Denver and Boulder have been hotbeds for business and nonprofit startups. We host nationally respected startup communities like TechStars and Denver StartUp Week that have spun out new organizations with innovative leadership. In fact, Colorado ranks only behind New York and California in the percentage of LinkedIn profiles associated with leaders who have founded organizations–122 out of every 10,000 (source). So, is there anything the remaining 99% of workers can apply to our own craft from the mindsets and best practices of that 1%?
Regardless of your industry, role, or responsibilities, a faithful entrepreneurial mindset can help you:
develop proactive, problem-solving attitudes
embrace agility in decision-making
foster a culture of creativity within your team
fail forward by learning resilience through failure
root your identity in Christ and not your workplace performance
The event will feature a panel discussion and Q&A with Christian leaders who have successfully navigated the crucible of starting something from nothing. We’ll ask them to share their stories, strategies, and lessons learned with a view to how we can use those best practices in our own work. We may never found an organization, but we can live both entrepreneurially and faithfully as we encounter challenges and opportunities in our work.
We look forward to seeing you!
When: This event will take place on Wednesday, November 20, from 4:30-6:30pm.
Where: New Denver Church, 700 Bonnie Brae Blvd, Denver, CO 80209
Details: The evening will include intentional room connection and group conversations over a happy hour of light appetizers and drinks.
This ticket includes light appetizers and drinks.
Colorado Conversations are relational gatherings that focus on practical themes that integrate our faith and work.
Wednesday, November 20th
4:30-6:30pm
New Denver Church
700 Bonnie Brae Blvd
Denver, CO 80209
Tickets are $15 and include light appetizers and drinks. If you are a Monthly Partner you can attend for free!
Matt is the CEO and co-founder of DifferentKind, a dental patient experience tech platform. He has spent his career making health care more human, operationalizing person-centered care in numerous settings. He remains active in clinical practice at a nationally recognized community health center in Denver, where he was previously the dental director. Matt is an alumni of the 5280 Fellowship and Praxis Business Labs through Denver Institute. Ask him about Liverpool Football Club, Wendell Berry, or the Beatles to grab his instant attention.
Jenn is the CEO and founder of WayForth Collective. Jenn has always loved making ideas and dreams a reality. She stumbled into the world of project management while working at a government contracting firm in Bethesda, Maryland, in the mid 1990s. She has since worked and led teams in the areas of project management, product management, and project strategy for software development, research, and business operations teams in both the for-profit and non-profit industries. In 2018 Jenn took a leap of faith to start a company with other missional Project Managers who could help companies doing good in the world work more effectively together and accomplish their biggest goals. She’s generally more interested in your great ideas than she is in her own greater ideas.
