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When Seema Rodriguez started to work as a real estate agent, she got ridiculed for keeping the Sabbath. But shortly after, the very same people had to admit that she was serving a powerful and almighty God. Listen to her testimony and get encouraged to do (real estate) business as UNUSUAL. To learn more about Seema's business, you can go here.Sign up for our newsletter here! Scroll down and sign up for free, we share powerful resources every other week.   

Many businesses fail because they try to solve insignificant problems. Others fail because they don't focus on the problem they started with. In this episode, Jonathan and Vincent talk about the art of problem solving and how to stay focussed doing one thing.  If you would like to get in touch with Jonathan directly, you can do that here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathan-ostrowski/ Join the Hyve Business School and get 25% OFF!CLICK HERE for your yearly plan (coupon applied)CLICK HERE for your monthly plan (coupon applied)...or use the code "HYVEPODCAST25" during checkout. Offer expires 9/30/23. Subscribe to our monthly emails and get powerful resources to scale your business!  

The Model Steward Canvas is a free book about starting a Christian business with a Kingdom Purpose. It’s a one-page business plan which works through the fundamental elements of a business or product, structuring your ideas in an easy-to-understand way. The Model Steward Canvas is for those who:· Want to start a new business with a Kingdom purpose,· Want to transition from an informal business to a more formal business with a Kingdom purpose,· Want to transition from being a Christian in business to a business with a defined and intentional Kingdom purpose,· Feel God’s call to utilize their professional skills with a Kingdom purpose,· Have just begun to appreciate that they are stewards of the business God has given them.The Canvas is a visual chart with twelve elements. It describes the firm’s business, vision and mission, values, customer segments it wishes to serve, customer value proposition, business goals, stakeholders and key partners and resources, and staff management approach. The last elements are its financial approach – pricing and profit and dividend strategies. Of critical importance is the Scriptural Imperative – the verse or passage of Scripture that defines how you conduct your business and interact with your employees, suppliers, and customers.The book is available for free to encourage Christian entrepreneurs as they integrate their business and mission activities. Download your copy of the Canvas here: https://stewardship.adventist.org/model-steward-canvas-book.pdf  Dr Ken Long is a business consultant who provides advice to help businesses improve their competitiveness and profitability. He has broad industry experience, having commenced his business career as a lawyer before holding senior management positions in the de-regulating electricity and gas markets and IT commercialization. Ken has also been involved as a senior consultant in developing leadership and management skills with a particular emphasis on business acumen. His business skills include business strategy development, sales and marketing management.Dr Long developed the concept of the Model Steward Canvas for a program on business, innovation and discipleship that he and Christina Hawkins, then Stewardship Director of the South Pacific Division, delivered to a group of Christian entrepreneurs in Papua and New Guinea in December 2019. The participants loved the concept but were all surprised that the worlds of business and Christianity could be combined, as their understanding was that they should be separate. This book adopts business as mission, the intentional combination or integration of two concepts – business and mission. “The idea of integration is important. This is not ‘ministry’ tacked onto the business for convenience or business tacked onto ministry. Instead, the mission is worked out in and through the business, its activities, products and services and relationships”. The life of the apostle Paul as a professional tentmaker (Acts 18:1-3) demonstrates this concept of integration.Ken has degrees in Law and Accounting and a Master of Business Administration (Marketing), and a Doctor of Business Administration (organizational innovation).

Not too long after London Lee became a follower of Jesus, he wanted to buy a 500-acre property. It seemed like all ducks were in a row, but he ended up finding out that major business development tools and principles were lacking in order to turn the property into a successful lifestyle center. Over the years, London discovered powerful protocols and methods that all successful companies use today to sell their products. And he discovered something else...Could it be that these principles and methods have their origin in God's word? What can we learn from the Bible about business principles? And what can we do, individually and also corporately as a church, to forward God's cause?Listen to his story and get inspired! Used quotes in this podcast episode: Testimonies for the Church Vol. 9, page 119.Testimonies for the Church Vol. 7, page 19.The Ministry of Healing, page 149.  Learn more about Pastor London Lee:London's LinkedInDroolees: BPA Free Quality Baby ProductsTen Talents InternationalSan Diego Clairemont SDA Church on YouTubeThe Master's Class Challenge (Online Course) on 10x Wiser Use the coupon code "HYVE" upon checkout to receive 10% OFF the Master's Class Challenge! Just click here, then add the coupon code "HYVE"  

Justin Stafford, CEO and founder of Blueshift, shares his story of how he started solving a specific problem for one client. Now he employs 30 people and runs a major software solution company in Australia.

Paul Kilroy has had three different leadership positions at J.P. Morgan Chase, the largest bank in the United States and the world's largest bank by market capitalization. He shares how Chase and other big tech firms are using our data to deliver their best products at the right time and how we can do the same by using the data we have to forward God's cause. There is a massive opportunity out there, and it's time to get together and talk about it! Reach out to Paul Kilroy on LinkedIn and continue the data conversation: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulkilroy/  Learn more about Madison and the Hyve Business School: https://www.hyveinternational.org/2022/05/06/madison/ 

Dr. Joyce Choe went through a series of personal trials and health issues before she started her missional business. And although it all started very small with a cookbook, the reason why she decided to start was a beautiful and powerful one: she wanted to help. Listen to the story of Wholesale Market, get inspired by Dr. Joyce's personal testimony and learn more about the Adventist health message and what it meant for Joyce and her partner Mercy to be health advocates during a global crisis.  You can buy Dr. Joyce's cookbook here: https://wholenessmarket.com/Are you interested in their online course? Click here.To register for Hyve Creators 2023 in Collegedale, TN, click here.To register for Hyve Australia 2023 in Sydney, please click here.Listen to more Hyve episodesBecome a Hyve member and connect with other businesses!Sign up to get our biweekly posts on how to combine faith & business here. Do you have questions about the podcast? Feedback? A word of appreciation? Criticism? We'd like to hear it! Email us at [email protected] you want to become a sponsor, email us and we'll feature you on our next episode! 

There are two major mistakes many entrepreneurs make these days. If you're a professional in your field, it's very easy for you to speak about the functionalities and features of your product. You personally care about all the little details... but does your audience care? And what if you have decided to share the gospel through your business, but you're overwhelmed by the amount of people you would like to reach? It's best to target as many as possible, right? Find out more on today's episode! Listen to more Hyve episodesBecome a Hyve member and connect with other businesses!Sign up to get our biweekly posts on how to combine faith & business here. Do you have questions about the podcast? Feedback? A word of appreciation? Criticism? We'd like to hear it! Email us at [email protected] you want to become a sponsor, email us and we'll feature you on our next episode! 

There are mainly two ways of doing marketing. We could call it "good" marketing and "bad markeing." Bad marketing is like going to a random person in a restaurant and asking him/her to marry you. Good marketing is more like a courtship relationship...Klinger Lurentt has studied how to do market a  in an authentic and truthful way. He shares powerful principles and basics, illustrating digital marketing with a practical example. Listen to more Hyve episodesBecome a Hyve member and connect with other businesses!Sign up to get our biweekly posts on how to combine faith & business here. Do you have questions about the podcast? Feedback? A word of appreciation? Criticism? We'd like to hear it! Email us at [email protected] you want to become a sponsor, email us and we'll feature you on our next episode! 

What happens to your character if your business is becoming 50 times bigger than before? How do you share the good news of Jesus' love and His soon return with your employees, clients and suppliers? When Radim Passer experienced God's love, he decided to follow Him and dedicate his business to Him. In our previous episode, Radim shared parts of his personal testimony. This week, he's explaining how we can use our business to do evangelism in a very effective way.By God's grace, Radim was able to plant seeds of truth in thousands of people. Hundreds of them joined the church and many more hear the gospel month by month. Learn how you can use your missional business to do the same thing!  Listen to more Hyve episodesLearn more about PASSERINVEST GROUPWatch "RADIM'D" (a documentary by the Adventist Review on Radim's life)