As always it was great connecting with you last Friday. Here is what I heard, summarized in bullet points for brevity.
- It’s not ministry or business… it’s still both.
- Nehemiah isn’t dead. It’s genius… it just isn’t proven.
- Don’t wait for $$$$$$$ to fall from the sky. Become and intrapreneur.
- Pitch the core idea (the church coaching business executives) to Flatirons.
- They have reach. They have finances. They have an audience full of executives.
- Get 5-10 executives to commit to leading through Jesus (how, why, when, etc.).
- You structure and lead the program and leverage others within the church to help execute.
- The goal is to have success with these folks, enough so that they recruit for you. Generate momentum and more will come!
- Charge for the program (enough to cover costs and expenses).
- Develop the program to the point it can be taken over by the church. THEN focus on the bigger picture and your bigger vision… Neahemiah.
- If you can have success with 1 church like Flatirons, then you can branch out on your own.
- If God provides a big pile of money to fund Neahemiah NOW, great. If not, ask him if he wants you to iron out the kinks via MVP?
- Ask him if there are kinks with your growth, the idea, or the people involved to reveal them to.
Beyond the main storyline, I kept thinking about my own experience with investors. They don’t invest in ideas and financial models. They invest in proven, low risk, profitable MVP+s lead by great teams with big ideas and accurate business models… at the right time in history (why now?). I think you need to PROVE IT, and if you can it can be HUGE!
That’s what I was thinking about as I was getting ready for coffee that day. I give it all to God, and hope to have not contaminated his message in any way. If I did, he can clarify it for you.
Kraig