How He Built a $13M Business AND Does Full-Time Ministry | w/ Hunter Swain

She's worked with over 1,000 Startups and helped raise $200 Million | w/ Stacyann Patrice

WHAT SEPARATES STARTUPS THAT SUCCEED FROM THE ONES THAT DISAPPEAR? In this episode of the Faithustle Podcast, Mukwenda Kandole sits down with StacyAnn Patrice, startup strategist, innovation expert, and founder advocate who has helped more than 1,000 startups navigate growth, secure funding, and build companies that solve real problems. Collectively, the founders and startups she's supported have raised nearly $200 million in funding. But this conversation isn't just about raising capital. It's about building something that actually matters. Before becoming one of the most respected voices in the startup ecosystem, StacyAnn was a nuclear engineer working on some of the most complex projects imaginable. Today, she helps founders navigate uncertainty, validate ideas, find product-market fit, understand customers, raise capital, and avoid the mistakes that cause startups to fail. If you're building a startup, launching a company, raising investment, creating a new product, or trying to figure out if your idea is worth pursuing, this episode is a masterclass. We cover: ✅ How startup founders should validate ideas ✅ Why most startups fail before they ever get traction ✅ Revenue vs fundraising ✅ What investors actually look for ✅ Product-market fit explained simply ✅ Customer discovery and startup validation ✅ Why founders must stay coachable ✅ Building systems that scale ✅ The danger of chasing funding too early ✅ Biblical principles of entrepreneurship ✅ Faith, obedience, and leadership ✅ The role curiosity plays in startup success One of the most powerful lessons StaceyAnn shares is that startups succeed when founders stay curious, hungry, coachable, and committed to solving real problems—not just telling great stories. Whether you're a first-time founder, tech entrepreneur, startup CEO, or aspiring business owner, this conversation will save you years of mistakes. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🔥 JOIN THE FAITHUSTLE NETWORK Faithustle helps Christian entrepreneurs learn how to build their business God's way. Inside you'll find: ✅ Weekly mentorship calls ✅ Kingdom business training ✅ Bible studies & prayer ✅ Christian entrepreneur community ✅ Monthly live events ✅ Leadership development Join the Network: https://bit.ly/43uzV2i 📲 Follow Faithustle: https://www.instagram.com/thefaithustle/ [https://www.instagram.com/thefaithustle/] 🔗 All Faithustle Links: https://linktr.ee/thefaithustle [https://linktr.ee/thefaithustle] ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🔥 CONNECT WITH STACEYANN PATRICE 📲 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stacyannpatrice/ 🌐 Website: https://memberup.com/entrepreneursplayground/about?p=6c7d2d91-133e-4cbe-9697-d8e63acc7b2b ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ⏱️ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 2:00 From Nuclear Engineer to Startup Advisor 7:00 Why Most Startup Ideas Fail 11:00 Radical Obedience & Entrepreneurship 16:00 Revenue vs Raising Money 22:00 Product-Market Fit Explained 28:00 The Biggest Founder Mistakes 34:00 Why Coachability Matters 40:00 Startup Validation Framework 45:00 How Faith Impacts Leadership 51:00 Helping Founders Raise $200M 57:00 Customer Discovery Process 1:03:00 Why Great Ideas Die 1:08:00 Advice for Every Startup Founder Filmed at Lux Creative Studio: https://www.luxcreativetx.com/

Tim Ross & Touré Roberts On How to Build Without Losing Your Peace | "The Meet Up" Live Podcast

A LIVE CONVERSATION FROM "THE MEET UP" DALLAS | FAITHUSTLE X SCARY BUT BEAUTIFUL STUDIOS X THE BASEMENT What if the biggest thing holding you back isn't strategy... What if it's the condition of your soul? In this historic live podcast conversation recorded in front of 350+ Christian entrepreneurs, creatives, and leaders at The Meet Up in Dallas, Tim Ross and Touré Roberts sit down Mukwenda Kandole and Ty Headlee for one of the most powerful conversations we've ever hosted. Together, we explored the themes behind Tim Ross' new book, The Missing Peace, and Touré Roberts' new book, Knowing: The Journey to Certainty in an Uncertain World. The result was a transformational conversation on leadership, emotional health, hearing God's voice, entrepreneurship, peace, purpose, discernment, trust, and building God's way. Whether you're building a business, leading a team, starting a ministry, creating content, or simply trying to discern God's next step for your life, this conversation will challenge and encourage you. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🔥 JOIN THE FAITHUSTLE NETWORK Faithustle helps Christian entrepreneurs learn how to build their business God's way. Inside you'll find: ✅ Weekly mentorship calls ✅ Kingdom business training ✅ Bible studies & prayer ✅ Christian entrepreneur community ✅ Monthly live events ✅ Leadership development Join the Network: https://bit.ly/43uzV2i 📲 Follow Faithustle: https://www.instagram.com/thefaithustle/ [https://www.instagram.com/thefaithustle/] 🔗 All Faithustle Links: https://linktr.ee/thefaithustle [https://linktr.ee/thefaithustle] ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📚 GRAB YOUR COPY OF "THE MISSING PEACE" & "KNOWING" The Missing Peace by Tim Ross ➡️ https://www.upsettheworld.com/themissingpeacebook Knowing: The Journey to Certainty in an Uncertain World by Touré Roberts ➡️ https://www.toureroberts.com/books-by-toure-roberts ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ CONNECT WITH TIM ROSS Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/upsetthegram/ ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ CONNECT WITH TOURÉ ROBERTS Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/toureroberts/ [https://www.instagram.com/toureroberts/] ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ CONNECT WITH TY HEADLEE Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tyheadlee/ ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🔥 WHAT WE COVER IN THIS LIVE CONVERSATION ✅ How to develop certainty in an uncertain world ✅ Why peace is more important than information ✅ Trusting God when you don't know what's next ✅ Healing from past failures and disappointments ✅ Emotional health and leadership ✅ Why provision is not necessarily God's vision ✅ The danger of good ideas vs God ideas ✅ How to hear God's voice more clearly ✅ Entrepreneurship, purpose, and obedience ✅ Finding clarity when life feels confusing One of the most powerful moments of the night came when Tim Ross shared: "You don't have to know about your future because you know who holds your future." And Touré Roberts challenged the room with this truth: "You can either be a wanderer or a knower." This wasn't just a podcast. It was a holy moment. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ⏱️ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Peace vs Panic 1:00 Introduction & The Meet Up 3:20 Why These Books Had to Be Written 8:00 Finding Certainty in an Uncertain World 12:00 Leadership, Opposition & Perseverance 17:00 Good Ideas vs God Ideas 21:00 Business Partnerships & Discernment 24:00 How God Leads Entrepreneurs 28:00 Why Emotional Health Matters 31:00 Trust Issues & Leadership 34:00 Failure Is Not Your Identity 38:00 Developing Your Knower 42:00 Why We Fill In The Blanks 46:00 Peter Sleeping In Prison 53:00 Learning to Trust God 54:00 Being Multi-Passionate & Called 1:01:00 Finding Your Assignment 1:07:00 Advice for the Next Generation of Leaders 1:14:00 Prayer for Entrepreneurs & Builders #TimRoss #ToureRoberts #TheMissingPeace #Knowing #ChristianEntrepreneur #Faithustle #KingdomBusiness #LeadershipPodcast #TheBasementPodcast #HearingGodsVoice #ChristianLeadership #Purpose #FaithAndBusiness

The Clothing Brand Behind the Viral 2819 Church Collaboration | w/ Kingston & Sarah Davis

🔥 JOIN THE FAITHUSTLE NETWORK The Faithustle Network helps Christian entrepreneurs learn how to build their business God's way. Inside you'll find: ✅ Weekly mentorship calls ✅ Kingdom business training ✅ Bible studies & prayer ✅ Christian entrepreneur community ✅ Monthly events & networking ✅ Marketing, branding & leadership education 👉 SIGN UP FOR FREE TODAY: www,thefaithustle.com/network CAN YOU CREATE A CHRISTIAN FASHION BRAND....THAT ATTRACTS WORLD ATTENTION? In this powerful episode of the Faithustle Podcast, Mukwenda Kandole sits down with Kingston and Sarah Davis, founders of Reyna Signature, one of the most influential Christian clothing brands in the culture today. From churches to athletes, celebrities, entrepreneurs, and culture leaders, Reyna Signature has become known for creating premium products that boldly proclaim the Gospel while competing at the highest levels of fashion and design. Their signature Disciple Jersey has become an iconic piece in Christian culture and recently gained even more attention through their viral collaboration with 2819 Church and Pastor Philip Anthony Mitchell. But this conversation isn't really about clothing. It's about: * Excellence * Obedience * Stewardship * Building a Kingdom brand * Creating culture instead of chasing it * Faith when nobody knows your name * Starting before you're ready Kingston and Sarah share the full story behind Reyna Signature, how God gave them the vision, the challenges of rapid growth, the lessons they've learned building a luxury brand, and why they believe excellence is worship. They also answer questions every aspiring clothing brand owner needs to hear: ✔ How do you start a clothing brand? ✔ How do you stand out in a crowded market? ✔ Why does branding matter? ✔ How do you price products confidently? ✔ How do you build something that lasts? ✔ What does Kingdom excellence actually look like? If you're a Christian entrepreneur, creative, designer, founder, content creator, or someone who wants to build something meaningful, this episode will challenge and inspire you. 🔥 CONNECT WITH REYNA SIGNATURE 👕 Shop Reyna Signature: https://reynasignature.com/ 📲 FOLLOW REYNA SIGNATURE: https://www.instagram.com/reyna.signature/ 🔥 FOLLOW FAITHUSTLE 📲 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thefaithustle/ 💵 BOOK A CALL WITH BRANCH BOOKKEEPING TODAY  👉https://www.thebranchbookkeeping.com/ [https://www.thebranchbookkeeping.com/] ⏱️ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Don't Be Realistic, Be Obedient 1:20 Meet Kingston & Sarah Davis 3:00 The Viral 2819 Church Collaboration 7:00 How God Opened the Door 10:00 Excellence Is Worship 14:00 Why They Charge What They Charge 18:00 Luxury Fashion for the Kingdom 23:00 The Mission Behind Reyna Signature 28:00 The Story Behind the Disciple Jersey 35:00 Building a Brand That Shapes Culture 41:00 The Challenges of Rapid Growth 46:00 Why Most People Never Start 51:00 Lessons for New Clothing Brand Owners 57:00 Kingdom Entrepreneurship 1:02:00 Faith, Obedience & The Future

Can you fix a BAD brand? (Here's How You Can) | w/ Pete Rodriguez

🤝 SECURE YOUR SPOT TO "THE MEET UP" May 29th A Convergence of Kingdom Entrepreneurs and Content Creators in Dallas. 🎤 Live Podcast with Touré Roberts, Tim Ross & Worship with Ryan Ofei 🚨 Pop up shop with "Scary But Beautiful Studios" ✨ DJ + Coffee & Treats 🤝 Networking ⏰ May 29th at 6:00pm 🎟 Get Your Ticket: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1989017044523?aff=oddtdtcreator YOUR BRAND IS SPEAKING BEFORE YOU EVER ENTER THE ROOM. The question is… what is it saying? In this episode of the Faithustle Podcast, Mukwenda Kandole sits down with branding expert Pete Rodriguez to unpack why so many businesses struggle—not because they have a bad product, but because they have a weak brand. Pete has worked on branding projects for universities, organizations, and major companies, helping businesses communicate trust, clarity, and identity through branding that actually connects. This conversation is a practical masterclass on: 👉 branding 👉 perception 👉 trust 👉 messaging 👉 storytelling 👉 positioning 👉 and why your brand directly impacts your revenue But this episode goes even deeper. Pete also breaks down how branding principles are found throughout scripture and why branding isn’t just a marketing tool—it’s about identity, stewardship, influence, and communication. If you are building: * a business * a ministry * a podcast * a personal brand * a creative company * or an online platform… This conversation will challenge the way you think about branding forever. Because whether you realize it or not… People are already experiencing your brand before you speak. 🔥 JOIN THE FAITHUSTLE NETWORK The Faithustle Network is a community for Christian entrepreneurs and creatives learning how to build business God’s way. Inside you’ll get: * Weekly mentorship calls * Bible studies & prayer * Business strategy * Marketing & branding training * Community with Kingdom entrepreneurs * Access to monthly events 👉 https://www.thefaithustle.com/network 🔥 CONNECT WITH PETE RODRIGUEZ 📲 Follow Pete Rodriguez: Instagram @impeterodriguez [https://www.instagram.com/impeterodriguez/?utm_source=chatgpt.com] 📞 Book a Branding Consultation Call: Book a Consultation with The Brand Dept. [https://info.thebranddept.co/connectcall?utm_source=chatgpt.com] 📲 FOLLOW FAITHUSTLE: Faithustle Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/thefaithustle/?utm_source=chatgpt.com] ⏱️ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Can You Fix a Bad Brand? 1:45 Meet Pete Rodriguez 4:20 Why Branding Matters More Than Ever 8:10 Your Brand Speaks Before You Do 12:00 The Biggest Branding Mistakes 16:00 Why Trust Is Everything 20:30 Branding & First Impressions 25:00 How Bad Branding Hurts Revenue 30:00 The Psychology Behind Great Brands 35:00 Branding Principles Found in Scripture 41:00 Why Most Businesses Blend In 46:00 Practical Ways to Improve Your Brand 52:00 Final Advice for Entrepreneurs

The 7 Signs of an Unhealthy Leader | w/ Jimmy Rollins

🤝 SECURE YOUR SPOT TO "THE MEET UP" May 29th A Convergence of Kingdom Entrepreneurs and Content Creators in Dallas. 🎤 Live Podcast with Touré Roberts, Tim Ross & Worship with Ryan Ofei 🚨 Pop up shop with "Scary But Beautiful Studios" ✨ DJ + Coffee & Boba Tea 🤝 Networking ⏰ May 29th at 6:00pm 🎟 Get Your Ticket: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1989017044523?aff=oddtdtcreator 🔥 JOIN THE FAITHUSTLE NETWORK The Faithustle Network is a community for Christian entrepreneurs and creatives learning how to build business God’s way. Inside you’ll get: * Weekly mentorship calls * Bible studies & prayer * Business strategy * Marketing & branding training * Community with Kingdom entrepreneurs * Access to monthly events 👉 https://www.thefaithustle.com/network SOME OF THE STRONGEST LEADERS ARE SILENTLY FALLING APART. In this deeply raw and vulnerable episode of the Faithustle Podcast, Mukwenda Kandole sits down with pastor, author, leadership coach, and founder of Better Marriage University, Jimmy Rollins, for one of the most honest conversations we’ve ever had. Jimmy opens up about leading a thriving megachurch in the DMV while privately struggling in his marriage, carrying unresolved pain, emotional unhealth, and hidden wounds. He shares how pain, isolation, leadership pressure, and untreated trauma can slowly destroy even the strongest leaders if left unchecked. This conversation covers: * Why successful leaders still struggle internally * The danger of isolation * How untreated pain leaks into relationships * Why accountability matters * Leadership blind spots * Why vulnerability is necessary for healing Whether you’re a pastor, entrepreneur, founder, creative, executive, or leader in any space, this episode will challenge you to stop hiding and start healing. This isn’t just a conversation about leadership. It’s a conversation about the soul. If you’ve been carrying pressure, burnout, exhaustion, disappointment, hidden struggles, or pain in silence… this episode is for you. 🔥 CONNECT WITH JIMMY ROLLINS & BETTER MARRIAGE UNIVERSITY Better Marriage University helps couples heal, grow, and build healthy marriages through coaching, courses, and community. 👉 https://bettermarriageuniversity.com/ 👉 https://www.instagram.com/iamjimmyrollins/ ⏱️ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 “Who Has the Keys to Your Pain?” 1:00 Introduction to Jimmy Rollins 3:00 Why Better Marriage University Was Created 7:00 Leading a Megachurch While Secretly Struggling 10:00 Pain, Leadership & Hidden Trauma 13:00 Why Success Doesn’t Heal Pain 15:00 The Danger of Leadership Blind Spots 18:00 “No One Checks On Leaders” 20:00 Signs You’re Becoming an Unhealthy Leader 24:00 Isolation, Pride & Hidden Sin 28:00 Why Leaders Hide Their Struggles 31:00 The Broken Culture Around Accountability 35:00 Church Hurt, Pain & Cynicism 40:00 Therapy, Healing & Self Awareness 44:00 Faith, Pain & Asking God Questions 49:00 Hannah, Pain & Purpose 54:00 Why Success Won’t Heal You 57:00 The Beauty of Healthy Leadership 1:00:00 Why Pain Can Become Purpose 1:02:00 Final Encouragement for Leaders 🎥 Filmed At Luxe Creative Studios in Mckinney, Texas