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  • Embrace Your Limp

    Embrace Your Limp

    1 Corinthians 1:26-31 – Remember, dear brothers and sisters, that few of you were wise in the world’s eyes or powerful or wealthy Or high born. when God called you. 27 Instead, God chose things the world considers foolish in order to shame those who think they are wise. And he chose things that are…

  • The Imperfect Leader is Perfect

    The Imperfect Leader is Perfect

    1 Timothy 1:12-17 says: 12 I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has given me strength to do his work. He considered me trustworthy and appointed me to serve him, 13 even though I used to blaspheme the name of Christ. In my insolence, I persecuted his people. But God had mercy on me because…

  • Hustle, Sabbath, Hustle

    Hustle, Sabbath, Hustle

    Exodus 20:1-17: Then God gave the people all these instructions: 2 “I am the Lord your God, who rescued you from the land of Egypt, the place of your slavery. 3 “You must not have any other god but me. 4 “You must not make for yourself an idol of any kind or an image…

  • Abraham Lincoln Had More Grit Than You

    Abraham Lincoln Had More Grit Than You

    I saw a video yesterday that really stopped me in my tracks.  I will paraphrase the video a bit to help tell the story in an efficient manner.  This man was born in 1809. In 1816 at the age of 7, he was forced to work because his family was expelled. In 1818 he lost…

  • Treat Everyone With Respect

    Treat Everyone With Respect

    1 Timothy 5:1-2: Never speak harshly to an older man, but appeal to him respectfully as you would to your own father. Talk to younger men as you would to your own brothers. 2 Treat older women as you would your mother, and treat younger women with all purity as you would your own sisters.…

  • Eradicate Idols and Idleness

    Eradicate Idols and Idleness

     2 Thessalonians 3:6-12 says: 6 And now, dear brothers and sisters, we give you this command in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ: Stay away from all believers who live idle lives and don’t follow the tradition they received from us. 7 For you know that you ought to imitate us. We were not…

  • 6 critical things to consider when naming your new start-up or business

    6 critical things to consider when naming your new start-up or business

    It is a challenge to come up with just the right name for any business or product. I will say it is a lot easier to name something for another person than it is to come up with a name you feel represents yourself or your product. Our agency often works with start-ups to help…

  • What is the biggest mistake that startups make?

    What is the biggest mistake that startups make?

    I was asked today my opinion on what the biggest mistake startups make is. I work in online advertising and meet with a large number of new startups. The most common problem I have observed is a lack of solid business plan and/or revenue model. Often theses startups will come in and ramble on about…

  • What job should I get if I want to become an entrepreneur?

    What job should I get if I want to become an entrepreneur?

    Often, people in college are very frothy and anxious to get started on their career. Recently, I answered a question for a person that was curious what type of job they should try to get if their long-term goal was to become an entrepreneur. This is a difficult question because an entrepreneur can mean very…

  • Tips on how to write a RFP for a website or mobile application

    Tips on how to write a RFP for a website or mobile application

    As a developer of websites and mobile applications, there is no single format that I have found that works perfect, however, I do prefer receiving as much detail as possible in RFPs or scope of work documents. Often, we encounter documents written by people that make assumptions and those assumptions can have massive time/cost impact…