Entrepreneur's Table

Welcome to a Vital Community Resource Central Valley Christian Network is a great asset to the Christian community in Fresno and the Central Valley and is a fine example of entrepreneurial initiative. I was able to post an announcement for The Entrepreneur's Table meetings of our church on their site with great ease and a link back here. We'd like to welcome anyone coming from that link and congratulate CVCN for a job well done. By the way, when you are near Fresno, drop in on one of our meetings: The Entrepreneur's Table is a educational, support, and encouragement ministry as well as a leads group for believers who wish to apply biblical principles to their businesses and entrepreneurial initiatives. Participants are welcome to bring their own dinner and share together while they eat. We meet in the Fellowship Hall at Baptist Temple, the Fellowship of Joy, 4141 N. Fresno St. between Ashlan and Dakota. It is a small and en...

The Entrepreneurial URGE The entrepreneurial urge is the motivational edge of men and women who love to develop bold initiatives and who change the world little by little. When Steve Jobs approached John Sculley, then C.E.O. at PepsiCo about coming on board at Apple, he posed this question: " Do you want to sell sugar water for the rest of your life, or do you want to change the world? " No doubt, Jobs knew that the question would go to the heart of Sculley's "urge" and elicit the desired response. Do you want to change the world? That is what entrepreneurs do every day. They change it person by person, idea by idea, perception by perception, piece by piece. They do it the way you eat an elephant, one bite at a time. Here is an acronym for URGE. I am making it up as I write it here: U = Urgency. That is what an urge is, an inner sense of urgency that says that something has to be done and it has to be done now and by YOU! R = Resources. The entrepreneur may or...

From Crown Ministries Managing time with a home business by Crown Financial Ministries According to several recent surveys, more women than ever are seeking to leave full-time jobs and return home to become stay-at-home moms or to operate home-based businesses. However, many of these stay-at-home moms who have chosen to start an at-home business have discovered that there are not enough hours in the day to accomplish all that needs to be done. Read More! In fact, some feel as if they are busier than when they worked full time outside the home. 10 tips for managing time Working at home requires a certain level of flexibility and liberty, but daily abandoning scheduled work can lead to an unhealthy business. “The Lord your God will prosper you abundantly in all the work of your hand, in the offspring of your body…for the Lord will again rejoice over you for good” (Deuteronomy 30:9-10). The following are 10 tips that will help any stay-at-home mother manag...

Carving Out the Time A minority of the people who have great dreams and the drive to to live them have the time necessary to build what is in their heart. Hearty souls do it anyway. They carve out time in small segments. They build their businesses in the cracks and crevices of their schedules. They get up early and go to bed late. They turn off their televisions. They consolidate trips. They do more than one thing at the same time. They are creative with time and committed to their vision. Do you waste time? Is it possible that some of you who said "no" might not realize that you do? Have you carefully considered how to be more time efficient and still have time for rest and family? Sometimes it is a matter of optimum time. There are rhythms and tides in your day and week that, when fully appreciated and managed, allow you to do the right thing at the right time and get more done. Pay attention to the tides. No one has done anything great just because they had a lot of time...

5 Vital Signs of Healthy Leadership Written by Mike Tucker Vital signs help medical professionals assess the health of patients under their care. Vital signs are a quick and effective way of diagnosing a patient’s health. Assessing leaders in a local church is more difficult. How can church leaders know if they are leading their churches in a healthy way? Spiritual Leadership The Apostle Paul was a healthy leader. In his letter to the church at Philippi we discover five vital signs of healthy leadership. Vital Sign #1: Healthy Leaders Demonstrate Spiritual Vitality Paul was a healthy leader because he was spiritually vibrant and alive. In Philippians 1:21 Paul stated: “For me, living in Christ and dying is gain.” Paul shared the secret to spiritual vitality: We must move from a self-directed life to a God-directed life. Ministry leadership in the church is not about us. It’s not about buildings, budgets, or baptisms – healthy leadership is all about God’s presence in ou...

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Because of my disposition, interests, and access, I will seldom consider a business venture anymore that does not have strong internet capabilities for marketing, communication with ones organization, and immediate access to resources, tools, and information. This may not be the case for everyone, but it for me and I suspect it is for you since you are reading this on the internet. The link below meets my criteria for this concern. If their web presentation is attractive to you, it will also be so to those you may refer:

We gathered around the table last night at the Fellowship of Joy to study "Chasing Daylight" and do our Entrepreneur's Table study. I had assigned some dreaming and got more than I expected. The groupo came back with a big, really BIG dream. In fact, it was one that I had had and expaned. It just goes to show you what can happen when you re;lease people with sanctified imaginations.

Bill Tucker has ventured into the world of blogging. His first offering is Copier Expert and he does a fine job. Bill owns three companies: Toner Overnight Advancedofficemachines www.crochetmart.com He is no stranger to the world of internet web hosting and writing as evidenced by these ventures: His Toner Forum The Temple Skate Church Website - Bill is pastor of the Baptist Temple, Fellowship of Joy Skate Church

What Is Your Widget? As an entrepreneur, you are peddling a big idea. It may be concrete or ethereal, but it is, nevertheless, real. Can you explain it with enthusiasm, passion, and clarity? Can you describe your "widget" in a few sentences or 30 seconds? That may be all the time you have and you need to be ready. Whether your widget" is the product of your mind or your hands, you need to be able to communicate "what it is" as with compelling brevity.

We are all selling something: ideas, products, services, ourselves. There are three necessities in any form of selling and I have coined the terms. We need digits, widgets, and fidgets. Digits are about numbers. Some will; some won't; so what! So we need to do big numbers in getting our messages out. Widgets are what we have to offer and it better be good. Fidgets represent the n ervous energy and enthusiasm that just can't keep quite about what we have.

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Revisit These that Have Scrolled Off! Fair Shakes and Residuals - a disappoint night at Lenny's or Kenny's or Benny's Christian CEOs bond for love and profit. - A link of interest. What is an entrepreneur? - a brief defintion. It takes Time - T-I-M-E Cravings vs. Desires - How do we distinguish? The R.O.A.D. to Success - Are you on the road? A New pattern - from VAST Possibilities Big Ideas - Notable Quotables Prior Commitments - a definition of PRIOR ities. Cross-Training is NOT Cross-Lining! Spiritual Entrepreneurship Spiritual entrepreneurship is what happens when people of faith launch out in blod kingdom ventures incorportating all the principles that we bring to this table. For that reason, this discussion must be broad enough to embrace all bold venturers. Are you one? Previously published articles concerning this Entrepreneur's TABLE can be found at my main blog: The Entrepreneur's Table The Entrepreneur's Table - Part II - T = Timely Topics and Tr...

Here is a thought-provoking article on Christian entrepreneurship by Abigale Johnson. Also, these have come across my screen: Internet Marketing and Home School Entrepreneurship: Part II Home school lends itself to entrepreneurship - and Internet entrepreneurship especially - in that home school children universally learn to manage and budget time Internet Marketing and Home School Entrepreneurship: Part I An Amazing Home school testimony: Christopher Klicka, senior counsel for the Home School Legal Defense Association. Jose Gomez, a Christian recording artist and entrepreneur, offers some amazing insights through these links: SO MUCH TO DO BEFORE YOU DIE It is such a p...

Considering an Opportunity ? Here's how to identify legitimate direct selling opportunities: Start up costs should be minimal. The start up fees in direct selling companies are generally modest - usually the cost of a sales kit. Companies want to make it easy and inexpensive for you to start. Pyramid schemes make their money through fees paid by new recruits or by loading inventory or training aids on them. High entry fees should be a warning sign. You should be able to return unsold inventory. Companies belonging to the Direct Selling Association "buy back" unsold marketable products purchased within the prior 12 months if you decide to quit the business, for 90 percent of the price you paid for them. The DSA Code of Ethics requires that member companies do this. Beware of opportunities that encourage "front end loading," or buying large inventories of unreturnable products to reach achievement levels or receive a "special" or larger "dis...

Some Repostings from The Dream Factory In an article entitled " What It Takes to Be a Successful Entrepreneur, " Wendy Kwek says (among other things: YOU NEED P.H.D.!! "I believe that everyone can be successful in business if you set your heart, mind and soul to becoming an accomplished entrepreneur. It takes PHD to succeed in business. That is Passion, Hunger and Drive! (sorry, I do not mean the academic PHD “doctorate”). So, ask yourself this question, do you have the passion to lead an exciting and rewarding life, do you have the hunger for success and do you have the drive and determination to conquer obstables that may come your way. Every time I look for business partners for the various businesses I am in, I look at the PHD level they have." My word for that, as unveiled in my sermon Sunday is "pyrocardia," a heart on fire. Romans 12:11 lays it out: "Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord." ...