by Noonday Ventures | Jan 15, 2019 | Growth Planning, In, Laboratory for the Soul, Redemptive Entrepreneurship
For the past year, weekends have been strange. During the prior seven years, my wife and two boys and I got up at 5 am on Saturdays and baked 100+ loaves of bread for a growing group of customers in our side business named Noonday Bread. The decision to shut the...
by Noonday Ventures | Sep 6, 2016 | Influence, Redemptive Entrepreneurship
When is the last time you changed the world and made a profit at the same time? Chelsey is a new friend of mine who helps lead Medicare Operations at one of the biggest health insurance companies in the US. I know health insurance companies are about as popular as...
by Noonday Ventures | May 12, 2016 | Leadership Tests, Redemptive Entrepreneurship
Recently, my almost-15-year-old son was assigned a project for his computer science class at school. The task was to profile a technological innovation. Several of his friends chose self-driving cars. He considered studying a technology that enables faster online...
by Noonday Ventures | Jun 25, 2014 | Dirty Words, Influence, Redemptive Entrepreneurship
Jim Collins starts his classic, Good to Great, by saying “Good is the enemy of Great.” I love Collins’ books but I’d like to suggest a 2014 corollary to his comments. Today, Smart is often seen as the enemy of Good, as in Goodness. And personally I’d love to see a...
by Noonday Ventures | Dec 3, 2013 | Dirty Words, Redemptive Entrepreneurship
“Now that’s a big idea!” It was high praise from the former senior partner of a highly respected strategy consulting firm, a guy who deals in big ideas every day. I had just shared the concept behind one of my client’s new ventures over lunch. While still in its early...
by Noonday Ventures | Nov 25, 2013 | Dirty Words, Redemptive Entrepreneurship
Too many of us hate our jobs and live in fear. Even the super-successful. And it’s our own doing. I had lunch with a super-talented guy recently. He has a resume to die for – blue chip schools, top tier firms, big titles. Amid his success he had been bounced out...
