Faith, Tech and Entrepreneurship: What difference does it make?

Does faith make a difference when it comes to Technology Entrepreneurship? If so, how?

This talk answers the question by comparing and contrasting Jeff Bezos' wisdom with Biblical wisdom. By considering the commonalities, we discover what's still missing, pointing us to the ways faith can make a difference in our pursuit of technology entrepreneurship.

The full talk manuscript is available here: https://meritandgrace.com/faith-tech-and-entrepreneurship-what-difference-does-it-make/
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These slides were from a talk delivered at the "Vocational Thriving in a Changing World" conference in Seattle, WA.

Transcript

1. Faith, Tech &
   Entrepreneurship
   Does faith make a difference?
   

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2. Is Bezos
   Biblical?
   Comparing his words
   with Scripture
   

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3. What’s missing?
   

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4. TheoTech’s Magic Quadrant
   For Faith-based Vocational Integration
   Christianity
   How “Christian” is it?
   Kingdom Alignment
   How close is it to God’s Kingdom?
   

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5. TheoTech’s Magic Quadrant
   For Faith-based Vocational Integration
   Christianity
   How “Christian” is it?
   Non-Christian Explicitly Christian
   

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6. TheoTech’s Magic Quadrant
   For Faith-based Vocational Integration
   Kingdom Alignment
   How close is it to God’s Kingdom?
   Kingdom of the World Kingdom of God
   

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7. TheoTech’s Magic Quadrant
   For Faith-based Vocational Integration
   Kingdom of the World
   Kingdom of God
   Non-Christian
   Explicitly Christian
   Don’t make
   this mistake
   

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8. TheoTech’s Magic Quadrant
   For Faith-based Vocational Integration
   Christianity
   How “Christian” is it?
   Kingdom Alignment
   How close is it to God’s Kingdom?
   

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9. TheoTech’s Magic Quadrant
   For Faith-based Vocational Integration
   Christianity
   How “Christian” is it?
   Kingdom Alignment
   How close is it to God’s Kingdom?
   Hypocritical
   

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10. TheoTech’s Magic Quadrant
    For Faith-based Vocational Integration
    Christianity
    How “Christian” is it?
    Kingdom Alignment
    How close is it to God’s Kingdom?
    Hypocritical
    Disintegrated
    

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11. TheoTech’s Magic Quadrant
    For Faith-based Vocational Integration
    Christianity
    How “Christian” is it?
    Kingdom Alignment
    How close is it to God’s Kingdom?
    Hypocritical
    Disintegrated Aligned
    

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12. TheoTech’s Magic Quadrant
    For Faith-based Vocational Integration
    Christianity
    How “Christian” is it?
    Kingdom Alignment
    How close is it to God’s Kingdom?
    Hypocritical
    Disintegrated Aligned
    Integrated
    

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13. TheoTech’s Magic Quadrant
    For Faith-based Vocational Integration
    Christianity
    How “Christian” is it?
    Kingdom Alignment
    How close is it to God’s Kingdom?
    Hypocritical
    Disintegrated Aligned
    Integrated
    

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14. How Faith Makes a Difference
    Faith makes God your ultimate customer
    Faith makes eternal salvation your ultimate exit
    strategy
    Faith makes God’s Kingdom your ultimate vision and
    mission
    

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15. TheoTech’s Magic Quadrant
    For Faith-based Vocational Integration
    Christianity
    How “Christian” is it?
    Kingdom Alignment
    How close is it to God’s Kingdom?
    Hypocritical Integrated
    

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16. Faith makes God your 

    ultimate customer
    

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17. TheoTech’s Magic Quadrant
    For Faith-based Vocational Integration
    Christianity
    How “Christian” is it?
    Kingdom Alignment
    How close is it to God’s Kingdom?
    Disintegrated
    Integrated
    

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18. Faith makes eternal salvation your 

    ultimate exit strategy
    0 AD 30 AD ∞
    

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19. TheoTech’s Magic Quadrant
    For Faith-based Vocational Integration
    Christianity
    How “Christian” is it?
    Kingdom Alignment
    How close is it to God’s Kingdom?
    Aligned
    Integrated
    

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20. Faith makes God’s Kingdom your 

    ultimate vision and mission
    

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21. Objections
    “I have no influence”
    “You’re being unrealistic”
    “It’s not practical”
    

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22. Review
    Is Bezos biblical?
    What’s missing in Bezos’ wisdom?
    TheoTech’s Magic Quadrant
    How does faith make a difference?
    Faith makes God your ultimate customer
    Faith makes eternal salvation your ultimate exit strategy
    Faith makes God’s Kingdom your ultimate vision and mission
    Christianity
    How “Christian” is it?
    Kingdom Alignment
    How close is it to God’s Kingdom?
    Hypocritical
    Disintegrated Aligned
    Integrated
    

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24. Panel Discussion
    Jonathan Kobayashi

    Pastor at Eikou Christian Church,

    Code for the Kingdom Organizer
    Chris Pleasants

    SDET at Amazon, 

    Leader of Christians @ Amazon group.
    Michael Herrera

    Community Organizer,

    Christian Game Developer’s Conference
    

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25. Links
    https://www.patreon.com/theotech
    https://www.theotech.org/podcasts/
    

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