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In the IBEC blog of June 6 entitled “A Kingdom Business – what is it?” I used a Kingdom business coffee company to illustrate four core components of a Kingdom business.  The following is from Rick Buddemeier who serves as a cross-cultural analyst and trainer, helping IBEC business consultants and others to serve foreign companies […]

I dropped into my favorite local coffee company this morning and ordered a small coffee of the day – dark roast – and a bran muffin. The smell of roasting coffee drifted through the surrounding pines taking my mind off of the chill of the 40-degree morning. A 1951 restored Chevy pickup was pulled up in front

I have been interested in gold panning for many years. The Cariboo Gold Rush took place not far from where I grew up in central British Columbia. Later, I panned for gold in Alaska. In every case I was unsuccessful – but I had fun anyway! Last week I visited the site of the first

An Alaskan seafood company provided me with my first real business management experience and its owner, Doris, with my first experience working for a risk taker and industry innovator. I’ve shared some of the many lessons I learned from her previously (An Alaskan mother, an Alaskan entrepreneur). Last week I shared a little known story

The word impossible is not in my dictionary. – Napoleon Bonaparte I was recently driving through Tucson, Arizona and decided to go out of my way and visit the famed airplane graveyard in the desert. Hundreds of planes are parked there because it is a safe, dry place. Many will never fly again but many

An indelible image in my mind while growing up in northern Canada was of grown men sleeping in our town’s Greyhound bus station with no place to go and nothing to eat. Years later while living in tropical Brazil our family saw poverty as we had never seen it before. As I have traveled the

It has been awhile since I have updated a list of resources for Business as Mission. However, Jo Plummer from the Business As Mission Resource Team at BusinessAsMission.com has done an excellent job putting this list of resources together. It includes videos, articles and papers, books, and links to events and training courses. I suggest

A recent congressional report by John Sopko, Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) caught my attention. The report on costs of business startups in Afghanistan is “comically disastrous”. About $800 million was spent and almost nothing has been produced for it. As it turns out the Task Force for Business and Stability Operations (TFBSO)

This week I’m pleased to introduce you to three more examples of cross cultural entrepreneurs who impacted others through the qualities they brought to their businesses. These three together with the three from last week’s blog embody much of what it means to be a successful entrepreneur, BAM or otherwise. 1. He was a student

I am a firm believer in models, examples and in observing closely the experiences of others. I have been consulting with entrepreneurs for ten years now and have learned much from them. These six things are among the many principles which have been observed in their lives while in the overseas marketplace. 1. He was