Entrepreneurship Focused on Values that Produce Profits Too

TOV Values are the cherished values defined in the first creation account of Genesis of what the Creator judges to be TOV (good) and what people are to be committed to doing, guarding and protecting for all humans.

The following article is about a company that is doing something that clearly reflects this TOV Value.

John Schoch, CEO of Profile Products — a $70 million company that manufactures and distributes products for soil and water management in 90 countries — decided four years ago to direct his company’s expertise to a global crisis: clean water.

For decades, Profile Products has mined clay by the Mississippi River to create porous ceramic particles on golf courses and sports fields. An acquaintance of Schoch, involved in the clean water industry, wondered to the CEO if Profile’s technology could be adapted to serve his work in the developing world.

Exposed to the staggering statistics of deaths from water-borne diseases internationally, Schoch said that he saw market potential if his company could design a simple yet innovative product. About 780 million people worldwide lack access to clean water, and more than 3.4 million people die each year as a result, according to the World Health Organization.

Read the complete article at -- http://www.forbes.com/sites/kerryflynn/2014/06/20/a-new-pursuit-for-social-entrepreneurship-profits/

The First Americans to Observe the 4th Were Moravian Pacifists

Moravian settlers in NC were the first Americans to officially celebrate the 4th of July. But they weren’t partying in honor of military victory. They were thanking God for peace. At the nation’s first official Independence Day celebration, there were no fireworks, no sparklers, and no rowdy parties. The parade was solemn, with reverent music and the call-and-response singing of two choirs. Songs were sung in German. Those marking the nation’s hard-won independence at that first celebration had not participated in the long and bloody war, and they were not celebrating the newly free nation’s victory over the British oppressors at Yorktown. They were thanking God for peace. That subdued celebration was on July 4, 1783, in the Moravian village of Salem, now part of the hyphenated city of Winston-Salem in Piedmont North Carolina. Read the complete article at -- http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/07/04/the-first-americans-to-observe-the-4th-were-moravian-pacifists.html