BAM and Entrepreneurship 
BAM definitely involve entrepreneurship. That includes some interesting characteristics and skills:
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Vision
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Creativity
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Risk taking
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Complex problem solving
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Much more...
Though including discrete elements such as the brief examples above, truthfully, entrepreneurship is almost like an art form compared to more rigid business models. It requires people to understand business principles, but to be adaptive and flexible in applying them as new ground is broken.
That capacity is tailor made for BAM. So, our strategies to implement BAM should not try to control or restrict the God given creative capacities and gifts. Instead, our strategies should seek to release that creative energy for God's purposes, and then blend our business practices with the creativity in a way that serves the Kingdom, and thus succeeds for the communities where we are working.
After all, our model is the Lord, who from the beginning has been in the business of creation.
Many thanks for your continuing interest,
Larry
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