I'm a tough love guy. 

I shoot it straight. 

That comes through being a veteran entrep...

Most new entrepreneurs feel unequipped. 

There are 2-paths to getting equipped. 

The first. Decide if you're going to reject God's help and learning His way of entrepreneurship. Will you become a faith-driven founder? 

We all start out flawed. 

- Our original idea is flawed 
- And we are flawed 

It's easy to become discouraged, thinking things will never work out. 

Especially for entrepreneurs. Here's what they miss. 

- You are not defined by your failure. 
- Instead, you are prepared by it. 

Thomas Edison failed 2000 times trying to invent the light bulb. 

Perhaps you feel that way tryi...

God always multiplies what you already have. 

Here's how.

He did it with the water to wine miracle 
He did it with feeding the 5000 

This is one of the faith principles I've learned over the past 40 years as a serial entrepreneur. 

If I offer up my life to Him, give Him my dreams and goals, and p...