Faith. Business. Purpose. Hosted by Jamie Cain, Co-Founder and CEO of HelpGhost, The Faithful Founder is where bold entrepreneurs and leaders share how their faith fuels their vision and shapes their journey.
Each episode unpacks the challenges and triumphs of building businesses with integrity. From finding balance between purpose and profit to navigating failure with grace, our guests offer real-life wisdom and practical advice to help you lead with faith at the center.
If you’re a driven entrepreneur, leader, or dreamer who wants to live out your calling and create impact beyond the bottom line, this podcast is for you.
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Faithful in the Fire: Struggles, Stewardship & Startup Life – with Jonathan Bullock-Barrett
Jonathan Bullock-Barrett discusses stewardship and balancing faith with ambition in startup life with Jamie Cain, offering insights into navigating doubt and building a meaningful business, in this interview.
28 Mar 2025TRANSCRIPT
More Than Hustle: Spiritual Rhythms for the Christian Entrepreneur – with Spencer Brooks
Can Innovation and Faith Go Hand-in-Hand for Founders? In this episode of The Faithful Founder Podcast, Jamie Cain sits down with Spencer Brooks—founder of Brooks Digital, drummer, and digital strategist for nonprofits—to talk about what it really looks like to lead a business that prioritizes discipleship over hustle culture. Spencer shares his journey of building a successful agency while staying rooted in his identity as a follower of Jesus. They dive into the challenges of leadership, the...
15 Mar 2025TRANSCRIPT
Why Faith-Driven Entrepreneurs Win: Lessons on Business & Integrity – with Brad Ehrlich & Travis Perry
How Can Christian Founders Build Businesses That Honor God? In this inspiring episode of The Faithful Founder Podcast, Jamie Cain is joined by entrepreneurs and investors Brad Ehrlich and Travis Perry to discuss faith, integrity, and the true measure of success in business. Brad and Travis share their journeys as Christian founders—the struggles, the victories, and the lessons learned in building successful companies while staying rooted in their faith. They discuss the power of grit, why sta...
1 Mar 2025TRANSCRIPT
Building a Business & Life That Truly Matters – with Brandon Janous
How Can Founders Prioritize Family, Faith, and Business Without Losing What Matters Most? In this deeply moving episode of The Faithful Founder Podcast, Jamie Cain sits down with Brandon Janous, author, speaker, and founder, to discuss the importance of intentional living, the power of presence, and how faith sustains us through life’s hardest seasons. Brandon shares his powerful story of losing his wife Rachel to cancer, the lessons she taught him about love, family, and faith, and how her l...
18 Feb 2025TRANSCRIPT
Surrender, Serve, Succeed: Leading a Business with Faith – with Chris Baden
How Can Founders Trust God's Plan in the Uncertainty of Entrepreneurship? In this powerful episode of The Faithful Founder Podcast, Jamie Cain sits down with Chris Baden, co-founder and CEO of FlowChat, to discuss the faith, resilience, and surrender it takes to build a business that glorifies God. Chris shares how his journey as a founder has been shaped by faith, from receiving a vision for his company to learning the importance of stewardship, surrender, and trusting God's provision. He an...
30 Jan 2025TRANSCRIPT
Faith-Driven Leadership: Serving Others in Business & Life with Dr. Jeremy Graves
How Can Faith-Driven Founders Lead with Integrity in a Fallen World?In this powerful episode of The Faithful Founder Podcast, Jamie Cain sits down with Dr. Jeremy Graves, author, professor, and expert in transformational leadership, to explore what it truly means to lead as a servant in today's world.Dr. Graves shares his journey from ministry to academia, his struggles with imposter syndrome, and the lessons he’s learned about balancing faith, leadership, and business. Together, he and Jamie...
11 Jan 2025TRANSCRIPT
Breaking the Hustle Mindset: Faith, Healing, and Purpose for Founders
How do faith-driven entrepreneurs break free from the hustle culture and step into purpose and peace? In this insightful episode of The Faithful Founder Podcast, Jamie Cain is joined by Jahmaal Marshall, founder of Listen Then Speak LLC, to discuss the deep connection between faith, healing, and sustainable leadership.Jahmaal shares powerful lessons from his journey of overcoming trauma, battling burnout, and rediscovering rest through biblical principles. Together, they tackle the mental hea...
28 Dec 2024TRANSCRIPT
Faith, Business, and Authenticity: The Bold Choices of a Christian Founder
How do you honor God in business while navigating the challenges of being a founder? In this episode of The Faithful Founder Podcast, Jamie Cain sits down with TJ Russell, a talented designer, entrepreneur, and unapologetic follower of Christ.TJ shares how his faith guides his work, from including “Friend of Jesus” in his professional bio to integrating biblical values like honor, patience, and self-control into his design business. Jamie and TJ dive deep into what it means to prioritize God ...
13 Dec 2024TRANSCRIPT
Called to Create: Following God’s Lead as a Founder
What does it really mean to build something with faith at the center? In this first episode, I open up about my journey from side hustles to full-time entrepreneurship—and how leading with my discipleship has completely changed my approach. This is about more than starting a business; it’s about answering the call, taking leaps of faith, and keeping God at the forefront, even when the path isn’t clear.If you’ve ever wondered how to honor your faith while chasing big dreams, this one’s for you...
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Faithful in the Fire: Struggles, Stewardship & Startup Life – with Jonathan Bullock-Barrett
Published 25 Apr 2025 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And I enjoy this. And so anyway, people ask me like, oh, why do you, because I've had several people like, why are you doing this? I go, you know, I'm like, I actually just love doing it. Yeah. I'm like, like, completely, put it all out there. I am not making a lot of money at all right now. I'm, I'm in the very early stages of being a tech founder. Like, all the money we have is going towards business and a little bit is coming back to me just to meet bear necessities. Took a huge pay cut to do what I'm doing now, right? So like, I would be lying if I wasn't saying, man, I really want this to work because I want to be able to provide monetarily for my family, right? […]
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