A growing trend in corporate America that is being embraced by some of the largest and most recognizable companies will be the topic of a first-of-its-kind conference in February. From Google to Facebook to Walmart, companies from a range of industries are recognizing that faith-friendly environments mean better workplaces and better businesses.
Read MoreMy genes make it tough to find jeans. I’ve got short legs, and finding a pair of trousers to fit them can be a challenge. They are either too short, too long, too tight or too baggy, so when I find a pair that actually fits, I end up buying several of them to stock up.
Read MoreWhat’s worth saying yes to? Every foundation and every venture capital firm have to answer this question on a perpetual basis. So do many people this time of the year facing requests for year-end giving show up in the mailbox or the inbox.
Read MoreToday, we have not one special guest but two for you to hear from. We are talking with Will Thomas and Dean Macfarlan down in the heart of Texas. They’re both accomplished investors on their own, but what makes the story even more compelling is that they’re a part of a new movement of City Networks where like-minded Faith Driven Investors are uniting to do more together than they might be able to do apart.
Read MoreI had invested in an early childhood business that operated on a close-knit ecosystem. The accountant, auditor, uniform and food suppliers, lawyer, trainers, and bus drivers were friends of the founders and met regularly at the religious place of worship for weekly prayers.
Read MoreAll of us want to make wise investing decisions. For many today, that means focusing on profit. And while that may be the de facto understanding of wise investing, it isn’t wise.
What does wisdom mean?
Read MoreToday’s episode finds us all the way down under—in Australia with our guest Tim Macready. Tim is Chief Investment Officer at Christian Super. He has been responsible for the development of the Fund’s Responsible Investment Approach, which is applied across the entire portfolio and now incorporates Negative Screening and Impact Investing.
Read MoreSocially responsible and impact investing is big business these days, representing more than 25% of all assets under management in the US.[1] Individuals and institutions are increasingly looking to align their financial portfolios with their values, and the same holds true for Christian investors.
Read MoreIt was June of 2017. I was at a Christian business conference when a pastor got up on stage and repented on behalf of the church-at-large. The apology was to God and all the Kingdom-minded CEOs and business owners in the room.
Read MoreI took a director-level position in a new company that had just gotten funded by a private equity firm. All the interviews went really well, since the company was focused on growth and increasing top-line revenue. But after I joined, the exact opposite happened.
Read MoreA sincere young man just starting his career asked, “As I continue to work and earn more money, should I at some point restrict the amount of my income?” He was listening to my colleague Anne Bradley on the radio discuss income from a Christian perspective.
Read MoreIn many spheres, such as politics, media and entertainment, women have made considerable progress in reaching executive leadership positions, achieving higher pay, and building new enterprises. But this ascent hasn’t been achieved everywhere. In my own industry, investing, progress has been painfully slow.
Read More“Capitalism is an organized system to guarantee that greed becomes the primary force of our economic system and allows the few at the top to get very wealthy and has the rest of us riding around thinking we can be that way, too—if we just work hard enough, sell enough Tupperware and Amway products, we can get a pink Cadillac.”
Read MoreIs wealth creation godly or greedy?
The Bible teaches that the creation of wealth is both a godly gift and a command. Unfortunately, the biblical role of wealth creation is misunderstood in many churches today.
Read MoreOur friend Frank Chen stopped by the Faith Driven Investor podcast to talk about how he’s helping entrepreneurs change the World at the Silicon Valley Venture powerhouse of Andreessen Horowitz. As Frank describes it they are “helping entrepreneurs build software companies that are eating the world.”
Read MoreAre wealthy people greedier than others?
According to a report in the Los Angeles Times, wealth breeds greed and other vices:
The rich really are different from the rest of us, scientists have found—they are more apt to commit unethical acts because they are more motivated by greed.
Read MoreWhen Thomas Piketty’s Capital in the Twenty-First Century was published in English in 2014, the issue of income inequality was brought again to the forefront of a very heated discussion. More than three years later, the topic is still being discussed, and I’m glad.
Read MoreInvestments reward shareholders by increasing value (increased share price) and/or generating income (dividends). In short, we can refer to these as the economic benefits of ownership/financial returns from investments. A shareholder may be primarily interested in one or the other (value or income), or may want a healthy balance.
Read MoreToday’s episode takes us to Silicon Valley connecting with Trae Stephens. You may have seen Trae on CNBC, or you may know him as one of the Partners at Founders Fund. It was an honor to have Trae on to share about his experiences—everything from his time in politics working for Congressmen and in Embassies to now working alongside Peter Thiel.
Read MoreAgainst all the striving of sustainable, responsible, and impact investors today, there still exists a strong, prevailing headwind: the popular belief that the purpose of business is to create wealth. To make profit. To maximize shareholder value.
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