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***Dick Weidner leads Legacy Ventures Network which is the third component of Triventure.com. Dick has been in the financial sector and a church leader his entire career and has started companies focusing on accounting and on investment. From time to time we will be reprinting articles by Dick.*** I am in the midst of reading […]
We in IBEC knew him as Bob, our board chairman for most of IBEC’s existence, a friend, mentor, leader and encourager of all that we do. He had been a contract engineer with the Naval Air Systems Command and had spent 15 years in upper management. In retirement, he helped numerous Not-For-Profits with his skill […]
***Dick Weidner leads Legacy Ventures Network, which is the third component of Triventure.com. Dick has been in the financial sector and a church leader his entire career and has started companies focusing on accounting and on investment. From time to time we will be reprinting articles by Dick.*** Having been created in God’s image, we […]
I remember one day taking my son Trevor to watch Kobe Bryant play at Lower Merion High School, a few blocks from our house in suburban Philadelphia. Trevor said, “Dad, this guy is going to be great in the NBA.” And he was. As an American professional basketball player, he played his entire 20-year career […]
We believe in empowering the whole person and providing dignified jobs that allow for our artisans to not merely survive, but to thrive in the life they live. Such an introductory statement may be of interest in Dallas, Seattle, Denver or Philadelphia and it should, but it is a super-loaded power statement in Mombasa, Kenya, […]
Some years ago, I met a young man who at the age of fifteen was already becoming a world class photographer. Today, he has published his photos in books, award-winning journals, and on websites. It is no secret that small businesses such as Ryan’s rely on a quality product, but they also seek a price […]
I have known Dave and Lynn for several years and have thought of them as wonderful models for using their business talents for kingdom purposes since retiring from corporate Canada. I recently visited them in Alberta, Canada where I heard some of the joys and struggles of living and discipling the gospel through business in […]
A couple of weeks ago, I had coffee with Derek Gillette. We had an interesting conversation about his journey in life and we discussed our passion for business and for following Jesus. He shared with me his blog address and when I got home, I found this blog. It is interesting because of the popularity […]
An analysis of the word ‘Triventure’ simply reveals the fact that “Tri” indicates the number three and “venture” means a pioneering endeavor into little known waters proceeding in the face of danger, risk and chance. Triventure is the name for three partnering entities in the Business As Mission space who are working together to help […]
When a TED talk has over 12 million viewers and it is about entrepreneurship, I usually take the 15 minutes to check it out. And so, I discovered Adam Grant’s provocative talk on original thinking. He seems to have grown up just a few miles from where I live in the northwest and became the […]