B4T Blog
Greg M, Patrick Lai, and guest bloggers write about the joys, challenges, and rewards that come with taking the Gospel to the least reached through real business.
THE 8 BEST QUESTIONS I’VE BEEN ASKED BY INVESTORS
Next week the Lion’s Den is being held in Asia. Eleven Lions and eight martyrs are entering the colosseum to do battle. The Lions are investors, hungry to invest in solid B4T businesses. They hope to make money, as well as create new opportunities for the Good News...
FITTING IN
My dear friend Mike wrote me the following. When we were serving in Brazil, I gradually and intentionally, tried to dress more and more like a Brazilian would. It wasn’t much of a sacrifice, because I liked the styles that most men wore and I perceived that...
HIRING IDEAS
Three times in the past month B4Ters asked me, “How do I hire good people?” Obviously there’s no guarantees, but starting by asking good questions helps. Here’s 6 questions we use in our interviews. 1. What’s the biggest misperception people have of you? It’s good...
IMPACT–CONFERENCE FOR B4Ters
I am overbooked and need a break this week, so here’s more input on the B4T conference. "I just wanted to send you a quick note regarding the [B4T Conference]. I normally don't like to quickly give reflections immediately after experiences like that (it’s my first...
ARE YOUR LIFE AND WORK IN BALANCE?
When you entered the B4T arena you had a vision of what your life and work would look like. So how’s it going? Is the business working for you? Are you working for the business? Are you in control? Or is the business running or should I say, ruining your life? Here...
ANOTHER B4T SNAPSHOT
I received the following copy of a letter that another B4Ter sent to some of his friends. I share it with some minor edits and his permission. Several weeks ago, our mentors came to visit. We had a wonderful visit and our mentors spent some time with our whole “team”....
SNAPSHOT OF B4T
I had breakfast with a couple this morning, who after 4 years are shutting down their business. The business was struggling, but they said their greatest problem was that their organizational leaders and team members kept telling them they were wasting their time...
HONEST REFLECTIONS OF A B4T WORKER
The following was written in response to my blogs on accountability. Patrick, I have a question/thought about your latest email series on accountability. I have honestly been having a hard time thinking through these emails on accountability, and I think it dawned on...
HELPING THE BLIND SEE
The following is titled “The Malsi.” It was originally written by Richard Jameson. Once long ago in the kingdom of the Great King, there lived a people in the neighboring land of Malsi, all of whom were born blind. Over the centuries the people of Malsi adapted to...
ON TRANSPARENCY
The past 3 months we’ve been talking about the priority of relationships and accountability in developing better models of doing mission. The next few weeks I wish to focus on transparency. In a timely fashion, one of the guys we mentor wrote the following on this own...
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