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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 hello@hyveinternational.org.If 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 hello@hyveinternational.org.If 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 hello@hyveinternational.org.If 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)   

When Radim Passer got a loan from the bank in 1991, he bought his first property. The rest is history. Since 1996, PasserInvest has primarily been connected with the locality Brumlovka (former BB Centrum) in Prague 4. It is one of the most successful and extensive urban projects not only in the Czech Republic, but in all of Europe from the perspective of development projects built by a single investor. So far, Passerinvest Group has invested almost 16 billion crowns (roughly 691 million USD). 10% of that was invested into non-profit projects that are used by the general public (schools, public greenery, sports facilities and urban infrastructure, safety, ecology). In this episode, Radim shares his personal journey of how it all started, what struggles he had, how he grew up and what changes he had to make in his business after finding God. A personal tragedy in 1998 changed his family's life forever and was used by God in mighty ways.   Listen to more Hyve episodesLearn more about PASSERINVEST GROUPWatch "RADIM'D" (a documentary by the Adventist Review on Radim's life) 

Startup or corporate business? Markus Witte knows both. For more than 20 years, he had worked in large corporations as a product manager. He innovated, met with CEOs and CFOs and used large assets to push the enterprise forward. But then he got the call to leave this safe environment and start his own business from scratch. Markus eventually joined Jesse and a few others, and together they founded Hyve.  A corporate business with millions of dollars in revenue looks like a better deal, compared to a startup that struggles to acquire customers.  But there are pros and cons in both cases. Markus Witte explains why we might want to leave the corporate world to start our own missional business - and also why (maybe) not. He gives us practical takeaways and shares his personal journey of how God convicted him to leave a billion-dollar company.  Listen to more Hyve episodes hereSUPPORT this podcast via OCI (put "Hyve Podcast" in the description, it's tax-deductible!)  

The Hyve movement is coming to Australia!If you would like to connect with fellow missional entrepreneurs, business people and ministry leaders, join us in Sydney on March 24-27, 2023. Julian Archer, serial entrepreneur and stewardship director of the South Pacific Division shares how God has led him and his family through hills and valleys. He was able to retire in his 30s, after starting multiple businesses over the course of his life. And there is ONE thing every young missional entrepreneur should do BEFORE he starts his business! Listen to find out more... REGISTER HERE and join us in AustraliaLearn more about the eventLearn more about Julian's struggle he experienced as a wealthy ChristianListen to more Hyve episodes hereSUPPORT this podcast via OCI (put "Hyve Podcast" in the description, it's tax-deductible!) 

If Jesus ran your business today, what would it look like? Would it be a selfish enterprise? Would it be a "good" business, advertising how well it is treating its employees and caring for the planet? Or would it be filled with complete selflessness? Is that even possible - to have a business that just cares about others?!Jesse Zwiker, president of Hyve, shares 7 "P"s with you:PurposeProductProcessPlacePeoplePlanetProfitIn each of these areas, we can either conduct our businesses the "selfish" way, the "worldly" way or the "selfless" way. Listen more to find out what he means by that and how you can practically turn your existing startup into a MISSIONAL enterprise! CLICK HERE to take the free Hyve Score and find out how missional your business is!Listen to more Hyve episodes hereSUPPORT this podcast via OCI (put "Hyve Podcast" in the description, it's tax-deductible!)Do you want to be a sponsor for our podcast and advertise to more than 7,000 SDA business owners? Get in touch with us and write us: hello@hyveinternational.org. We'll send you a tailored quote within 48 hours!

It's easy to start a crowdfunding campaign and ask people to contribute. It's not so easy to raise $156,000 in less than 8 weeks. Sebastien Braxton started a new project with his friends and was able to validate his  hypothesis: would people be willing and able to pay for an Ellen White app? It's not just another Ellen White app. It's a beautiful audio experience.  Here's what Sebastien recommends:make a competitive analysis figure out where you want to position yourself in the marketbuild your financial backbone on at least two models (for example revenue and investors) During this episode, Sebastien and Vincent talk about the exciting journey of this Kickstarter campaign and what lessons we can take from it. Check out Luminate and sign up to get notified when the app launchesListen to more Hyve episodes hereDONATE to Hyve via OCI (put "Hyve Podcast" in the notes so we know it's for the podcast!) 

If you missional business is doing well, you might be thinking about expanding. But how? What's a smart decision, and what should be avoided? Tomasz Jesionek from Poland gives you some powerful and practical  answers. He explains in a very tangible way how to move forward and what's most important when you enter into a new state or country... To connect with him on LinkedIn, click here. Become 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 hello@hyveinternational.org.If you want to become a sponsor, email us and we'll feature you on our next episode! 

The worldly, wealthy and well-educated are the hardest people to reach. Yet we often dismiss them because our traditional methods of evangelism don't seem to work that well. How do we effectively share our faith with this group? Cynthia Heidi, co-founder of the Nicodemus Society, explains.Cynthia did her bachelor's in engineering and graduated from an Ivy League school with an MBA. Over the years, she came across hundreds of smart, successful and secular people. In this episode, she's sharing how we can share our faith with them. It's practical, encouraging and powerful! You also want to listen to this episode if you're interested in expanding your team. How do you hire the right person? How do you establish a good team? Cynthia Heidi explains. If you want to listen to more presentations on how to reach the W3's, click here.If you would like to learn more about the Nicodemus Society, visit their website.If you want to get access to the book Cynthia mentioned at the end of the episode, you can buy it here. Hyve doesn't get compensated for any links or recommendations. Become 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 hello@hyveinternational.org.If you want to become a sponsor, email us and we'll feature you on our next episode!

Monet St Juste and his family had a dream: they wanted to buy a property in Florida, open a lifestyle center and share God's love through the health message in Florida. So they decided to raise money for this lofty goal. $190,000 were needed. But when the campaign was over, they barely reached $1,000.So Monet and his wife asked God what to do. One woman was in need of a colon cleanser, so the family developed a product from scratch to help her. This eventually resulted in a missional business that changed hundreds of people's lives and allowed the family to open up a lifestyle center - with way more impact than ever thought before. Listen to Monet's full story and learn how a missional business can help you work more efficiently for God's cause! Get in touch with Monet and his missional business and/or lifestyle center:Eden Lifestyle: https://edenlifestyle.org/Eden Lifestyle Home: https://edenlifestylehome.org/Easey Series: https://easeyseries.com/ Become 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 hello@hyveinternational.org.If you want to become a sponsor, email us and we'll feature you on our next episode! 

It still seemed like a normal business day on the island of Okinawa for Tim's grandfather. His family had previously fled to the main land because of the war, but he missed them very much. A friend spontaneously told him, "there is a secret boat that leaves our island tonight. Why don't you take it and go to the main land to visit your wife and children? You haven't seen them for so long." So he left his store and took the secret boat a couple of hours later.Little did Tim's grandfather know that that very night, Japan's WWII opponents would start a devastating bombing attack on Okinawa and entirely level the city and his business. His store was completely destroyed, but his life got saved in miraculous ways.This story is just one of many that Tim Aka shares during this episode. His grandmother's marvelous ways of doing business, his father's journey as an Adventist pioneer in Japan and his brother's life-changing work as a medical missionary are many others. Become 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 hello@hyveinternational.org.

When his mom was reading beautiful bed time stories about Christian missionaries, Craig Harding's secret fear was that God would also call him to go to Africa one day. He loved those stories as a kid, but growing up he realized he would never want to go the jungle to share the gospel. He wanted to do business, get a nice house, drive a good car and get involved in politics. That's what he ended up doing, and he was very successful at it.Little did Craig know that many years later, he would actually end up in Zambia, Africa. Little did he know that God would use his business skills and real estate expertise to do ministry in a powerful, scalable way. Listen to his story and get inspired!Become 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 hello@hyveinternational.org.

When Norbert reached out to Hyve, he just wanted to get some help for his daughter who was struggling with her vegan restaurant. After seeing how God turned that restaurant around within a few months, he didn't hesitate and hired Hyve to coach Hartland's Wellness Center as well. Up until that point, that wellness center had survived only because of generous donations and money from other sources. People were blessed and healed, but thousands of dollars were lost every single month.Hyve stepped in. A sales person was coached, the prices were increased and various marketing strategies helped the business to become profitable. Not only that, they tripled their yearly revenue and now host twice as many health guests as before! God truly worked in miraculous ways. But Norbert and his team aren't done yet. Their goal is to keep expanding. This fall, they're starting "Madison 2.0", a program that educates current college students on how to start their own missional businesses.Check out the wellness center here.If you would like to support new missional entrepreneurs and get involved with Hartland, please email Norbert at: nrestrepo @ hartland.edu. Become 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 hello@hyveinternational.org.

Rob Bertholf has worked as a marketer and SEO expert for many years, helping Silicon Valley companies make dozens of millions of dollars. He can easily break down complicated and technical procedures and make them easy for amateurs & beginners to understand. In this episode, Rob shares to what SEO (search engine optimization) is, why it's important, and how we can rank all the way at the top of the first page of Google. It's not an easy or quick matter, but a solid foundation on this topic helps us to estimate how we can use search engines & rankings to showcase our businesses and win people to Christ.If you would like to dive deeper into the topic of SEO, check out the presentation Rob mentioned during the episode: bit.ly/rob-seoAre you interested in free resources? Check out Hyve's resources page.Rob has dozens of presentations on faith and business. Check them out here and request access to his private library. 

Jared Thurmon pastors the Adairsville Seventh-day Adventist Church in Georgia. Chris Matts is an online marketer, passionate about reaching souls. When these two got together, they started ideating, brainstorming and dreaming about a new concept of evangelism. How can we share the powerful story of the Great Controversy with a secular audience? How can we use the power of online marketing to reach individuals who might never step a foot into a church? They ended up publishing  a 10-part series called Love & War. And it went viral. Millions of views, thousands of Bible studies, baptisms and so much more. Today, they're sharing how they did it. They're also sharing why they did it. As missional entrepreneurs, we face the same challenge they faced. How do we reach our customers with the good news? How do we share the Great Controversy with our clients? How do we tell them about God's incredible love? Watch the 10-part series here.Check out Jared's and Chris' website "Advertise like Jesus" with dozens of resources on online evangelism.Connect with other missional entrepreneurs and get creative about evangelism! Join our community here.

Daniel Bruneau, PhD is the co-founder of Experience Foundry, an experience design and innovation studio based in Atlanta, Georgia. Before starting his own business, he worked for numerous billion-dollar companies, such as AT&T, Delta Airlines and Yahoo.  During this episode, Daniel answers the following questions:What is Design Thinking and why is it important for our missional business?What role is human behavior playing in this process?How do we better understand human behavior?How does this "design thinking" process practically look like?What do I need to focus on when I am starting my missional business?How do I ideate and think about new ideas?Do I need to be intelligent to be innovative and creative? Follow us on social media to listen to new episodes as soon as they are released!Our Facebook PageOur Instagram PageOur Podcast Page Get in touch with Daniel Bruneau here. Subscribe to our biweekly posts to get powerful content about faith & entrepreneurship every other Tuesday!  PS: You're not sure about that title? Daniel Bruneau makes it clear towards the end of the episode... Do NOT stop brainstorming when you think you ran out of ideas. At that very moment, you will actually come up with the best ideas. 

David Zecha is known in Southern California for his Christ-like way of doing business. As a real estate broker, construction business owner and ministry leader, he partnered up with many people during the past 15 years. One partnership didn't turn out that well though, and Dave shares why. He also gives practical tips what to do when you would like to start your own restaurant. His newest startup is called Gani Table. You can check out the website here and download the app as soon as they release it! Get connected with Hyve: hello@hyveinternational.org. Share how you've brought your customers to Jesus and get featured here on this podcast!Join the growing network of Adventist businesses & ministries here.Are you interested in getting a free business coaching session? Click here.Do you want to receive 3 new tips on how to combine faith and business? Click here to join. We'll send you an email every other Tuesday.

Born in a ministerial family and saved from death by successive miracles until his third year of life, Marcos Bomfim started his pastoral ministry in 1986 as a district pastor in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Since October 2015, he has been the General Conference Stewardship Ministries director, following his 16 years of work in the Stewardship and the Family Ministries departments at different institutional levels in the South-American Division. Currently a DMin candidate, his educational training includes a Bachelor in Theology, M.A. in Pastoral Theology, and a specialization in Family Therapy.In this episode, Pastor Bomfim shares what the Bible has to say about stewardship. It is more than just giving X% of your income. Beyond that, he gives us practical and powerful reasons why we should change our paradigm and move towards a more systematic way of giving back to God. He calls that the "promise." There are several resources that were mentioned during this episode.1. Ellen White's book: Counsels on Stewardship, chapters 11 (p. 58-60) and 62-64 (p. 323-335)2. Podcast episode (Spotify link): "Why and How I Became a Promisor" - The word "promise" stands for regular and systematic, or percentage-based offering.3. Podcast episode (Spotify link): "Struggling to Trust - Why I Raised My Promise Percentage"  - Why Marcos Bomfim decreased his regular offering percentage, and how God mercifully and patiently led him and his wife to increase it again. Additional podcast episodes by Pastor Marcos Bomfim & other presenters:The “Promise” ConceptWhat is a Steward and Stewardship?Nurture and Heart RetentionSacrificing for God's cause – Alberto R. TimmThe doorknob of heaven: A fresh look at money and spirituality – Julian ArcherIsaac: Relational Generosity and Material ProsperityIntegrity and Finances in the Time of the EndNote: All links are external podcasts, uploaded on Spotify.  Questions about this episode? Feedback? We'd love to hear from you. Email us: hello@hyveinternational.org. 

As missional entrepreneurs, we use our businesses not for selfish gain, but to win other people to Christ. In this episode, Jesse Zwiker illustrates how you can practically do that. The Spiritual Journey Canvas can be divided into two parts:Finding common ground between your customer and your company Designing a "spiritual" customer journey For more details, worksheets and videos on this topic, click here.Get connected with Hyve: hello@hyveinternational.org. Share how you've used this protocol in your business and get featured on this podcast!Join the growing network of Adventist businesses & ministries here.Are you interested in getting a free business coaching session? Click here.Do you want to receive 3 new tips on how to combine faith and business? Click here to join. We'll send you an email every other Tuesday.

"How do I get investors?" — what a common question. Have you asked it before? Receiving financial support for your missional business would be ideal. But how do you get in touch with investors, what do you need to share when you meet them? Is there a difference between nonprofits and "normal" businesses? Where are we more likely to receive the support we need? And how do we build meaningful relationships with our donors and investors?Michelle Doucoumes explains. She currently serves as a professor of business at Southern Adventist University. Besides teaching and speaking on business topics at numerous place all over the globe, she loves to spread Hyve's idea of missional entrepreneurship.  Get connected with Hyve: hello@hyveinternational.orgJoin the growing network of Adventist businesses & ministries here.Want to learn more about Madison and The Hyve Business School? Click here.Do you want to receive 3 new tips on how to combine faith and business? Click here to join. We'll send you an email every other Tuesday. 

When we look at the numbers, we can get disappointed very quickly. Each day, close to 400,000 new babies are born. Yet we only baptize 3,000 new members every day. It looks like we're getting further and further away from finishing the work. Our method of evangelism seems to be broken. How do we solve this problem?Jesse Zwiker, founder of Hyve, explains. Our model doesn't work because we're trying to do it in our free time. Besides our regular job, family, hobbies and friends. So when our pastor kindly asks again to do some mission work on Sabbath afternoon, we are too tired to join. But there is a gigantic number of members — 24 million (as of 2022)  who are talented, skilled, innovative and motivated to do God's work. Let's get everyone involved! Let's wake up that sleeping giant!Learn more on how to get involved and become a full-time missionary for God's cause! And don't worry... not everyone has to start his own business. EDITOR'S NOTE: The Hyve App (Sunday, July 10, 2022)Our team is still working on fixing some bugs. We will release the new Hyve app very soon and notify you as soon as possible. Just make sure to join our newsletter list here so you'll get notified. Get connected with Hyve: hello@hyveinternational.orgJoin the growing network of Adventist businesses & ministries here.Want to learn more about Madison and The Hyve Business School? Click here.Do you want to receive 3 new tips on how to combine faith and business? Click here to join. We'll send you an email every other Tuesday. 

In Matthew 5, Jesus told us to be meek. To walk the extra mile. To turn the other cheek. Yet He didn't call us to be a doormat. With this context in mind, negotiating as missional entrepreneurs seems like a difficult thing to do. How can we negotiate as Christians, not compromising on divine principles?Geeta Chopra explains. She is a TV host, serial entrepreneur, real estate investor, landlord and top negotiator. There are some key elements we can include. By mirroring the last few words the other person speaks, we show empathy. By being silent and pausing long enough to let the other person talk, we show humility and respect. Labeling a high price or a pain point right at the beginning also sets a bench mark for the rest of the conversation. And there is one question you should always ask at the end if you're not quite happy with the way the negotiation went... Get in touch with Geeta Chopra here. NEW: HYVE'S BIWEEKLY POSTS!Every other Tuesday, we're sending out  an email with 3 powerful tips on how to reach more people with your missional business and combine faith & entrepreneurship. Sign up here!

This week, host Vincent Bujor shares some practical tips on how to reach your goals as a missional entrepreneur.Back in 1903, Ellen G. White wrote a brilliant piece of literature called "Education." In one of her chapters, she briefly mentions goals as well. And now, almost 120 years later, best-selling books are published that reiterate her inspired words. Here's how you can practically break down your goals. Formulate a SOMEDAY GOAL, then break it down into a 5-YEAR GOAL, followed by a 1-YEAR GOAL, a MONTHLY GOAL, a WEEKLY GOAL and of course a DAILY GOAL. Instead of looking at the big task and feeling overwhelmed, break it down into little pieces and use the right timing to work on your "ONE Thing" as often as you can. Pausing long enough to plan before you start working is crucial. This method or strategy is extremely helpful if you're aspiring to become a missional entrepreneur but you're still employed and need to start your side hustle. It also works well for your existing missional business - focus more, formulate clear goals for your company and stick to them.NEW: HYVE'S BIWEEKLY POSTS!Every other Tuesday, you're getting an email with 3 powerful tips on how to reach more people with your missional business and combine faith & entrepreneurship. Sign up here!

Dr. Rivelino Montenegro is an engineer, scientist and serial entrepreneur. He has led companies and international scientific projects in countries such as Germany, Switzerland, USA, Brazil, and Canada. He has also written books and given lectures in many countries and holds a PhD in Chemistry from the prestigious Max-Planck Institute in Germany. Dr. Montenegro is the co-founder and managing director of Monarch Bio Implants, a Swiss Biotech start-up developing technologies for prostate cancer patients.On this episode, he shares how he became an entrepreneur in Canada and experienced major failures and pushbacks. God used him in a mighty way and Rivelino grew stronger in faith. He learned powerful spiritual lessons - and after trying and failing many times, he eventually experienced success on an entrepreneurial level. In 2020, his company Monarch Bioimplants received an investment of $23 million.Listen to his personal story and learn more about his newest inventions and products! Get in touch with Dr. Rivelino Montenegro below:His websiteHis company  Are you getting our biweekly posts on how to combine faith & business? Get 3 powerful tips every other Tuesday! Click here to join.

Rob Bertholf's newest startup is much more than just an Adventist venture studio: it's an accelerator, a network of homesteads and a witnessing opportunity for seekers. It all started when Rob shared the Gospel with visitors on his farm who were willing to stay and work there for a limited period of time. He discovered that it is possible to build a sustainable network of homesteads by including missional entrepreneurship. Three groups, when working together closely, can generate income, witness to seekers and enjoy country living privileges.  Connect with Rob:Advent Ventures: the websiteTheological (Logical Theology) - Facebook GroupRob's Website Join our membership program now and get free access to the academy for missional entrepreneurs!Click here to become a Hyve member. 

A dollar that is owned by a Jew will usually swap 14 different Jewish hands before it leaves this economic circle. The Muslim community enjoy similar privileges. Yet almost every dollar owned by a Christian immediately leaves the Christian community... What if we could build an Adventist ecosystem? Instead of going to Target, we go to our friend from church who owns his own shop. Instead of doing our oil change at Valvoline, we drive to an Adventist car shop. Jesse Zwiker colorfully explains why we need to establish more family businesses — more Adventist businesses.  Join our new Adventist business directory:http://hyveinternational.org/membership Would you like to share your story of how God has worked in your life? How you started your missional business? Write us at hello@hyveinternational.org. 

To automate a transaction, email or service can help save you a lot of time and money. Lyndon Sweeney, CEO of Ark Digital Agency, explains the basics of automation and how we can integrate it into our missional business.  Get in touch with LyndonConnect on LinkedIn here.Visit Ark Digital Agency here. Get in touch with HyveCheck out Hyve's new blog here.Email us: hello@hyveinternational.org  Editor's note:We do not receive any money or benefits from the companies or services mentioned in this podcast. 

When Jay Razzouk worked for huge corporate firms and enterprises in San Diego, he quickly realized that lots of money was being poured into lawsuits, attorney fees and complicated court procedures. So he started his own missional business, showing startups and growing companies how to scale without getting into legal trouble. But by now, Jay is doing more than that. He's teaching his clients how to invent into healthy working relationship. He takes Bible truth and teaches secular businesses men and women how to selflessly love their enemy. And the outcome is fascinating...Listen to his major takeaways, his advice on what (not) to do when starting a business - and how we can do a better job at loving others. Jay Razzouk and his wife Wendy  recorded an 8-part documentary called "Unbroken Minds" which is mentioned in this episode. You can watch the trailer here. Jay's private Facebook Group for starting your missional business with powerful legal advice.Jay's website: ProSCALE Legal™Jay's LinkedIn Join Hyve's Business Directory here! 

Serial entrepreneur Jesse Zwiker once had classes in business but couldn't stand them. And when he started to fix engines of little motorcycles as a twelve-year old, he didn't know that God would lead him back to marketing, sales and business - just with an entirely different purpose. Listen to Jesse's story, find out how he got started as an entrepreneur and why "ministry is king, and business is queen."Here are some of the companies that were mentioned in the podcast:Crosslingo - Christian translation servicesEllen4All - Crowd-translation of Ellen White's writingsSolomon Coach - Christian business coachingHyve - Adventist's network of missional entrepreneurs Would you like to get in touch with Jesse? Write us at hello@hyveinternational.org. 

ADIBE Network is an Adventist community of mental health professionals and coaches. They receive online training before going out and helping others with their thoughts and feelings, treating depression and anxiety. Close to 1,000 people have gone through Jennifer's training program as of May 2022, dozens of active providers (both professionals and lay members) are helping those in need. God gave her this idea when multiple training requests came in from lay people, and she was reminded of other powerful examples in Zimbabwe and India where non-professionals get trained to treat mental illness in their local communities. Jennifer mentions Dr. Dixon Chibanda's TED Talk during this episode. You can watch the full talk here. Connect with ABIDE:The WebsiteThe ShopFacebook Group Connect with Jennifer Schwirzer:The WebsiteThe BlogContact Form

How do we solve conflict? Is there a good way how to deal with it? What can we do so it doesn't even occur?Ron Price is the owner of Productive Outcomes, Inc. and helps others address difficult and challenging situations by providing successful and satisfying solutions. He has a Masters Degree in Counseling and speaks for startups, enterprises and churches around the country. In this episode of The Hyve Podcast, he gives us valuable tools how to prevent conflict before it happens:Push the "pause button." When you're going to work but your day didn't start that well, take some time to push the pause button and relax for a few moments. Remember you're getting paid to deliver results. Don't take your bad mood into your work place!Assume good intent (AGI). Very often, individuals hurt us without really wanting to do that. A simple statement and question like "That sounded like an attack. Did you really mean it this way...?" helps us discover the true intent behind the action — and usually, the other person did not mean it like this.Furthermore, Ron Price shares powerful insights how we can deal with conflict once it occurs, and what we can do to become more productive at work. Visit Ron's website here.Get in touch with him: ron@ronprice.com Do you have questions, concerns or feedback? How can we make The Hyve Podcast more relevant for your missional business? Please let us know. Write us here or find us on Instagram, Facebook or YouTube.Join our missional business newsletter here. 

Some have said it, others have thought it: as Seventh-day Adventist Christians, we should not care about money. Profit is worldly. We need to share the Three Angels' Messages and not talk about profit. But can we really separate the one from the other? Can profit also be good - and actually important for God's work?Listen to Jesse Zwiker, founder of Hyve and discover the hidden lie behind profitability. It became prominent in the mid-evil time period when the Catholic church made monks swear an oath of poverty. It became evident when the church collected exorbitant amounts of money from the population, claiming that one can buy his or her way out of purgatory. But the Bible tells us something else: "... remember that it is the LORD your God who gives you the power to gain wealth, in order to confirm His covenant..." - Deuteronomy 8:18. "The desire to accumulate wealth is an original affection of our nature, implanted there by our heavenly Father for noble ends." - CS148 So why is profit important?Here are five powerful functions:Profit makes you survive crises.Profit allows you to make your product/service more professional & missional.Profit gives you the chance to reinvest and make market research.Profit allows you to donate  and collaborate more.Profit allows you to scale and spread the Gospel faster. GET IN TOUCH WITH HYVE:Check out our Hyve resources.Follow us on Instagram.Subscribe to our YouTube channel here.Like us on Facebook. 

Have you gotten to a point in your life where you had to give up something that was extremely important to you?  When we start our business, that small enterprise usually becomes our little baby. We invest so much time, sweat and tears into the project, we work so hard and believe that God will turn it into something beautiful. But then we encounter failure...Listen to Ivonne's story of her first restaurant and find out how God has rescued this "sinking ship" and crafted an entirely new and beautiful boat out of the broken pieces! Instead of continuing with a vegetarian restaurant which didn't make any profit, Jesse Zwiker helped Ivonne pivot to a new business model. And he did something that every young person needs: He believed that she would make it. Learn more about Vempanada™ here and order your vegan empanadas!Vempanada's Instagram  Join our weekly newsletter by subscribing on our website. 

It's a lie from the devil that church members can only do some evangelism in their free time. God gave you a talent - we believe many talents - and He wants you to use them for something beautiful. Yes, we need to surrender our lives and our skills, and that is often easier said than done. But we shouldn't  give up our skills in order to be a good worker for the LORD.  Jesse Zwiker, president of Hyve, explains why God wants you, needs you, and is so excited about you and your skills. Learn about the priesthood of all believers, sanctify your talents for the work of God and become a missional entrepreneur!  Join our weekly newsletter for missional entrepreneurs here.We're also on Instagram, Facebook and YouTube. Feel free to subscribe and follow us for more content like this.

Around 1900, the population of San Francisco  was doubling every few years. Tens of thousands of people came to the city - and Adventists were ready to help out. They established a network of restaurants, shops and treatment centers. They provided homes for orphans, gave jobs to unemployed people and shared the love of God with them. They were working for God full-time, in a self-sustainable way. They were missional entrepreneurs. Ellen White referred to this work a few years later and called it a "beehive". She repeatedly said that we need to take this method and reproduce it in other cities. But unfortunately, we lost sight of it. Jesse Zwiker, founder of Hyve, explains why he started Hyve and how we can bring this beehive vision back to life. Join our weekly newsletter for missional entrepreneurs here.We're also on Instagram, Facebook and YouTube. Feel free to subscribe and follow us for more content like this.

There are five business models anyone can use to start a business. These models give you  the opportunity to let the customer pay you before you go ahead and spend money. We call it the $0 Startup - or the customer-funded business model. Here are your five powerful options:The Subscription ModelThe Pay in Advance ModelThe Scarcity ModelThe Service for Product ModelThe Matchmaker Model Sebastien Braxton explains how these models have helped him start his most recent business from scratch. He is the founder of Fiat Lux in North Carolina, a Christian consulting agency in North Carolina. He is mentoring dozens of people on faith and entrepreneurship.  For more information, visit his Patreon page. Sebastien is an international speaker, author, mentor and missional entrepreneur. God used his sermons, seminars and speeches to reach thousands of people on dozens of countries around the world. Do you questions about today's episode? Do you want to learn more or get specific help?Get in touch with Hyve by writing us an email or joining our weekly business newsletter.We're also on Instagram, Facebook and YouTube. Feel free to subscribe and follow us for more content like this. 

As Adventist business owners, it feels good to support the church's mission with our tithes and offerings. But is that really enough? Have we done our duty? How does a wholistic approach to mission look like? Gary Krause, director of Adventist Mission, challenges us to go above and beyond tithes. As business owners, we converse with all sorts of people every day. We need to implement Jesus' method of ministry. "Christ's method alone will give true success in reaching the people. The Savior mingled with men as one who desired their good. He showed His sympathy for them, ministered to their needs, and won their confidence. Then He bade them, 'Follow Me.'" — Ellen White, Ministry of Healing, page 143.How can our businesses become centers of influence?  What can we learn from secular centers of influences and their strategies? What would God love to see — is it more than just paying tithes and offerings? Learn how you can transform your business into a mission enterprise, a soul-winning agency for God. To check out existing Centers of Influence, click here.Get in touch with Hyve by writing us an email or joining our weekly business newsletter.  

Researchers estimate that we make thousands of decisions every day. As entrepreneurs, we often have to make big decisions and decide quickly. Did you know that your brain — in order to save energy — plays tricks on you when you want to make a good decision? How do they look like, and how can we avoid them?Listen to Steven Grabiner, founder of Percepta Coach. He explains how we can make better decisions, avoid biases and get rid of subtle prejudices that become stumbling blocks. To get in touch with Steven, visit his website: https://www.percepta.coach/You can book a free consultation session with him. Are you interested in more talks like this one? Do you need advice on a specific topic? Write us, we'd love to hear your feedback! Contact us here:Email: hello@hyveinternational.orgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/hyveintInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/hyveintYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/hyveint 

"How can I grow my business?" is probably the most common and yet complex question that founders might ask. Although it's common, it's not that complex. Award-winning entrepreneur, business consultant and investor Lorand Soares explains why. Every business stands on the same "pillars" of success: leads, conversions, sales, and profit margin. Get to know the business chassis and propel your missional business to new heights! Follow Lorand on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lorandsoaresszasz/ Listen to his video presentation on the same topic: https://www.hyveinternational.org/resources/startups/  Join the Hyve community: https://www.hyveinternational.org/ 

Failure is part of life. But it's especially difficult to deal with it when we start our own business. We think God has a plan, we know where to go, and then we hit the wall. We lose money, time, energy and hope. How should we deal with it? Listen to Seth Hill, founder of SWAYY Hammocks and Kinetik Consulting. He started multiple businesses and experienced failure on different levels at different stages in his entrepreneurial life. Be encouraged by his advice and share your personal story with our Hyve community! Get in touch with Seth:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/seththill/Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/Seth.Thomas.HillInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/seth_t_hill/ Use the hashtag #makingMEpossible and share your entrepreneurial story with us on social media! We'd love to hear it and feature it on the podcast. 

Alistair Huong discovered a need in the Adventist world. Few SDAs know how to interact with money in a Biblical & balanced way. When many individuals came to him and asked for advice and counsel, he decided to start AdventEdge Financial, a missional business that helps Adventists reach their financial goals. In today's episode, Alistair and Vince talk about money.Can I be an Adventist millionaire? Is there a balanced way how to interact with money? Is money a topic I personally need to care about?Get answers to those questions and dive deeper into the topic of money, wealth, and missional entrepreneurship.  

Askwar Hilonga is an award-winning entrepreneur, professor and inventor. He grew up in a rural village of Tanzania, was one out of four in his class to enjoy the privilege of higher education and returned after many years of studying to his home country to solve a pressing problem: unclean water.Hilonga invented the so-called Nanofilter, a low-cost and sustainable water purification system particularly suited to the needs of local people in Tanzania. In this episode, he is sharing his testimony and powerful experiences as a faith-based entrepreneur. Get in touch with Hilonga!Email: hilonga@gmail.comWhatsapp: +255 787 3030 91 Join Hyve's global community of founders, entrepreneurs and inventors:  http://hyveinternational.org/  Note: this episode was recorded in December 2021.

Alistair Huong discovered a need in the Adventist world. Few SDAs know how to interact with money in a Biblical & balanced way. Many individuals came to him for advice and counsel. That's when he decided to start AdventEdge Financial, a missional business that helps Adventists reach their financial goals, navigate through difficult financial decisions and be better stewards of God's money. In this episode, he shares why he's excited about financial planning, how he got started and what motivates him to serve others in this capacity. Discover and listen to thousands of Bible-based sermons on AudioVerse.Click here to listen to Alistair's presentations about financial planning and money.Click here to get in touch with Alistair through AdventEdge Financial LLC. Do you feel inspired to share your story on our podcast? Email us at hello@hyveinternational.org and tell us your story!Note: this episode was recorded in 2021. 

There are two types of metrics in the business world. Growth metrics and vanity metrics.  Businesses like Facebook don't really care about big numbers that just sound nice, yet don't measure growth. They measure their daily or monthly active users, not their total membership. How many active church members do we have? And how do I become an active church member?Jesse Zwiker, president of Hyve, shares three levels of engagement and motivates us to slowly transition from "free-time" evangelism to full-time dedication for God's cause.  Check out Hyve's resources here: http://hyveinternational.org/resources Questions? Feedback? Write us: hello@hyveinternational.org 

Meet one of the most innovative guys in the Seventh-day Adventist Church: Daryl Gungadoo. He grew up as a missionary kid, lived in dozens of countries and later invented the 360 degree video algorithm. In 2010, he sold this invention to GoPro. But this famous pair of patents wasn't his greatest accomplishment in life. Listen to his story, how he defines true wealth and how you can nurture the spirit of innovation in your home.Note: this episode was recorded in December 2021.Get in touch with Daryl through Hyve: hello@hyveinternational.orgJoin the Adventist marketplace of innovators "Artventist": https://artventist.com/Join the global Hyve community of innovators: http://hyveinternational.org/ 

Is our church innovative? Why not? What does it mean to be innovative and is it difficult to become an innovator? Why aren't we doing this thing called innovation? Where are we behind and how can we catch up on spreading the Gospel more effectively in 2022? Why do so many (faith-based) businesses fail? In this episode, Vince and Lyndon give you answers to these questions. They talk about how it's like to work with other Adventists, and how to start changing your local church, and doing more effective evangelism. Lyndon currently serves as the CEO of Ark Digital Agency, a UK-based marketing and web hosting business which he started together with a friend in 2015. Connect with Lyndon Sweneey: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/lyndonsweeneyConnect with Ark Digital Agency: https://arkdigital.agency/Hyve's free resources: http://hyveinternational.org/resources  Questions? Feedback? Write us: hello@hyveinternational.org