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“The Forbes Next 1000 list celebrates the ambitious sole proprietors, self-funded shops and pre-revenue startups who are redefining what it means to build and run a business today, especially in the “new normal.” They are proof-positive that American entrepreneurship remains resilient, vibrant, and ever-changing.” That business owner is Vanessa Bouche, owner of Savhera. In Vanessa’s […]

Many BAM companies work in areas of the world unsympathetic to our Christian faith.  Many have never heard the “Good News” of Jesus’ birth, life, death, and resurrection. ITJ is a software company in south Asia.  Jason and Mike started the company about 20 years ago and have experienced steady growth in creating custom software […]

Richard Weidner is leader of the Legacy Kingdom Fund and a respected New Jersey businessman.  He represents the third element of Triventure (www.triventure.com) along with the other two components: Third Path Initiative and IBEC Ventures. The following is an article he wrote in February of this year. Larry W. Sharp, BAM Support Specialist, IBEC Ventures […]

Help Create Jobs for Ukraine Now Please donate to the Ukrainian Refugee Crisis using this link today – be sure to reference Ukraine Crisis in the notes section of the donation tab.  We are raising money to translate our Triventure training materials into the Ukrainian language.  Our goal is to help build and grow Kingdom businesses for those […]

I have been in a leadership position most of my adult life – classroom teacher, school principal, international mission president, US mission vice president, founder and Director of consulting group, board chairperson etc. etc.  So what? Sometimes when I reflect, I shiver.   I did not do everything right – far from it.  I wonder if […]

One-time phone giant BlackBerry officially ended its phone service in January 2022.  At its peak, BlackBerry had 80 million users and 20% of the worldwide smartphone market; I was a proud user of one of them.  As a Canadian, I was proud of a company originating in the land of my birth, but now they […]

There is plenty of talk these days about metrics.  One learns watching the Winter Olympics that score cards and timing are everything.  My high school senior granddaughter works hard in her anatomy and physiology class since college admission people care about her grades.  And of course, business metrics include such things as YOY sales growth, […]

I believe Bill Gates is correct when he asserts that “everyone needs a coach”.  A 2021 IBEC survey (http://ibecventures.com/blog/ibec-coaching-how-do-we-create-value/) highlighted the value of coaching.  In fact, 42% of the respondents surveyed indicated they wished they had started with a coach. IBEC is a coaching firm and as such I have had the opportunity to observe […]

Americans stop briefly during the month of February to honor two of their greatest presidents, George Washington, and Abraham Lincoln.  There are myriads of surveys which claim to rank the greatest or the best, but almost all of those rankings have Washington and Lincoln in the top five. Both scholars and the public seem to […]

This recent item by Neal Freyman stimulated my thinking relative to business startups. Good morning. How are great works of art produced? What sparks creative genius? We don’t really know. After all, Michelangelo didn’t exactly tweet out a play-by-play as he was painting the Sistine Chapel. Thoreau wasn’t livestreaming from Walden Pond. But recently, we […]