With over 100 entrepreneurs, 150 mentors, and 350 investors and philanthropists thus far, Praxis aims to build an expansive community with a shared mission and alternative imagination for the spirit of the age in our time.

Praxis CEO & Co-founder, Dave Blanchard, says “We live in an unprecedented moment in history where entrepreneurs have outsized influence on our world—not only on the products and services we use, but also the causes we support, the role models we admire, and ultimately how we define the “good life.” As Jack Dorsey recently declared on the cover of Forbes, “The most efficient means to spread an idea today is corporate structure.”

“For years, our team has served Praxis through leading a variety of special projects for their team including their annual Community Update and the launch of redemptive.is. I’m thrilled that we get to participate on the other side of Praxis and experience their work as recipient,” Taylor Jones, Co-founder of Whiteboard said.  

According to the Kauffman Foundation, 54% of Millennials have started an organization or desire to start one, and dozens of organizations such as Y Combinator, TechStars, Echoing Green, and Ashoka have arisen to support them. Venture building is a deeply formational process: it shapes founders, as they shape the world in which we all live.

Tragically, many Christ-following founders feel increasing pressure to compartmentalize, privatize, or even “postpone” their faith to attract the human and financial resources needed to grow their ventures. As a result, their spiritual lives and public witness are at risk.

But there is an even greater cost when promising founders fail to bring their faith fully into the entrepreneurial journey. We miss out on the faithful presence of businesses and nonprofits that embody the gospel and renew the spirit of the age.

Our desire is to build a community of founders, funders, and ventures that act redemptively, demonstrating faith in a winsome way across culture.