1. Getting the Big Picture — Doug Phillips, Esq.
In this opening talk, Doug Phillips lays the foundation for a biblical worldview of Christian family entrepreneurship, providing an overview of the subjects and key themes to be covered in this series while offering some theological, practical, and historical considerations for the entrepreneurship involves the moral obligation to be economically creative and productive, incorporating principles of biblical patriarchy with its emphasis on freedom in Christ, inheritance, jurisdiction, and the household as a vibrant, economically productive, God-ordained unit for cultural transformation. Any approach to entrepreneurship which is divorced of these considerations inevitably leads to the idolatries of materialism, individualism, and the love of money.

2. Building a Business from Start to Finish — Wade Myers
In this professional, enlightening "turn-key" session, Harvard MBA, seasoned businessman, and decorated Gulf War veteran Wade Myers walks through a systematic understanding and implementation approach to building a business from start to finish. He explains the tremendous importance of laying the proper foundations through creating a sound business plan and forecasting costs and revenues, in order to avoid the pitfalls in which most start-up businesses become entrenched, to produce a profitable business ready to be sold. Mr. Myers profiles other successful entrepreneurs throughout his messages, illustrating the benefits of investing in the practical experience of the entrepreneurial business world, as opposed to spending ten of thousands of dollars on advanced degrees which too often have minimal practical value.

3. How to Cultivate an Entrepreneurial Spirit in Your Children — Arnold Pent
The history of the Pent Family Entrepreneurial Vision is traced over the last one hundred years through four generations of fathers and sons working together. In this session, Arnold Pent shares that a successful business during one generation is often shortsighted and loses much of the momentum that should keep building, over the years, from fathers to sons to grandsons and beyond. Citing the timeless principal in Joshua, he stresses the importance of each generation setting up "Stones of Remembrance" at critical points in history where God intervened as He did with the people of Israel. He gives highlights of training his three sons and working with them as father and son in farming, real estate, oil and gas development, and in two recent start-up companies.

4. An Entrepreneurial, Family-Based Multi-Generational Business — Joel Salatin
What is your passion? Most entrepreneurs grow their business out of their passion, because that is the only thing with enough energy to sustain them through the bleak times. Passion for your business is critical, but so is a long term plan. In this fascinating lecture, Joel Salatin shares some person insights and experiences of how their family farm grew out of a passion in his grandfather to farm full-time. His grandfather was never able to do so, but his huge garden and inventive workshop carried over to Mr. Salatin's father, and then on to him, and now his children. His parents gave him a running start by living a little below their means. Mr. Salatin and family did the same. If each generation lives a little below its means, the family can accumulate wealth. This capital can then be leveraged on other creative enterprises for the glory of God.

5. Dominion, Reformation, and the Family Business — Geoff Botkin
Multi-generational family businesses were once a primary cultural means of serving Christ, taking dominion of all things for him through work in ever increasing effectiveness over the generations. Then something happened to the entrepreneurial spirit early in the twentieth century. Every father and businessman must learn about the forces that lowered the word of God from a place of importance to religious jargon, and how entrepreneurial business and culture then slipped off the foundations of Christendom and became corrupt. This lecture shows how masculine entrepreneurial energy will again become one of the main forces that will drive the spiritual reformation of the twenty-first century, re-establishing Christ's covenant in the earth.

6. Fathers and Sons Working Together — Scott Brown
In this encouraging message, Scott Brown explains biblical foundations and principles for fathers and sons working together successfully. He demonstrates from personal experience the particular ways that he and his son have been working together over the years in their quest to please the Lord by learning how to fulfill their callings, multiply their labors, and hone their God-given skills. This is a message that goes straight to the heart of instilling long-term vision in sons, while building and maintaining the strong bond of unity in the family. Mr. Brown helps dads understand how to encourage their sons to get involved in entrepreneurship early in their lives and labor joyfully beside their fathers.

7. Creative Models for Raising Capital without Debt Bondage — Wade Myers
Debt. What to do about it? How to avoid it? Can a successful business be started in the twenty-first century without acquiring a heavy debt burden? What creative solutions are there to traditional borrowing for funding a business start-up? In this thought-provoking lecture, Wade Myers provides an overview of when capital may be required, the business model impacts on various capital requirements, and several creative ways to capitalize a business. Among the points of counsel offered repeatedly by Mr. Myers and the other faculty, is the need for strategic planning. Entrepreneurs must "count the cost" before they plunge into a new business endeavor and nave a solid game plan for managing cash flow and projecting return on investment.

8. Building Your Team — Doug Phillips
Too often, the culture of the American company, like the American family, is marked by disrespect, dishonor, grumbling, and a poor work ethic. Families and companies fall apart because people don't know how to honorably live with and work with one another, whether in the home or in the work place. Leaders don't know how to select the right men or how to cultivate a culture of ethics, honor, and productivity. In Doug Phillips' opinion, the vision and the team are the two greatest assets of any business. In this message, he offers biblical principles and personal insights for leading a happy, productive, visionary team.

9. The Blessings of Failure — Dr. Jim Leininger
Even the best businessman must be prepared to fail. This is the message and life story of Dr. James Leininger, who shares his personal testimony of how God brought one financial difficulty after another before prospering his efforts. This process was a sanctifying measure used by God to develop and prepare him for future usefulness. Delivered in a down-to-earth manner, Dr. Leininger's testimony illustrates how God's grace, not man's own strength, is what sustains the entrepreneur - how His "strength is mad perfect in weakness" (II Corinthians 12:9), even when the failures appear to be devastating.

10. Panel Discussion — Wade Myers, Doug Phillips, Arnold Pent, Geoff Botkin, Jim Zes, Nick Logan, & Scott Brown
One of the unique blessings that the 2006 Entrepreneurial Bootcamp afforded was the opportunity for aspiring entrepreneurs to spend personal time with business leaders with experience - to hear pearls of wisdom from men who have both failed and succeeded in various business ventures. The speakers acted the part of mentors to the attendees by critiquing business plans, passing along fresh ideas, and offering encouraging counsel to attendees. A number of the speakers visited with men and their families late into the night, long after the formal sessions were done. In this panel discussion, the faculty and speakers answer audience questions and provide brain-storming ideas for small business start-ups.




10 DVDs. Approx 11 hours.