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Easier than we think

Andrew was over for dinner when he asked what I did.

"I started Seedling."

Excited to engage. "Man, I've been thinking about doing something entrepreneurial too."

We spent the next hour going deep. Not about pitch decks or TAMs or Series A rounds. About the real stuff—the insecurity, the wrestling, how Jesus shows up in ways you never expect when you're building something from nothing.

Here's what struck me: Andrew talked about entrepreneurship like it was Mount Everest.

This isn’t the only time where I’ve had a conversation like this.

Aspiring entrepreneurs will talk about their dream as if there’s a massive chasm between the dream and getting started. Between your current life and "becoming an entrepreneur."

Entrepreneurship is hard. It asks everything from you. But there's this invisible wall people put up that doesn't need to exist.

Silicon Valley has a lot to blame for building that wall.

Silicon Valley hijacked entrepreneurship and I don't like it

Say "entrepreneur" here and people picture a 24-year-old in a hoodie raising $15M from Sequoia to build the next unicorn. YC demo day. Hockey stick growth. Billion-dollar valuations.

That's not entrepreneurship. That's one narrow slice.

My friends are starting coaching businesses. Food trucks. Cafes. Writing children's books. Solo deving board games. Planting churches. Running a nonprofit for foster kids.

We think we need special qualifications. Like there's some entrepreneur certification we missed. Like the gap between idea and action requires a VC to bridge it.

Wrong.

When Andrew asked how to start, I told him what changed everything for me:

Not a quick "bless this idea" prayer. The kind of prayer where it’s just you and Jesus. Bowed in reverence to the King. The kind where you grab a pen and paper because God’s going to speak and you won’t want to forget what he’s saying.

Ask Him three things:

First, clarity on the calling.

Give God your ideas. Let Him shape them. Sometimes He hands them back transformed. Sometimes He shows you something completely different. There's a peace when you're building what He called you to build.

Second, timing.

When should you leave your 9-to-5? Sometimes it's "not yet." He's still working on your character. Other times—and this is most people—you've known for years but lack courage. That's not patience. That's disobedience.

Third, courage.

I learned from my good friend Candice that it is a real honor — a real privilege — to be called by the Lord.

Here's the brutal truth: We've made our salaries our masters. Bay Area rent is expensive. Hit that $100K+ salary and letting go feels impossible. So we mute God's vision for direct deposit comfort.

But here's what I discovered:

Entrepreneurship with Jesus pushes you into intimacy with Him like nothing else. It's lonely. Difficult. Strips away every false security.

And somehow, His yoke really is easy. His burden really is light.

Not because entrepreneurship gets easier. Because you're not carrying it alone.

Scripture says…

Entrepreneurs imagine a lot. But when you're building with Jesus, He exceeds even your wildest dreams.

You don't need everything figured out.

You don't need to quit tomorrow.

Just start praying. Keep that notepad close. Write down what He shows you.

That's the first spin of the flywheel. Once it starts, it doesn't stop.

What dream have you been whispering about?

The mountain isn't as high as Silicon Valley made you think.

The gap isn't as wide.

You're closer than you know.