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Most Read 2020: The Coronavirus Pandemic and BAM: Seven Things We Can Do

December 10, 2020

Scaling BAM Companies for Impact: Models of Partnership and Ecosystem Building

November 27, 2020

Helping Entrepreneurs Thrive: The Power of Entrepreneurial Ecosystems

November 16, 2020

An Abundance of Counselors: Practical Steps to Set Up an Advisory Board

November 6, 2020

From Idea to Impact: Accelerating Communities of Kingdom-Minded Entrepreneurs

October 31, 2020

How We Integrate Business and Mission: In Planning and Daily Operations

October 27, 2020

Ask a BAM Mentor: Tensions in Integrating Business and Mission?

October 15, 2020

The Seamless Integration of Business as Mission: The Nucleus of BAM

October 8, 2020

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Business Fights Poverty

September 18, 2020/by Guest Author

Business as Good News to the Poor

by Rachel Rose Nelson It is now three years since the Global Consultation on The Role of Wealth Creation for Holistic Transformation and subsequent publications. During August and September 2020, we're publishing a series of articles on wealth creation,…

September 10, 2020/by Guest Author

Business as an Agent of Human Flourishing and the Greater Glory of God

September 4, 2020/by Guest Author

Alleviating Poverty by Creating Businesses and Sharing Wealth

April 16, 2019/by Guest Author

How Business as Mission Can Help End Poverty for Good

June 19, 2018/by Guest Author

Practicing Jubilee Through Entrepreneurship

June 12, 2018/by Guest Author

A Potluck Approach: Engaging the Marginalized with Meaningful Work

February 6, 2018/by Guest Author

Putting the Enterprise in Social Enterprise

Product and Market

March 30, 2018/by Guest Author

Making a Pivot

by Michelle McDonald Pride Before a strategic rebrand, our business was called Trading Hope. We were growing, but well aware of looming trends in the marketplace and patterns in our business that indicated a future decline in revenue. A mentor to me…

March 1, 2016/by Guest Author

Starting Lean: Soft Launches Help Avoid Hard Landings

February 29, 2016/by Jo Plummer

The Power of Dignity Restored: Business in the Heart of a Community

February 26, 2016/by Jo Plummer

Restoring Dignity Through Business: Dignity Coconuts’ Story

February 25, 2016/by Guest Author

5 Lessons Learned About Developing Products and Finding a Market

February 23, 2016/by Guest Author

Developing a Flight Plan for Your Business

February 22, 2016/by Guest Author

How The Foundry is Helping Freedom Businesses Find a Market

Business as Mission Stories

October 24, 2019/by Guest Author

So What Shall We Do Tomorrow? How We Have Endured

One day down Sleep deprived, stressed, hiding in the office to cry, then pulling it together and working hard physically, attempting to speak a foreign language, smiling at potential customers, doing everything for the first time, from start to finish,…

February 21, 2019/by Guest Author

Grand Openings and Grand Opportunities: A BAM Story

November 27, 2018/by Guest Author

God Uses Business to Bring You Closer to Him

November 20, 2018/by Guest Author

8 Business Failures: What we Learned

May 8, 2018/by Guest Author

A Restaurant with a Mission: Excerpt from ‘BAM Global Movement’

February 6, 2018/by Guest Author

Putting the Enterprise in Social Enterprise

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wheat field sunset — Wealth Creation Manifesto: Affirming the Role of Business People in God’s Plan for the World
August 6, 2020/by Guest Author

reflection in bus window — Wealth: A Tool or a Trap? 33 Questions for Reflection
July 31, 2020/by Guest Author

departing for adventure — From All About Me to What About Me? A Personal Journey
July 23, 2020/by Guest Author

barn at sunset — Creating Wealth and Being Rich Towards God
July 14, 2020/by Guest Author

Stone carving machine — Four Hands in Two Countries: A Parable of Talents!
July 6, 2020/by Guest Author

coaching — Seven Reasons Why Everyone Needs a Coach
June 30, 2020/by Guest Author

covid crisis — Five Essential Reminders if you are Managing a Crisis
June 23, 2020/by Guest Author

hand drawn charts — Business Response Plan: From Intensive Care to Recovery
May 28, 2020/by Guest Author

ambulance blur — Business Response & Recovery Plan to COVID-19
May 21, 2020/by Guest Author

Belem 1985 — Three Things I Learned During the Epidemic of 1974 That Apply to BAM in the Pandemic of 2020
May 8, 2020/by Guest Author

drop lights — BAM vs COVID: Stories of Innovation and Our Unique Contribution
April 30, 2020/by Guest Author

look up — BAM vs COVID: Look Up, Look Back, Look Around and Look Ahead
April 24, 2020/by Guest Author

business man and blur — What Advice Would You Give to BAMers Going Through Covid-19?
April 17, 2020/by Guest Author

light in a cave — Difficult Days and Easter Promises
April 10, 2020/by Guest Author

woman praying — A Business as Mission Crisis: How Can We Pray?
March 31, 2020/by Guest Author

car light streams — 50+ BAM Job Opportunities Around the World
March 19, 2020/by Staff Writer

bee on sunflower — 6 Ways BAM Practitioners Build Their Company Culture
March 12, 2020/by Jo Plummer

reflective triangles mirror building — The 4 Cs of Developing BAM Company Culture
March 5, 2020/by Jo Plummer

reach the world — Unleashing the Whole Body of Christ to Reach the Whole World
February 27, 2020/by Guest Author

begin mug — Making a Positive Impact on the World Through Business: Where to Start?!
February 20, 2020/by Guest Author

key on blank page — 9 Keys for Successful BAM Deployment
February 13, 2020/by Jo Plummer

two bridges — 10 Things That Will Help or Hinder BAM Multiplication
February 6, 2020/by Jo Plummer

What is Business as Mission?
January 30, 2020/by Jo Plummer