Generous Business Owner

Dave Blanchard: Pursuing the Redemptive

Episode Summary

What assets do you have (non-monetary) that can contribute to your capacity for meaningful action? In this episode, Jeff and Dave discuss: What entrepreneurship means to the Kingdom of God. The power of a Christian-led business. Admitting, then confronting, exploitation in business to rid yourself of those ways of working. Fully surrendering to God and all that He is. Key Takeaways: Entrepreneurship is connected to business, but what it really does is bring a new thing into the world and shape everything around you with it. It’s up to you what shape that takes. It's inescapably true that in a world that works on exploitation and will give you a high five for being ethical, to do more than is required, you've got to sacrifice something. You can’t lead a redemptive organization if it is all about you. Inventory your assets, then pray to God to find out how to re-risk it for a redemptive move. "I would call that one redemptive move that requires some re-risking of your capacity. That's a great place to start. You don't need to have a redemptive organization that's firing on 800 cylinders, aspire to that for sure, but let's find one or two things that you can do right now that don't require galactic change." — Dave Blanchard About Dave Blanchard, Co-Founder & CEO, Praxis: Dave Blanchard is the Co-Founder & CEO of Praxis, a venture-building ecosystem advancing redemptive imagination. Praxis has supported hundreds of ventures through its global Business and Nonprofit Accelerators, while also organizing a broader community of founders, funders, and innovators working on the major issues of our time. Previously, Dave was a Principal Designer at IDEO and founded two companies in music and technology. He is a co-author of From Concept to Scale and a contributor to Praxis's various publications. He has a BA from Babson College in Massachusetts and an MBA and MEM from Northwestern University in Illinois. He lives in New York City with his wife and three sons, where Praxis is headquartered. Connect with Dave Blanchard: Website: https://www.praxis.co/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidtblanchard/ Connect with Jeff Thomas: Website: https://www.arkosglobal.com/ Podcast: https://www.generousbusinessowner.com/ Book: https://www.arkosglobal.com/trading-up Email: jeff.thomas@arkosglobal.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/ArkosGlobalAdv Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/arkosglobal/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/arkosglobaladvisors Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/arkosglobaladvisors/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLUYpPwkHH7JrP6PrbHeBxw

Episode Notes

What assets do you have (non-monetary) that can contribute to your capacity for meaningful action?

In this episode, Jeff and Dave discuss: 

• What entrepreneurship means to the Kingdom of God. 
• The power of a Christian-led business.  
• Admitting, then confronting, exploitation in business to rid yourself of those ways of working.
• Fully surrendering to God and all that He is. 

Key Takeaways: 

• Entrepreneurship is connected to business, but what it really does is bring a new thing into the world and shape everything around you with it. It’s up to you what shape that takes.
• It's inescapably true that in a world that works on exploitation and will give you a high five for being ethical, to do more than is required, you've got to sacrifice something. 
• You can’t lead a redemptive organization if it is all about you. 
• Inventory your assets, then pray to God to find out how to re-risk it for a redemptive move.

"I would call that one redemptive move that requires some re-risking of your capacity. That's a great place to start. You don't need to have a redemptive organization that's firing on 800 cylinders, aspire to that for sure, but let's find one or two things that you can do right now that don't require galactic change." —  Dave Blanchard

About Dave Blanchard, Co-Founder & CEO, Praxis: Dave Blanchard is the Co-Founder & CEO of Praxis, a venture-building ecosystem advancing redemptive imagination. Praxis has supported hundreds of ventures through its global Business and Nonprofit Accelerators, while also organizing a broader community of founders, funders, and innovators working on the major issues of our time. Previously, Dave was a Principal Designer at IDEO and founded two companies in music and technology. He is a co-author of From Concept to Scale and a contributor to Praxis's various publications. He has a BA from Babson College in Massachusetts and an MBA and MEM from Northwestern University in Illinois. He lives in New York City with his wife and three sons, where Praxis is headquartered.

Connect with Dave Blanchard:

Website: https://www.praxis.co/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidtblanchard/

Connect with Jeff Thomas: 

Website: https://www.arkosglobal.com/ 

Podcast: https://www.generousbusinessowner.com/ 

Book: https://www.arkosglobal.com/trading-up 

Email: jeff.thomas@arkosglobal.com 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ArkosGlobalAdv  

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/arkosglobal/ 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/arkosglobaladvisors 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/arkosglobaladvisors/ 

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLUYpPwkHH7JrP6PrbHeBxw