One of the first Business as Mission companies that I got to know about fifteen years ago was a coffee retail operation in a capital city of west Asia, in the former Soviet Republic. I learned a vital bit of “how to” as I talked to a team member and then visited the operation. I …
Listen and Learn: A key to a Business as Mission Startup Read More »
Watch for a new book with a publishing date for next month, July 2022. The title is MISSIONS DISRUPTED: From Professional Missionaries to Missional Professionals, and it includes missiology, business theory, and 27 stories of missional professionals, mostly businesspeople. Here is a taste of one of the stories, just a summary of something more profound …
Five bits of Advice from a young Business as Mission Practitioner Read More »
I have always loved to teach using case studies with a visual medium. In early 1964 Marshall McLuhan famous coined the term, “The medium is the message.” Most simply stated, he meant that the way content is delivered affects how it is perceived. We at IBEC Ventures believe that the integration of faith and work …
Using Videos to Teach Introductory Business as Mission Content Read More »
Starting a business is both simple and complex. It is simple in that it essentially must solve a problem or meet the need of a customer who will pay for the solution. It is complex because it has myriads of components since the “…startup is greater than the sum of its parts; it is an …
BAM Startup Seed of Hope in Thailand demonstrates that it is all about solving a problem Read More »