Had I taken that money, this company would be dead today, and more importantly, I would be dead.

God's story? Your life. Unfolding short stories.

Maybe you've read it in a story or seen it in a movie. This moment of breakthrough that a major entrepreneur has been waiting for.

There's the big investor, the check they're getting ready to write out,

and the chance for that idea of a business to become a reality.

But what if that success demanded you compromise your core beliefs?

Michael Seifert launched Public Square on July 4th, 2022.

It's a marketplace kind of like Amazon, but it's filled with American-made goods

from businesses committed to life, liberty, and family.

But before that launch, there was this moment.

A billionaire investor sitting across from Michael with an offer that could change everything.

There was just one condition.

Drop the pro-life stuff.

One of Michael and his wife's biggest passions.

Could he walk away or would he give in? Here's Michael.

One of the first lessons I learned in my own entrepreneurial journey as I was starting a tech

company called Public Square was that it's not just enough to have an awesome mission that

glorifies God. If you don't have an inner circle of people

around you, and especially if you're a company that has to raise capital, if you don't have

a close network of investors that believe in that mission equally, your mission is likely doomed

to fail. At some point, the wrong influences, especially if they're on your cap table, can become a real

detriment to the core business. And God's really protected us as we've built this company.

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