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Partnerships in business are common today.  Did you know that WhatsApp became successful because of the partnership between Brian Acton and Jan Koum who complemented each other in their journey toward their eventual sale to Facebook ten years ago for $22 billion?  Other successful partnerships include the likes of CVS and Target stores, Apple and […]

The Center Consulting Group (PA) led by Jay Desko, has been a wonderful partner with IBEC.  Not only do they host our annual in-person board meeting, but Jay also leads the board in strategic thinking and planning.  The following article is used with permission. Larry W. Sharp, BAM Support Specialist, IBEC Ventures Larry.Sharp@ibecventures.com —– Try

While teaching college courses, it seems we were always looking for cross-cultural internship opportunities for our BAM students.  How gratifying to get an offer of an internship opportunity in Africa, which places the student at the heart of what God is doing there. Business as Mission is well known to the founders of Kindred Exchange,

I was recently reflecting on the ten years of consistent weekly IBEC blogging from August 2014 to August 2024.  While I did not personally write each blog, I am grateful for permission to reprint others’ excellent writings, and to also have guest authors on our IBEC site from time to time.  I am also grateful

Every BAM business is interested in impact.  The C12 article linked below is well worth the read but pay special attention to Brandon West’s 4-minute video at the end. Larry W. Sharp, BAM Support Specialist, IBEC Ventures Larry.Sharp@ibecventures.com https://www.joinc12.com/article/measuring-impact-business-ministry/?utm_source=Contacts&utm_campaign=Nurture-KPI-Ministry&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_2e29195c4d-72cc8e3e48-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D&mc_cid=72cc8e3e48&mc_eid=8ecac3ba0f

I have been intrigued with just about any article or book on business startups over the past ten years or so.  I am also aware that to start something that endures is incredibly difficult, and there are far more failures than long-term successes.  I then became interested in Walker Deibel’s book, Buy Then Build –

This blog is the final part of a series of four which link Olympic themes to that of a BAM startup.  I apologize for those who are not sports fans and appreciate your tolerance for these four weeks. —– The idea of fairness, justice, integrity, and fair play is as old as created man, and

This blog is part of a series of four which link Olympic themes to that of a BAM startup.  I apologize for those who are not sports fans and appreciate your tolerance for these four weeks. —– The 2024 summer Olympics are over and as always, there are many stories of inspiration, surprising successes and

This blog is part of a series of four which link Olympic themes to that of a BAM startup.  I apologize for those who are not sports fans and appreciate your tolerance for these four weeks. —– Frankly, I wasn’t paying much attention to the USA Women’s soccer team in the Olympics until a few

This blog is part of a series of four which link Olympic themes to that of a BAM startup.  I apologize for those who are not sports fans and appreciate your tolerance for these four weeks. —– The sports world shares many themes with the world of work.  As we watched the various sports during