Great quote! "Brad Gillespie of IA Ventures, an early-stage venture firm based in New York City, says as an investor he focuses on five things: people, people, people, market and product."
http://www.npr.org/2011/12/06/142711823/setbacks-and-surprises-part-of-the-deal-for-a-startup
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Thankful for our children
Happy Friday, all! I'm thankful for our children. I pray that they are destined for great things.
Psalm 127:3 (NIV) Children are a heritage from the LORD, offspring a reward from him.
Great Wives
Today I am thankful for our wonderful wives.
Ephesians 5:28 (KJV) So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself
Happy Thanksgiving
Happy Friday! I hope everyday can be a thanks-giving day.
1 Thessalonians 5:18 (NIV) Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus
Plant your happy flag
Plant your "Happy" flag in this Friday.
Romans 8:37 (KJV) Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.
Don’t overwork. Keep life in perspective.
Happy Friday! Don't overwork. Keep life in perspective.
Luke 10:40-42 (NIV)
40 But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made. She came to him and asked, “Lord, don’t you care that my sister [Mary] has left me to do the work by myself? Tell her to help me!”
41 “Martha, Martha,” the Lord answered, “you are worried and upset about many things, 42 but few things are needed—or indeed only one. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her.”
A good word
Share a good word with someone today.
Proverbs 16:24 King James Version (KJV)
Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
Fight back with a positive attitude
If we were caught up in negative circumstances, I hope we found the strength to respond with a positive attitude.
Matthew 5:44 King James Version (KJV)
But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;
Be piezoelectric!
The word piezoelectricity means electricity resulting from pressure. I love that! How awesome would it be to be renewed and energized in the midst of life's pressures?
Isaiah 40:31 King James Version (KJV)
But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
A little perseverance beats ginormous obstacles
A little perseverance can beat ginormous obstacles. Keep at it.
Matthew 17:20 (NIV)
20 ...Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.”