Investment is crucial part of entrepreneurship that is needed in almost every business started. And the hardest part of getting investors interested in your business venture is finding those that have the same values as you do and that your company does business by. Often getting these two to line up can be quite difficult especially when your business holds to redemptive Christian morals.
This is why Cedarworks created The Lion’s Den. The Lions Den is an annual convention where businesses who wish to be stewards for the Lord can come and pitch to investors who share their same passion and want to support businesses who’s mission is to serve the Lord and use their skills to make a real redemptive differences in the world.
“A group of Birmingham business professionals created The Lion’s Den event in 2014 to “Inspire, Educate and Mobilize” people to invest their time, talents, and other resources in the Kingdom through “Business as Mission.” … The Lion’s Den began to establish itself as a forum for action-oriented professionals coming from across the country to network and collaborate. ”
Because it is so hard for redemptive businesses or really any Christian discipleship minded person to gain much favor these days, this non-profit is such a blessing to so many other businesses, because they are able to access investors who will trust in them and offer them a chance that the businesses would be unlikely to see otherwise.
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This is really inspiring! It reminds me of the one organization we read about in Lean Impact last semester, whose name escapes me at the moment, but whose mission was similar with investing in/financially supporting seemingly riskier individuals for the sake of the love of Christ and the kingdom of heaven. It also reminds me of the microfinance unit we talked about around that time in the course, which enabled many people to have a chance to flourish that they never would have been able to achieve without the support of another who believe in them or was willing to take a chance on them. Thanks for sharing!
Wow this is so innovative and such a cool idea. Like you said it can be extremely difficult to find investors or people to invest money into a business so the Lion's Den is defiantly the perfect solution for businesses that seek to have an entrepreneurial mindset. What really is so cool about this idea is that it helps businesses flourish and gives people a chance to open there hearts. Great blog post!