by Mats Tunehag F – Freedom Winston Churchill said: “All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.” Today tens of millions of people around the world are held as slaves, they are victims of human trafficking. A root cause to is unemployment. […]
by Mats Tunehag A – Avodah The Hebrew word avodah is used interchangeably for work, worship and service. Business as Mission, BAM, is a seamless integration of work, worship and service. A few Bible references: Six days you shall work (avodah). – Exodus 34:21 This is what the LORD says: Let my people go, so […]
Have you ever felt an urgency to make a positive impact on the world, but not known where to start? On the one hand, the Scriptures confront us with eternal realities; yet on the other hand, the news is packed with statistics and updates, challenging us to be global citizens. It is easy to be […]
The effects of the coronavirus are disruptive beyond comprehension. The situation is changing by the hour. The consequences vary from difficult to dire for billions of people, and nobody knows what the timeline is for this crisis. Media across the world updates us constantly on the negative effects on businesses and on people’s lives, so […]
During our November Webinars last week for the BAM Global Congress Pre-Series, Mats Tunehag had the privilege of interviewing eight BAM leaders in a series of three Fireside Chats, on the theme of building ecosystems and networks that will help BAM companies launch and thrive. As part of this series, Mats interviewed Tom, Dwight and […]
If you have been in the entrepreneurial world for very long, you have likely heard the words “Entrepreneurial Ecosystems” pop up more and more in the last few years. And for good reason! Ecosystem theory has begun to change the way we think about entrepreneurship in general with the Kauffman Foundation, CoStarters, InBia, and others […]
We are revisiting some of the classic material from The BAM Review blog on governance, accountability and the support that a BAM practitioner needs around them to thrive. Dear BAM Mentor, I keep hearing that having an Advisory Board is good idea for a BAM company. How is an advisory board different from other […]
During our October Webinars this week Mats Tunehag had the privilege of interviewing six BAM leaders in a series of three Fireside Chats, on the themes of each day: Start-up BAM, Fruitful BAM and Long BAM. On day two, on the theme of Fruitful BAM, Mats interviewed Matthew Rohrs and Yvonne Otieno. Yvonne is an […]
During our October Webinars this week, Mats Tunehag had the privilege of interviewing six BAM leaders in a series of three Fireside Chats, on the themes of each day: Start-up BAM, Fruitful BAM and Long BAM. On day one, on the theme of Start-Up BAM, Mats interviewed Annie and Peter.* Annie is the CEO of […]
Three experienced BAM mentors answer a common question: how do you deal with seeming tensions in integrating business and mission? Dear BAM Mentor, I am feeling some tensions as I begin to integrate mission and business goals together in my business operations. What tensions have you felt and how have you overcome them? What […]