Jul 28, 2026 · 42 min · 12 segments
Recorded live at FDE's annual staff retreat, host Justin Forman sits down with Mark Grunden and Addison Williams for a rare, on-the-ground look at what happens when entrepreneurs stop doing this…
Justin FormanHost
Mark GrundenGuest
Addison WilliamsGuest
There's a lot of entrepreneurs, seasoned or not seasoned, just beginning, or people that have been th- there 20, 30 years that have this hunger for relationship building.
We've been taught in, in our families, in businesses, you meet your KPI, success is measured, and that's how my worth...
Their identities are, are in Lord Jesus Christ, and, uh, that's revelation to some of them because th- the- it's been drilled since business school.
skillsEntrepreneurs in the church matter.
There are lots of different kinds of entrepreneurs, and the journey of an entrepreneur is quite different than the journey of somebody who's working in a big company.
And that means that having some community around you to walk through that with one another.
Our, our life as believers is really all about one another.
We have now a really broad network of people that are part of the same community.
They're able to do business together.
They're connecting, they're meeting up.
They have found co-founders, and their life has been deeply enriched because of Faith Driven Entrepreneur.
I've heard many, many stories of people who have found it to be a huge blessing that they made the time, they gathered other entrepreneurs together, and they encouraged each other.
The positive transformation that I've noticed and witnessed through personal groups is the fact that we're in each other's backyard.
When we think about running businesses, going to church, doing life with family, we're in each other's backyard all the time.
One reason that I would encourage you to join a group is it is a competitive advantage to be doing entrepreneurship in community.
I believe that they'll point you to Jesus, and you will see things far more than you could ever ask or think because of his promise to do that in our lives.
There's a lot of entrepreneurs, seasoned or not seasoned, just beginning, or people that have been th- there 20, 30 years that have this hunger for relationship building.
We've been taught in, in our families, in businesses, you meet your KPI, success is measured, and that's how my worth...
Their identities are, are in Lord Jesus Christ, and, uh, that's revelation to some of them because th- the- it's been drilled since business school.
skillsEntrepreneurs in the church matter.
There are lots of different kinds of entrepreneurs, and the journey of an entrepreneur is quite different than the journey of somebody who's working in a big company.
And that means that having some community around you to walk through that with one another.
Our, our life as believers is really all about one another.
We have now a really broad network of people that are part of the same community.
They're able to do business together.
They're connecting, they're meeting up.
They have found co-founders, and their life has been deeply enriched because of Faith Driven Entrepreneur.
I've heard many, many stories of people who have found it to be a huge blessing that they made the time, they gathered other entrepreneurs together, and they encouraged each other.
The positive transformation that I've noticed and witnessed through personal groups is the fact that we're in each other's backyard.
When we think about running businesses, going to church, doing life with family, we're in each other's backyard all the time.
One reason that I would encourage you to join a group is it is a competitive advantage to be doing entrepreneurship in community.
I believe that they'll point you to Jesus, and you will see things far more than you could ever ask or think because of his promise to do that in our lives.
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