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In this episode, Jeff, Jeff, Alan, and Henry discuss: 

• Building businesses with thriving employees in a faith-driven movement. 
• Living your faith without playing small in business and investment.
• Being fully activated in faith and with God. 
• Bringing the right people along with you on the journey. 

Key Takeaways: 

• One of the greatest things you can do is provide someone with a job where they can thrive, innovate, and discover the joy of generosity. 
• Funds can grow incredibly quickly when built on Biblical principles and help other like-minded businesses thrive. 
• If your children know your faith story, they will better understand God’s glory and understand their Savior and be able to build their own faith story. 
• Lean into the joy of generosity and doing so in the community. Living God’s truth and God’s way is not done by the sole individual. 

"Business can be run really well, not at the expensive of Biblical values, but because of them." —  Henry Kaestner

About Henry Kaestner: Henry Kaestner co-founded the Faith Driven Entrepreneur and Faith Driven Investor ministries, and has been a catalyst behind both movements. He and his team seek to serve faith-driven entrepreneurs, investors, funds, partners, and advisors through content, community, and connections.

Henry is also a Co-Founder and Partner at Sovereign’s Capital, a private equity and venture capital management company that invests in faith-driven entrepreneurs in Southeast Asia and the U.S. from its offices in Silicon Valley, Durham, Nashville, Chattanooga, Atlanta, and Jakarta, Indonesia. Prior to co-founding Sovereign’s Capital, Henry was Co-founder and previous CEO, and then Chairman, of Bandwidth (NASDAQ:BAND) and its sister company, Republic Wireless (which spun out of Bandwidth in 2016). Together the companies have grown from $0 to more than $600 million in revenue. The founding values of Bandwidth are: Faith, Family, Work, and Fitness (in that order). Prior to co-founding Bandwidth.com with David Morken, Henry founded Chapel Hill Brokers (a predecessor to ICAP Energy), an institutional energy derivatives broker that became the top-ranked electricity broker in the country.

Henry has been involved in a number of other ministries and philanthropic activities. He co-founded DurhamCares, was a founding Board Member of Praxis, and sits on a variety of business and ministry boards including Valley Christian Schools where his 3 boys attend. Go Warriors!

Henry is a member of the broader Church in the Bay Area, attends Venture Christian Church in Los Gatos, CA, and serves as an elder in the Presbyterian Church of America. Henry lives in Los Gatos with his wife Kimberley and their three sons.

Connect with Henry Kaestner:

Website: https://www.faithdrivenentrepreneur.org/

Website: https://www.faithdriveninvestor.org/ 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hkaestner/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/henrykaestner

Connect with Jeff Thomas: 

Website: https://www.arkosglobal.com/

Book: https://www.arkosglobal.com/trading-up

Email: jeff.thomas@arkosglobal.com

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ArkosGlobalAdv 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/arkosglobal/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/arkosglobaladvisors

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/arkosglobaladvisors/