Christian Business Incubator

Using AI for Content Creation

One of the easiest ways that you can improve your business with AI is to create content and marketing materials. Whether you are a one-man show or have a team, whether you are great at creating content or not, you can take advantage and produce content more efficiently with AI.

Getting Started With AI

So, you are ready to use AI chat. Maybe you had some reservations at first but now have more ease. Or you have realized that AI could make life or business easier. Even if you haven’t checked off either of those yet but are still curious about ways you

Knowing The Season That You Are In – Time of AI

AI is here. It may be difficult to find the right balance between faith and technology. Where we start is knowing the season that we are in and being able to adapt our strategies accordingly. I've been talking about this a lot lately. In Ecclesiastes, there's something like 26 or

Building Wealth to Building the Kingdom

There are many benefits to the coaching business model. Not only is it profitable but also very powerful. You can leverage the wealth accumulated to create change in your community and beyond. You can support causes that align with your values and vision. You can become a leader and a

The Coaching Business Model

There are essentially three stages in a coaching model. This is how I like to look at it. First, you attract, there's an invite, and then there's delight. Attract, invite, delight. Attract is your marketing. There's a whole bunch of people doing ridiculous stuff in this arena. They're following Robert

God Favors Relationship Over Obedience

It is essential that we stay in communication with God. For giving thanks and worship to Him and to lean on him for guidance. Sometimes we call out and we don’t get an immediate answer. It can be frustrating in our fast-paced environment when He doesn’t respond the

The Worst Number In Business Is One

Naturally, when an entrepreneur gets started, it is a one-man show. They are doing everything. The next logical step would likely be to have administrative support. Or get into buying marketing, or perhaps sales. At first, it will feel good. But quite soon, it becomes a bit messy. Things start

Get Yourself A Jockey

About 15 years ago, a buddy and I, Dean, were going to be an action coach. The coach’s name was Todd down in South Charlotte. It was a franchise that Brad Sugar started to help businesses, like a business coaching franchise. Todd owned this little local vicinity in Charlotte,

Focus on Your Gifts

Through the many ups and downs of owning your own business, through the many tasks that need to be checked off in the various phases, it can sometimes be difficult to know where to put your focus. There is what you might call the meta-level or principle level, fundamental that

Beginning to Scale

When I first got started, it was all about making money. Well, it was all about how to get a business to work, to make money. And while there is still a goal to make money there is more to it to get the business running and then to elevate

Honoring God with Your Business

There is that distinction the Bible talks about. Make sure you don't, you're not unequally yoked together with an unbeliever, and the wise walk with the wise. A while back, there was a book, by Robert Cialdini called The Psychology of Persuasion. He went through a lot of different topics

In business the “Nb” ALWAYS tells us what to do.

I have a list of about 10 mental models that I use when I'm trying to make decisions. Now, again, the holy coach, the Holy Spirit is our guidance. That's our GPS.  We should really be submitting all of our decisions to him. However, I believe God gave us our

Picking The Right Business Model For YOU!

I'm going to share with you what I'm working on, and what I'm doing. For the last seven years, I've been working in one specific business model dropshipping eCommerce. And while that business model is still viable, it's still profitable. It's still lucrative. There are a lot of changes coming

My Current Struggle

Right now, I’m in the process of starting a new business. Why would I start a new business if I've already started ten businesses?  And the reason is, is because I see the opportunity. And when you see an opportunity, sometimes God puts on your heart to serve in

What I Learned From Spending Over $1.5M On Facebook Ads

I'm going to share what I've learned from spending over 1.5 million on Facebook ads, probably closer to 2 million. And it's not going to be technical. If you're looking for a technical information structure, that's not what this is going to be. I'm going to talk to you

Puke, Coffee, Little Hands, Roller Coaster and Why!

Let's talk about the roller coaster. Some of you love roller coasters. Some of you hate roller coasters, some of you used to love them and now hate them. That's the category that I fall in. And I first discovered this a couple of years ago, when we were at

Ugh... I have to do something I hate in my business...

For the last 20 years, I've had a number of different businesses. And I'm in the middle of launching a new business because I see a big need in the market. And I've been trying my best to avoid doing something that I really don't want to do. I don't

Midas Touch

Ever wonder why some Christian entrepreneurs have the Midas Touch?  Why everything they touch.. just work?  I've been thinking about this question a lot too. I've run CBI, a Virtual Christian Business Incubator for fifteen years, worked with more than nine hundred sixty-five clients, and started ten companies in ten

Kingdom Entrepreneurship and a 13 Year Old Chess Prodigy

Ever wondered if there is more to life than a good job? Are we the head or the tail? Are we making progress or excuses? Playing chess or checkers? I've been thinking about these questions a lot too. I've run a Christian Virtual Business Incubator for fifteen years, worked with

Let’s Get Off The Treadmill

Ever wondered what it would be like to retire early? To live without any financial stress? I feel like God has called us to a higher standard. I believe that if anyone is to enjoy blessings, it should be us, His children, right? I've been thinking about this question a

Drawn To The Idea Of Christian Entrepreneurship?

What is true security? A business or a Job? Can a business ever be truly secure? God has not given us a spirit of fear but of power and love and a sound mind. I've been thinking about this question a lot too. I've run a Christian Virtual Business Incubator

Pesto, Wealth and Video Games...

My family and I had a fun adventure this past Saturday. We went to a local mall we hadn't visited in a while. Between my wife, my 14-year-old, my 11-year-old and my five-year-old, it's sometimes hard to figure out something we'll all enjoy… But a mall does the trick. I

Blind Spots (5 of 5)

Continued from previous article. So if you're in poverty, if you're not hitting your goals, which I consider that to be a form of poverty, if you don't have your income goals, if you are not operating in the blessing, Deuteronomy 8:18 of prosperity, I consider that to be

Blind Spots (4 of 5)

Continued from the previous article We have a feedback loop. That's very important because we talked in a previous article, which, if you haven't read, go check it out about the importance of setting a goal. Once we have a goal, we can now take action, and we can observe,

Blind Spots (3 of 5)

Continued from the previous article. This is a learnable skill. You can learn this. Solomon said even a child is known by his doing whether his work is pure, whether it be right. If a child can do this you can too! So do you see a man diligent in