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The Hyve Podcast is your #1 resource for Adventist entrepreneurship. Get inspired to start, grow and scale your Adventist business day by day - with relevant advice, encouraging stories & professional resources. New episodes every other Monday at 6AM EST. Join the movement at hyveinternational.org!
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Hello and welcome to Pausitive Hyve. A podcast designed to help young folks who are trying to figure life out, feel left behind or feel they are missing out on life know that they are not alone and there is a way forward and they have what it takes to get to the mountain top. My name is Victor Ajayi and I am your host. I am a car salesman, a student, an auto enthusiast and an aspiring business person. I will be sharing from mine and others thoughts, convictions, stories, philosophies, princi ...
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When Seema Rodriguez started to work as a real estate agent, she got ridiculed for keeping the Sabbath. But shortly after, the very same people had to admit that she was serving a powerful and almighty God. Listen to her testimony and get encouraged to do (real estate) business as UNUSUAL. To learn more about Seema's business, you can go here. Sign…
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Many businesses fail because they try to solve insignificant problems. Others fail because they don't focus on the problem they started with. In this episode, Jonathan and Vincent talk about the art of problem solving and how to stay focussed doing one thing. If you would like to get in touch with Jonathan directly, you can do that here: https://ww…
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The Model Steward Canvas is a free book about starting a Christian business with a Kingdom Purpose. It’s a one-page business plan which works through the fundamental elements of a business or product, structuring your ideas in an easy-to-understand way. The Model Steward Canvas is for those who: · Want to start a new business with a Kingdom purpose…
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Not too long after London Lee became a follower of Jesus, he wanted to buy a 500-acre property. It seemed like all ducks were in a row, but he ended up finding out that major business development tools and principles were lacking in order to turn the property into a successful lifestyle center. Over the years, London discovered powerful protocols a…
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Justin Stafford, CEO and founder of Blueshift, shares his story of how he started solving a specific problem for one client. Now he employs 30 people and runs a major software solution company in Australia.توسط Justin Stafford
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Paul Kilroy has had three different leadership positions at J.P. Morgan Chase, the largest bank in the United States and the world's largest bank by market capitalization. He shares how Chase and other big tech firms are using our data to deliver their best products at the right time and how we can do the same by using the data we have to forward G…
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I had a chat with Al-Ameen Abolare about his recently published life manual; Plan Z. We discussed ideas around identity and personal development. This is one episode you won't get enough of. There's a goody somewhere in the podcast, let me know when you find it.
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This episode was recorded very early in the year and I feel the time to publish it has come. In this episode inspired by Tolu Emmanuel (my podcast editor), I spoke about gratitude and why it's an important mind frame for us to process and maximise our lives. I hope you see reasons to be grateful every day of this year. Blessings!…
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Dr. Joyce Choe went through a series of personal trials and health issues before she started her missional business. And although it all started very small with a cookbook, the reason why she decided to start was a beautiful and powerful one: she wanted to help. Listen to the story of Wholesale Market, get inspired by Dr. Joyce's personal testimony…
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There are two major mistakes many entrepreneurs make these days. If you're a professional in your field, it's very easy for you to speak about the functionalities and features of your product. You personally care about all the little details... but does your audience care? And what if you have decided to share the gospel through your business, but …
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There are mainly two ways of doing marketing. We could call it "good" marketing and "bad markeing." Bad marketing is like going to a random person in a restaurant and asking him/her to marry you. Good marketing is more like a courtship relationship... Klinger Lurentt has studied how to do market a in an authentic and truthful way. He shares powerfu…
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What happens to your character if your business is becoming 50 times bigger than before? How do you share the good news of Jesus' love and His soon return with your employees, clients and suppliers? When Radim Passer experienced God's love, he decided to follow Him and dedicate his business to Him. In our previous episode, Radim shared parts of his…
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When Radim Passer got a loan from the bank in 1991, he bought his first property. The rest is history. Since 1996, PasserInvest has primarily been connected with the locality Brumlovka (former BB Centrum) in Prague 4. It is one of the most successful and extensive urban projects not only in the Czech Republic, but in all of Europe from the perspect…
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Startup or corporate business? Markus Witte knows both. For more than 20 years, he had worked in large corporations as a product manager. He innovated, met with CEOs and CFOs and used large assets to push the enterprise forward. But then he got the call to leave this safe environment and start his own business from scratch. Markus eventually joined…
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The Hyve movement is coming to Australia! If you would like to connect with fellow missional entrepreneurs, business people and ministry leaders, join us in Sydney on March 24-27, 2023. Julian Archer, serial entrepreneur and stewardship director of the South Pacific Division shares how God has led him and his family through hills and valleys. He wa…
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If Jesus ran your business today, what would it look like? Would it be a selfish enterprise? Would it be a "good" business, advertising how well it is treating its employees and caring for the planet? Or would it be filled with complete selflessness? Is that even possible - to have a business that just cares about others?! Jesse Zwiker, president o…
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It's easy to start a crowdfunding campaign and ask people to contribute. It's not so easy to raise $156,000 in less than 8 weeks. Sebastien Braxton started a new project with his friends and was able to validate his hypothesis: would people be willing and able to pay for an Ellen White app? It's not just another Ellen White app. It's a beautiful au…
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If you missional business is doing well, you might be thinking about expanding. But how? What's a smart decision, and what should be avoided? Tomasz Jesionek from Poland gives you some powerful and practical answers. He explains in a very tangible way how to move forward and what's most important when you enter into a new state or country... To con…
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The worldly, wealthy and well-educated are the hardest people to reach. Yet we often dismiss them because our traditional methods of evangelism don't seem to work that well. How do we effectively share our faith with this group? Cynthia Heidi, co-founder of the Nicodemus Society, explains. Cynthia did her bachelor's in engineering and graduated fro…
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Tolu Emmanuel interviewed me on my birthday and we discussed my recent essay on hope. I am sure you'd fine a few inspiration here.
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Monet St Juste and his family had a dream: they wanted to buy a property in Florida, open a lifestyle center and share God's love through the health message in Florida. So they decided to raise money for this lofty goal. $190,000 were needed. But when the campaign was over, they barely reached $1,000. So Monet and his wife asked God what to do. One…
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On this episode of Pausitive Hyve, I had Dr. Simi Adeodun. A large stream of people have crossed over to other climes in search of better living conditions. We talked about the hardships pushing out our talents and the mind posture that those of us who can't or don't want to leave need to adopt going forward. We called people to action; to be the i…
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I had the privilege to share great moments with my friend Mr. Adeyemi as we discussed the current state of our beloved Nigeria and we discussed the civil plan to wrestle Nigeria from her nightmare. This is a timely podcast for the celebration of our 62nd Independence Day. God bless Nigeria!
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It still seemed like a normal business day on the island of Okinawa for Tim's grandfather. His family had previously fled to the main land because of the war, but he missed them very much. A friend spontaneously told him, "there is a secret boat that leaves our island tonight. Why don't you take it and go to the main land to visit your wife and chi…
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When his mom was reading beautiful bed time stories about Christian missionaries, Craig Harding's secret fear was that God would also call him to go to Africa one day. He loved those stories as a kid, but growing up he realized he would never want to go the jungle to share the gospel. He wanted to do business, get a nice house, drive a good car and…
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When Norbert reached out to Hyve, he just wanted to get some help for his daughter who was struggling with her vegan restaurant. After seeing how God turned that restaurant around within a few months, he didn't hesitate and hired Hyve to coach Hartland's Wellness Center as well. Up until that point, that wellness center had survived only because of…
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This is the beginning of Season 2 of the Pausitive Hyve Podcast and here I spoke about a mental plague that seems to be ravaging a significant portion of people in Nigeria and Africa at large. There's a need for builders and building is definitely not for softies, this is a call for young people to take head on the challenges of building communitie…
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Rob Bertholf has worked as a marketer and SEO expert for many years, helping Silicon Valley companies make dozens of millions of dollars. He can easily break down complicated and technical procedures and make them easy for amateurs & beginners to understand. In this episode, Rob shares to what SEO (search engine optimization) is, why it's important…
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Jared Thurmon pastors the Adairsville Seventh-day Adventist Church in Georgia. Chris Matts is an online marketer, passionate about reaching souls. When these two got together, they started ideating, brainstorming and dreaming about a new concept of evangelism. How can we share the powerful story of the Great Controversy with a secular audience? How…
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Daniel Bruneau, PhD is the co-founder of Experience Foundry, an experience design and innovation studio based in Atlanta, Georgia. Before starting his own business, he worked for numerous billion-dollar companies, such as AT&T, Delta Airlines and Yahoo. During this episode, Daniel answers the following questions: What is Design Thinking and why is …
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We merged two cities to pull this episode off. Happy to have my friend Peter Atoyebi again on Pausitive Hyve. We had a swell time and I hope you enjoy this episode as much as enjoyed having this conversation.
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David Zecha is known in Southern California for his Christ-like way of doing business. As a real estate broker, construction business owner and ministry leader, he partnered up with many people during the past 15 years. One partnership didn't turn out that well though, and Dave shares why. He also gives practical tips what to do when you would like…
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I had Babatunde Ajagbe over on this episode where we discussed the challenges of being a salary earner and wealth creation and management. I advised against swallowing the popular knowledge of living below your means to save money. After this recording, Babatunde messaged me privately and he said he thinks young folks should have savings, I was mil…
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Born in a ministerial family and saved from death by successive miracles until his third year of life, Marcos Bomfim started his pastoral ministry in 1986 as a district pastor in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Since October 2015, he has been the General Conference Stewardship Ministries director, following his 16 years of work in the Stewardship and the Family…
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As missional entrepreneurs, we use our businesses not for selfish gain, but to win other people to Christ. In this episode, Jesse Zwiker illustrates how you can practically do that. The Spiritual Journey Canvas can be divided into two parts: Finding common ground between your customer and your company Designing a "spiritual" customer journey For mo…
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"How do I get investors?" — what a common question. Have you asked it before? Receiving financial support for your missional business would be ideal. But how do you get in touch with investors, what do you need to share when you meet them? Is there a difference between nonprofits and "normal" businesses? Where are we more likely to receive the supp…
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When we look at the numbers, we can get disappointed very quickly. Each day, close to 400,000 new babies are born. Yet we only baptize 3,000 new members every day. It looks like we're getting further and further away from finishing the work. Our method of evangelism seems to be broken. How do we solve this problem? Jesse Zwiker, founder of Hyve, ex…
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In Matthew 5, Jesus told us to be meek. To walk the extra mile. To turn the other cheek. Yet He didn't call us to be a doormat. With this context in mind, negotiating as missional entrepreneurs seems like a difficult thing to do. How can we negotiate as Christians, not compromising on divine principles? Geeta Chopra explains. She is a TV host, seri…
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This week, host Vincent Bujor shares some practical tips on how to reach your goals as a missional entrepreneur. Back in 1903, Ellen G. White wrote a brilliant piece of literature called "Education." In one of her chapters, she briefly mentions goals as well. And now, almost 120 years later, best-selling books are published that reiterate her inspi…
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Dr. Rivelino Montenegro is an engineer, scientist and serial entrepreneur. He has led companies and international scientific projects in countries such as Germany, Switzerland, USA, Brazil, and Canada. He has also written books and given lectures in many countries and holds a PhD in Chemistry from the prestigious Max-Planck Institute in Germany. Dr…
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The brain left to itself is a lazy organ and will choose the path of least resistance again and again until we become intentional about life. Most of the ills we find in our families, work places and society today can easily be traced back to our tribal narrative and how we label those we have excluded from our tribe. To have better family, work sp…
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Rob Bertholf's newest startup is much more than just an Adventist venture studio: it's an accelerator, a network of homesteads and a witnessing opportunity for seekers. It all started when Rob shared the Gospel with visitors on his farm who were willing to stay and work there for a limited period of time. He discovered that it is possible to build …
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A dollar that is owned by a Jew will usually swap 14 different Jewish hands before it leaves this economic circle. The Muslim community enjoy similar privileges. Yet almost every dollar owned by a Christian immediately leaves the Christian community... What if we could build an Adventist ecosystem? Instead of going to Target, we go to our friend fr…
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To automate a transaction, email or service can help save you a lot of time and money. Lyndon Sweeney, CEO of Ark Digital Agency, explains the basics of automation and how we can integrate it into our missional business. Get in touch with Lyndon Connect on LinkedIn here. Visit Ark Digital Agency here. Get in touch with Hyve Check out Hyve's new blo…
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When Jay Razzouk worked for huge corporate firms and enterprises in San Diego, he quickly realized that lots of money was being poured into lawsuits, attorney fees and complicated court procedures. So he started his own missional business, showing startups and growing companies how to scale without getting into legal trouble. But by now, Jay is doi…
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Serial entrepreneur Jesse Zwiker once had classes in business but couldn't stand them. And when he started to fix engines of little motorcycles as a twelve-year old, he didn't know that God would lead him back to marketing, sales and business - just with an entirely different purpose. Listen to Jesse's story, find out how he got started as an entre…
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ADIBE Network is an Adventist community of mental health professionals and coaches. They receive online training before going out and helping others with their thoughts and feelings, treating depression and anxiety. Close to 1,000 people have gone through Jennifer's training program as of May 2022, dozens of active providers (both professionals and…
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How do we solve conflict? Is there a good way how to deal with it? What can we do so it doesn't even occur? Ron Price is the owner of Productive Outcomes, Inc. and helps others address difficult and challenging situations by providing successful and satisfying solutions. He has a Masters Degree in Counseling and speaks for startups, enterprises and…
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Some have said it, others have thought it: as Seventh-day Adventist Christians, we should not care about money. Profit is worldly. We need to share the Three Angels' Messages and not talk about profit. But can we really separate the one from the other? Can profit also be good - and actually important for God's work? Listen to Jesse Zwiker, founder …
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Have you gotten to a point in your life where you had to give up something that was extremely important to you? When we start our business, that small enterprise usually becomes our little baby. We invest so much time, sweat and tears into the project, we work so hard and believe that God will turn it into something beautiful. But then we encounter…
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