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What do the following have in common: Nutella, Ferrero Roche, poverty, Oregon, agronomy, Turkey, unreached people, and Business as Mission? When I was a child growing up in northern Canada, each Christmas my dad would buy a gigantic bag of nuts still in the shell.  Part of our Christmas tradition was cracking open the shells […]

Most of the world just celebrated Labor Day on May 1,  which is often called May Day. It is considered to be the workers day and it reminded me to think again of what the Bible says about work. Larry W. Sharp, BAM Support Specialist, IBEC Ventures Larry.Sharp@ibecventures.com ************* What does the Bible say about

I just got off the phone with one of the “Greats’ of the BAM world.  I have been privileged to know him and work on projects with him for twenty years.  It got me to thinking, “I know a lot of the BAM greats and I learned a lot from them.  Why don’t I share

“We may have found the single most searing, clarifying, helpful, world-altering fact… What the whole world wants is a good job.”1 It seems that everywhere one looks these days there is world stress, conflict and humanitarian crisis.  The International Rescue Committee (IRC) lists Sudan, the Middle East and Myanmar as the top three crisis we

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

“Some years ago I was invited by Jeffrey Lee to attend a banquet in Los Angeles.  I learned that God was calling business people with roots in South Korea to use business to reach the unreached.  Sfk Ministries has an amazing work and Jeffrey has a great blog which I am reprinting with his permission.”

Cambridge dictionary defines the word create as “to make something new, especially to invent something.” When God created, it resulted in lots of new stuff – water, dry ground, celestial bodies, creatures, plants, food – in other words, everything. I make a distinction between invention, innovation, and entrepreneurship. An invention creates something that did not

This interactive tool is very helpful in understanding where all the pieces fit as we follow, and indeed are a part of the BAM ecosystem.  It is fun to see IBEC Ventures and Triventure mentioned more than once. It is in two parts so don’t forget to move on to Part 2.  Thanks Jon and

It saddens me each time I hear of a BAM company losing a key “essential” employee.  I know that sometimes, it works out for the best in the end for both, but sometimes, it creates unnecessary stress on the company and the departing employee.  My thoughts recently turned to how to retain your best talent.

This article, written and spoken by Mats Tunehag, is a must-read; or you can listen as you would a podcast.  Nonetheless, every BAM practitioner, investor, encourager, mentor or learner needs to hear this message – all in six minutes or less. Larry Sharp, Director of Training, IBEC Ventures Larry.Sharp@ibecventures.com https://www.thestewardinvestor.com/articles/investing-charity-justice