Entrepreneurship, Pt. 9

Mr. Joel Salatin, an entrepreneurial farmer, gave a teaching that I listened to called: "An Entrepreneurial Family-Based Multi-Generational Vision". He told the amazing story about how he became a chicken farmer. He decided to save money, and then try to start his own farm, living off the food that came from it, and the money he earned selling his produce. He was able to continue after the year was up, and eventually, he was running a large-scale chicken business. He said that the entrepreneur's goal is to meet the unmet need. He was able to do this by only selling locally to individuals, restaraunts, etc. He recommended farming as a vocation (it was, after all, the first vocation), even though culture today thinks poorly of the average farmer. It is a lifestyle that makes the individual less dependent on the outside world, is self-sustainable, and provides for the rest of the world. Mr. Salatin said that success is measured in faithfulness and not material results. If we are faithful to God and his commands, He will bless us in ways we cannot imagine.