Faith Driven Entrepreneur

Faith Driven Entrepreneur exists to encourage, equip, empower, and support Christ-following entrepreneurially-minded people worldwide with world-class content and community. Here, you'll find conversations with business leaders from around the world who will share how their faith affects their work.

Faith Driven Entrepreneur is a business podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 392 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Unknown Host hosts Faith Driven Entrepreneur, a business show with 392 episodes published.

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  Episode #394

  Episode 394 - Why Playing It Safe Will Cost You Everything | John Maxwell

  Sep 29, 202652 min

  The Richest Person in Heaven Host Justin Forman sits down with John Maxwell, leadership author and founder of EQUIP, for a conversation that reframes what it means to build wealth, take risks, and finally stop being embarrassed about the gospel. It started with a cassette tape colored pink by accident and a five-dollar ask to 39 strangers in a Jackson, Mississippi hotel conference room. Four decades later, that same instinct — just get good, and add value to people — has made John Maxwell the bestselling leadership author in the world and the architect of what may be the largest quiet evangelism movement on the planet. About John Maxwell: John Maxwell is a New York Times bestselling author, speaker, and founder of EQUIP, a global leadership training organization that has trained over six million leaders in every country in the world. He has written 92 books on leadership, with 14 more underway. Through EQUIP's "Beyond Success" small group curriculum — now running in over 191,000 groups worldwide — more than four million people have come to Christ in the last six years. Key Topics: How a $5-a-month cassette tape club in the 1980s became the foundation of Maxwell's global platform Why insecurity, not disagreement, is what actually keeps entrepreneurs and pastors apart The theology of risk: why Maxwell believes potential only exists outside of safety Rethinking the "financial finish line" — and why picking a number for significance beats picking one for security The real difference between accumulating wealth and stewarding it How Maxwell "crossed over" from 25 years as a pastor into the secular business world — and what it cost him in credibility before it paid off Inside EQUIP's Beyond Success model: training leaders first, then earning the right to ask a single, permission-based question about faith For entrepreneurs wrestling with what to do with what they've built, this conversation is a direct challenge to the idea that safety, security, or a finish line is ever the goal. Maxwell makes the case that the biggest regrets aren't what we did — they're what we were too afraid to try.

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  Episode #393

  Episode 393 - How YouVersion Built the #1 Bible App | Bobby Gruenewald

  Sep 22, 20261h 2m

  From a Billion Downloads to a Bigger Vision: Bobby Gruenewald on Building the World's Most-Used Bible App Host Justin Forman sits down with Bobby Gruenewald, Founder and Chief Innovation Officer of YouVersion, for a conversation that pulls back the curtain on how a donor-funded ministry built and scaled the most downloaded Bible app in the world. Bobby just crossed a milestone: 1 billion devices with a YouVersion app installed. But instead of celebrating the number, he's already recalibrating around a vision for 3 billion by 2033 — because for Bobby, "more" was never the compelling part. In this conversation, he walks through the funnel metrics, the streaks feature, and the machine-learning-driven personalization that power YouVersion's engagement strategy, and connects every one of those business decisions back to a theology of stewardship, humility, and trust. Key Topics: • Why YouVersion measures success by daily engagement (DAU+4), not downloads • The donor-funded business model — no subscriptions, no data sales, no ads • How Bobby's team uses passive personalization to meet people where they are • The "streaks" feature and the psychology of habit formation • Why Bobby hires learners instead of experts • Stewardship vs. ownership — and what the parable of the talents has to do with company culture • Why "problem casting" is a broken fundraising model, and what to do instead For entrepreneurs building anything mission-driven, this episode is a masterclass in translating business rigor into Kingdom impact — without losing the soul of the mission in the process.

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  Episode #392

  Episode 392 - From NFL QB to Real Estate Founder | Colt McCoy

  Sep 15, 20261h 3m

  From the Rose Bowl to Real Estate: Colt McCoy on Identity, Injury, and the Long Obedience After Football Host Justin Forman sits down with Colt McCoy, former University of Texas and NFL quarterback, for a conversation that traces how a career-altering injury on the biggest stage of his life became the foundation for a faith that never wavered — through 14 years in the NFL and into a new season as a commercial real estate entrepreneur in Fort Worth. Colt McCoy played quarterback at the University of Texas and spent 14 seasons in the NFL before retiring to found a commercial real estate company alongside partners at HPI in Fort Worth, Texas. Raised in West Texas by a coaching family, Colt has spent his entire adult life "in a glass box" — watched, known, and never quite off the record. This conversation traces that journey from a national championship injury that shattered his sense of identity to the quiet, unglamorous grind of starting a business from scratch. Key Topics: The night before the national championship game and the injury that changed everything Why Colt says his identity was "totally on football" — and what it meant when that was taken away Growing up in a coaching family in West Texas and learning leadership as a young quarterback Living in a "glass box" — faith and integrity when everyone is watching The elbow injury that ended his NFL career and the hard conversation that followed Praying through a life transition with his wife after 14 years of football-first structure What playing quarterback taught him about leading a team through crisis Building a faith-first commercial real estate company from the ground up in Fort Worth For entrepreneurs walking through their own transitions — whether that's a career ending, a new venture starting, or an identity being re-formed — Colt's story is a picture of what it looks like to hold tightly to Christ and loosely to everything else. This conversation is a reminder that our calling doesn't end when the game does.

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  Episode #391

  Episode 391 - From Harvard Med School to a $7.5B Fund | Finny Kuruvilla

  Sep 8, 20261h 1m

  Two Tunics and $7.5 Billion Host Justin Forman sits down with Finny Kuruvilla, MD, PhD, Co-Founder and Co-Chief Investment Officer of Eventide Asset Management, for a conversation that moves from a 32-year-old jacket to a $7.5 billion investment thesis — and asks what it actually means to own something, whether it's a stock, a business, or a life. Finny still wears the jacket his mom bought him for medical school interviews in 1994. That's not nostalgia — it's conviction, traced back to a single verse about tunics that rearranged how he thinks about money, ownership, and enough. That same conviction became the founding thesis of Eventide: investing is ownership, and ownership carries ethical responsibility. Nearly two decades later, Eventide manages $7.5 billion under that idea, and Finny — father of nine, homeschooler, and a physician-scientist by training — is still wrestling with what it means to hold power, capital, and gifting without letting any one of them define him. Key Topics: • Why Finny still wears one jacket — and the Bible study that started it • The founding thesis of Eventide: investing as ownership, ownership as ethical responsibility • Raising nine kids with zero screens before junior high and no phones until 18 • The family worship streak that hit 200 days — and what happens when it does • Why "the powers that be" today are algorithms, not nations • The Great Commission, Great Commandment, and Great Cultivation — and why entrepreneurs need all three • Why science deepened Finny's worship instead of shrinking it • The communication gap that makes people distrust business and medicine This conversation is for any entrepreneur who has confused simplicity with sacrifice, or capital with control. Finny makes the case that ownership — of money, of a business, of a calling — was never meant to be casual. Walk away with a sharper sense of what you actually hold, and Who it belongs to. Watch the full episode on YouTube or continue to stream audio on your favorite podcast platform. Finny Kuruvilla is the Co-Chief Investment Officer at Eventide Asset Management, LLC. Views expressed in this podcast are intended for information purposes and do not constitute investment advice. Eventide does not provide tax, accounting, or legal advice. Eventide's values-based approach to investing may not produce desired results and could result in underperformance compared with other investments. There is no guarantee that any investment will achieve its objectives, generate positive returns, or avoid losses. Assets under management data is as of 02/12/2026.

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  Episode #390

  Episode 390 - Why Ego, Not Ambition, Is Killing Your Leadership | Chip Ingram

  Sep 1, 202645 min

  Host Justin Forman sits down with Chip Ingram, pastor, author, and CEO of Living on the Edge, for a conversation recorded at South by Southwest that reframes ambition, love, and servant leadership through language entrepreneurs actually recognize. Most entrepreneurs have felt the guilt at some point — the sense that wanting to build something great must mean you're arrogant. Chip Ingram has spent decades pastoring high-capacity leaders in Silicon Valley and beyond, and he's convinced that guilt is bad theology. In this conversation, he and Justin unpack what happens when pastors stop trying to recruit entrepreneurs into church programs and start helping them discover who God made them to be in the marketplace instead. Chip Ingram is a pastor, author, and CEO of Living on the Edge, a ministry devoted to helping believers become truly transformed followers of Christ. He's led some of the most significant turnaround churches in the country, built a discipleship process called Prime Movers to develop entrepreneurial leaders, and recently released his book, I Choose Love . Few voices have spent more time in the space between the pulpit and the boardroom. Key Topics: • Why entrepreneurs and pastors mutually intimidate each other — and what breaks the ice • The "Prime Movers" process Chip used to disciple entrepreneurs instead of recruiting them • Coining "humbition" — holding ambition and humility together without guilt • What servant leadership actually requires: leading boldly while dying to ego • God's sovereignty and human responsibility — doing your best and trusting the outcome to Him • Why sharing failure, not success, is what actually builds a team • Redefining love as a covenant choice instead of an emotion This episode is for the entrepreneur who has felt the tension between wanting to build something great and wondering if that desire is even okay. Chip offers permission — not to chase glory, but to steward the dreams God already placed there. Watch the full episode on YouTube or continue to stream audio on your favorite podcast platform.

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