Business + Mission

By michaelrbaer | |

Business as Mission is not as complex as everyone seems to want to make it. Business is God’s mechanism for wealth creation (funding life) and Missions is the expression of God’s passion to save the lost (imparting eternal life). The intentional connection of our calling to business (it is a calling) and God’s heart to…

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Legit?

By michaelrbaer | |

When I started working in the former Soviet Union during the early 1990’s I was not surprised to find a negative view of business—it was, according to the newly freed people, corrupt, based on greed, degrading to mankind, cruel, etc. In fact, there wasn’t even a Russian word for businessman so they just used the…

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Better or Worse?

By michaelrbaer | |

Ronald Reagan (who I truly miss!) asked as he challenged Obama–I mean Carter, “Are you better off now than you were four years ago?” The answer was a resounding “NO!” and the Carter economic malaise was thrown out in favor of a free enterprise, pro-business era that lasted from 1980 until 2009 and included Reagan,…

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Year End Push

By michaelrbaer | |

There are 31 calendar days left in 2009 (a year many are ready to ne done with). There are even fewer business days and even fewer days where business will actually be done. So why not coast in from here? Because that’s exactly what your competition is doing! It’s human nature and it makes sense…

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Pelosi Wins– Small Business Loses

By michaelrbaer | |

One chamber has chosen (by a majority of 5) to force substandard healthcare and its associated costs on America–especially the already struggling, job engine of small business. It’s time to think about strategies to deal with this burden and its cost. One near term solution is to n migrate from traditional employment to independent contractors…

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