Discovery is when you are clarifying your calling and idea while preparing for the launch. Characteristics: • Moments of intimacy with God • Training and education • Research and testing • Financial preparation • May be working a full-time job • Make sure you are fully prepared before going past this stage

Start-up is the period between the official launch of the business and Breakeven. Characteristics: • The ideal length for the Start-Up stage is between 1 to 3 years • Could last 10 years or more • Idea formation and proof of concept • Wilderness period – character building, value formation • An absolute unless you buy or inherit a business beyond this stage • Should self-fund as much as possible ◦ Leverage vendor line of credit if necessary ◦ Have an aggressive collection policy ◦ Minimize fixed cost • The business could die or the entrepreneur could quit ◦ 80% do not survive this stage

Breakeven is when your net revenue equals your fixed and variable costs. Characteristics: • The ideal length for the Breakeven stage is between 3 to 5 years from the start of the business • Could take longer • The idea is formed and the concept is proved • Must distinguish between cash flow breakeven versus income • You no longer have to capitalize the business through outside financing • More confident in the business and self • Could still be reliant on external capital

Profitability is the season when the business is creating margins with consistency and generating a quadruple bottom line. You are constantly making more than you spend. Characteristics: • The ideal length for the Profitability stage is 5 years from the start of the business • Could take longer • Build reserves • Have money to reinvest in the business • Have money to give • Poverty mentality is being dealt with • The margin percentage is based on the type of business and industry standard • The business could be a prison

Scalability is the season when the business is able to expand regionally, nationally, or internationally without losing its margins. Characteristics: • The ideal length for the Scalability stage is between 10 to 20 years from the start of the business • Could take longer • Not suitable for every entrepreneur or every business • Idea stage for equity financing • Must have a good balance between managerial leadership and entrepreneurial leadership • The entrepreneur must be willing to focus energy on vision, strategy, systems, and people rather than working in the business • Have a clear exit strategy • Could lose margins, compromise kingdom values, or lose the business • Beware of opportunity cost • Can become over-leveraged

Succession is the season when the business is able to transition from the current leadership and ownership to the next leadership and ownership. Characteristics: • The ideal length for the Succession stage is between 20 to 30 years from the start of the business • Could take longer • There is a distinction between ownership transition and leadership transition • The business could transition to family, employees, or third party • Ensure that assets and values are transitioning • Capture appropriate value • Designed to preserve the business for at least three generations • Entrepreneur must repurpose ◦ Make sure the entrepreneur has a clear vision for the next season of their lives • Must be willing to lay down your life • Legacy could be compromised • Most businesses do not make it beyond the second generation

NEHEMIAH BUSINESS LIFE CYCLE

A Guide to Entrepreneurship Success, from Discovery to Exit

HOW TO INCREASE YOUR BUSINESS SUCCESS RATE BY 50%

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The Nehemiah Business Life Cycle is a training and coaching system designed to help entrepreneurs and business leaders recognize which stage their business is in and how to move efficiently to the next stage with Kingdom impact.

Our tested and proven coaching and training system serves you from Discovery (when you are considering launching a business) to Succession (when you are ready to transition your business to your family, staff, or a third party). Whatever stage you are in, we have a customized training and coaching program for you. We’ve helped over 20,000 entrepreneurs advance their business with Kingdom impact since 1999.

Each transitional stage requires you to think and act differently.

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To everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven:
a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck what is planted.
– Ecclesiastes 3:1-2 (NKJV)

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Did you know that your business only has a 10% chance of success?
What if we could show you how to increase your success rate by 50% or more?

According to the Small Business Administration, 80% of businesses fail in the first year, with only 50% of the remaining 20% making it past the five-year mark, and just one out of three reaching the ten-year mark. Many of those who survive never reach their full potential in either profitability or impact.

How would you like to significantly improve your chances of business success?
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Some of the primary reasons for the high rate of business failure include a lack of support, insufficient planning, limited community engagement, etc.

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DISCOVERY

Discovery is when you are clarifying your calling and idea while preparing for the launch.

Characteristics:
• Moments of intimacy with God
• Training and education
• Research and testing
• Financial preparation
• May be working a full-time job
• Make sure you are fully prepared before going past this stage

START-UP

Start-up is the period between the official launch of the business and Breakeven.

Characteristics:
• The ideal length for the Start-Up stage is between 1 to 3 years
• Could last 10 years or more
• Idea formation and proof of concept
• Wilderness period – character building, value formation
• An absolute unless you buy or inherit a business beyond this stage
• Should self-fund as much as possible
◦ Leverage vendor line of credit if necessary
◦ Have an aggressive collection policy
◦ Minimize fixed cost
• The business could die or the entrepreneur could quit
◦ 80% do not survive this stage

BREAKEVEN

Breakeven is when your net revenue equals your fixed and variable costs.

Characteristics:
• The ideal length for the Breakeven stage is between 3 to 5 years from the start of the business
• Could take longer
• The idea is formed and the concept is proved
• Must distinguish between cash flow breakeven versus income
• You no longer have to capitalize the business through outside financing
• More confident in the business and self
• Could still be reliant on external capital

PROFITABILITY

Profitability is the season when the business is creating margins with consistency and generating a quadruple bottom line. You are constantly making more than you spend.

Characteristics:
• The ideal length for the Profitability stage is 5 years from the start of the business
• Could take longer
• Build reserves
• Have money to reinvest in the business
• Have money to give
• Poverty mentality is being dealt with
• The margin percentage is based on the type of business and industry standard
• The business could be a prison

SUSTAINABILITY

Sustainability is the season when the business has the people and systems to operate without the day-to-day tactical involvement of the entrepreneur.

Characteristics:
• The ideal length for the Sustainability stage is between 7 to 10 years from the start of the business
• Could take longer
• The entrepreneur is working more on the business versus in it
• Must be able to hire the right people and have them in the right positions
• Systems and processes operate the business versus the entrepreneur’s self-efforts
• Make room for managerial leadership
• Able to create a margin of time
• The stage where outside capital can be necessary and appropriate
• Appropriate stage for diversification
• Requires entrepreneur to give up control
• Can be expensive
• Mistakes could jeopardize profitability

SCALABILITY

Scalability is the season when the business is able to expand regionally, nationally, or internationally without losing its margins.

Characteristics:
• The ideal length for the Scalability stage is between 10 to 20 years from the start of the business
• Could take longer
• Not suitable for every entrepreneur or every business
• Idea stage for equity financing
• Must have a good balance between managerial leadership and entrepreneurial leadership
• The entrepreneur must be willing to focus energy on vision, strategy, systems, and people rather than working in the business
• Have a clear exit strategy
• Could lose margins, compromise kingdom values, or lose the business
• Beware of opportunity cost
• Can become over-leveraged

SUCCESSION

Succession is the season when the business is able to transition from the current leadership and ownership to the next leadership and ownership.

Characteristics:
• The ideal length for the Succession stage is between 20 to 30 years from the start of the business
• Could take longer
• There is a distinction between ownership transition and leadership transition
• The business could transition to family, employees, or third party
• Ensure that assets and values are transitioning
• Capture appropriate value
• Designed to preserve the business for at least three generations
• Entrepreneur must repurpose
◦ Make sure the entrepreneur has a clear vision for the next season of their lives
• Must be willing to lay down your life
• Legacy could be compromised
• Most businesses do not make it beyond the second generation

Each lesson in the Nehemiah Business Life Cycle Course unveils the distinctive features and addresses the challenges that are inherent in each business stage, while guiding you to develop a precise success plan that will boost your likelihood of both business success and Kingdom impact.

The course also provides a detailed case study of seven Biblical Entrepreneurs who have successfully gone through each of the seven stages and specific lessons on how to address a particular stage.

Upon completing this course, you will have the capacity to:

Understand why business fails, and how to prevent it
Unlock the secret to business success
Uncover business lessons from the book of Nehemiah
Recognize the current stage of your business journey
Evaluate the goals and tasks remaining within your present stage
Determine the essential actions to propel your business forward to the next stage.
Construct your personalized Nehemiah Business Life Cycle Success Plan from whatever stage you are in to exit

Course Outline

Why Businesses Fail and How to Prevent It
Unlocking the Secrets to Business Success
Business Life Cycle Based on the Book of Nehemiah
Discovery: Identifying a Market Need and the Calling
Start-Up: Turning Your Idea into Action
Breakeven: Covering Expenses
Profitability: Creating Margin
Sustainability: Beyond the Profit Trap
Scalability: Expanding the Business Without Losing Margin
Succession and Exit: Transitioning the Business while Leaving a Legacy
Nehemiah Business Life Cycle Success Plan

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Nehemiah Business Life Cycle Case Study

Art Ally

Founder & President of Timothy Plan

DISCOVERY

Al Caperna

Chairman of CMC Group, Inc

START-UP

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Lonny & Sherri Hutchison

Owners of Perfect Climate, Inc

BREAKEVEN

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Dr. Gail Davis

Founder of Davis Endodontist, PC

PROFITABILITY

Mike Welker

CEO at AndCo Consulting LLC

SUSTAINABILITY

Jennifer Mears

CEO of The Holland, Inc

SCALABILITY

Joe Bogdahn

Founder of the Bogdahn Group

SUCCESSION

Participating in this course annually while implementing your Nehemiah Business Life Cycle Success Plan will enhance your business’s success rate by at least 50%. Like a comprehensive business checkup, it is recommended that this course is taken on an annual basis to assess your readiness for advancing to the next stage of business growth. This annual evaluation will help you pinpoint areas that need attention and identify any outstanding matters from previous years.

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Nehemiah Business Life Cycle Case Study

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Al Caperna

Lonny & Sherri Hutchison

Dr. Gail Davis

Mike Welker

Jennifer Mears

Joe Bogdahn

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