A purpose-driven business is more than just profit. It’s about aligning values with impact, authenticity, and community building. On the DO GOOD X podcast, hosts Stephen Lewis and Kimberly Daniel explore the commitments that guide social entrepreneurs. They discuss the power of authenticity, community building, and creativity in entrepreneurship, as well as how intuition in leadership influences decision-making. Centering your business around faith and intention helps entrepreneurs stay aligned with their vision and purpose. By focusing on mutual relationships and authenticity, this episode inspires growth for anyone building a purpose-driven business designed for sustainable impact.

What You’ll Learn in This Episode:

✅ How to align your purpose-driven business with your core values to create long-term impact.

✅ Why authenticity and mutual relationships are essential for building trust in a purpose-driven business.

✅ Ways to use intuition in leadership to guide decisions and strengthen your community-building efforts.

✅ How creativity in entrepreneurship fuels innovation and growth in a purpose-driven business.

✅ The role of social entrepreneurs in shaping businesses that honor faith, intention, and the common good.

Join the DO GOOD X Community to access resources, connect with purpose-driven entrepreneurs, and grow your impactful business with intention.

TIMESTAMPS:

00:00 How a purpose-driven business can be rooted in authenticity and community building

04:28 Kimberly shares the key values that guide her life and work—authenticity, mutual relationships, community, and creativity in entrepreneurship

08:26 Listeners are invited to join the DO GOOD X Mastermind Community, beginning November 6, 2025

09:45 Stephen emphasizes the importance of intuition in leadership to create a purpose-driven business

12:45 Stephen discusses living with purpose and intention, sharing how every social entrepreneur carries a “divine genius”

KEY TAKEAWAYS:

💎 Discover how building a purpose-driven business anchored in authenticity, mutual relationships, and community building creates long-term impact.

💎 Learn why intuition in leadership, creativity in entrepreneurship, and values are essential for every social entrepreneur seeking meaningful growth.

💎 Explore how aligning purpose and intention with your purpose-driven business fuels innovation, strengthens community, and empowers entrepreneurs to thrive.

💎 Understand how authenticity, creativity in entrepreneurship, and purpose-driven business practices help leaders honor faith, vision, and sustainable impact.

ABOUT THE HOSTS:

Kimberly R. Daniel, co-founder of DO GOOD X, empowers faith-driven social entrepreneurs to create positive change through supportive programs and initiatives. She helps purpose-driven organizations craft compelling brand and communication strategies. With over 15 years of experience, she builds authentic, community-centered brands and effective processes. As a certified life coach, she facilitates workshops and writes on innovation, entrepreneurship, and social impact. She co-authored A Way Out of No Way: An Approach to Christian Innovation (2021).

Stephen Lewis, president of FTE and co-founder of DO GOOD X, supports faith-driven social entrepreneurs through programs fostering positive change. He is an organizational change strategist and leadership development specialist inspiring purposeful leadership and entrepreneurship. Lewis co-authored "Another Way: Living and Leading Change on Purpose" (2020) and "A Way Out of No Way: An Approach to Christian Innovation" (2021).

RESOURCES MENTIONED:

Social entrepreneurship blends purpose and profit for impact. Hosts Kimberly Daniel and Stephen Lewis on the DO GOOD X podcast dive into balancing purpose and profit. They explore social entrepreneurship challenges when goals clash with financial demands. Learn how faith-driven entrepreneurs achieve mission alignment with financial sustainability while upholding business values. Discover strategies to navigate entrepreneurial challenges, prioritize community wellbeing, and manage opportunity costs to sustain social impact.

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN IN THIS EPISODE:

✅ Strategies for balancing purpose and profit in your business.

✅ Overcoming social entrepreneurship challenges in tough times.

✅ Maintaining business values during financial struggles.

✅ Navigating opportunity cost to preserve mission alignment.

Join the DO GOOD X Community to access resources, connect with purpose-driven entrepreneurs, and grow your impactful business with intention.

TIMESTAMPS:

00:00 The social entrepreneurship tension between purpose and profit goals

05:29 The DO GOOD X Mastermind retreat supports financial sustainability for under-resourced entrepreneurs

06:54 Examples of social entrepreneurship challenges, such as supply chain shifts and the need to cut social impact programs

10:12 Strategies for balancing purpose and profit, using customer feedback for mission alignment to navigate opportunity cost

15:57: Reflecting on decisions made during the pandemic and other ways to scale back, as well as how the DO GOOD X community can serve you

KEY TAKEAWAYS:

💎 Navigate social entrepreneurship by balancing purpose and profit with creative solutions.

💎 Overcome entrepreneurial challenges to maintain mission alignment in tough times.

💎 Prioritize community wellbeing for lasting social impact in your business.

💎 Align business values with financial sustainability for purpose-driven business success.

ABOUT THE HOSTS:

Kimberly R. Daniel, co-founder of DO GOOD X, empowers faith-driven social entrepreneurs to create positive change through supportive programs. She helps purpose-driven organizations craft compelling brand and communication strategies. With over 15 years of experience, she builds authentic, community-centered brands and effective processes. As a certified life coach, she facilitates workshops and writes on innovation, entrepreneurship, and social impact. She co-authored A Way Out of No Way: An Approach to Christian Innovation (2021).

Stephen Lewis, president of FTE and co-founder of DO GOOD X, supports faith-driven social entrepreneurs through programs fostering positive change. He is an organizational change strategist and leadership development specialist inspiring purposeful leadership and entrepreneurship. Lewis co-authored "Another Way: Living and Leading Change on Purpose" (2020) and "A Way Out of No Way: An Approach to Christian Innovation" (2021).

RESOURCES MENTIONED:

DO GOOD X Mastermind Community

DO GOOD X - Website

DO GOOD X - LinkedIn

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Do you sometimes struggle to see the path forward for your business? Are you searching for the right strategies to scale with impact while protecting your wellbeing? This episode offers more than tips—it’s an experience. Join Kimberly and Stephen as they revisit a listener-favorite episode where a powerful guided meditation creates space for vision, reflection, and renewed success. Whether you’re seeking partnership opportunities or fresh insight, this is your chance to slow down and realign with your purpose.

IN THIS EPISODE:

• (00:00) Intro to today’s guided meditation
• (01:20) Stephen explains how this guided meditation can bring clarity, insight, and intentional direction for any entrepreneur
• (03:22) Stephen begins the guided meditation, inviting listeners to relax and breathe deeply
• (05:00) Imagine stepping through a doorway into your future business, envisioning partnerships, impact, and success
• (07:20) Envision the products and services that impact your customers and the community
• (09:00) Connect with your current self to receive insight and wisdom from your future self
• (11:00) Listeners are invited to journal their experiences, capturing vision and focus for business growth
• (12:47) You are invited to the launch of the DO GOOD X Mastermind, an in-person retreat November 6th - 8th

KEY TAKEAWAYS:

• Guided meditations, like this one, can help entrepreneurs pause, reflect, and reconnect with their purpose, offering much-needed clarity during their journey.
• Entrepreneurs gain tools to align their business with their vision, creating sustainable growth and lasting impact.
• By focusing on wellbeing and intentional success, leaders can build stronger partnerships and move forward with confidence.

RESOURCES:

DO GOOD X Mastermind Community

DO GOOD X - Website

DO GOOD X - Podcast

DO GOOD X - LinkedIn

DO GOOD X - YouTube

DO GOOD X - Spotify

DO GOOD X - Instagram

ABOUT THE HOSTS:

Kimberly R. Daniel empowers entrepreneurs and organizations to make a positive impact. She is co-founder and project director of DO GOOD X, a community that provides programs and support for faith-driven social entrepreneurs whose businesses focus on positive change. Kimberly also helps purpose-driven organizations clarify and design compelling brand and communication strategies. With over 15 years of experience in developing and leading communications efforts, she is committed to creating effective processes and authentic, “sticky” community-centered brands. In addition, Kimberly has nearly ten years of experience as a certified life coach. She has facilitated workshops, spoken to communities, and written about innovation and entrepreneurship with a focus on social impact. She co-authored A Way Out of No Way: An Approach to Christian Innovation (2021). She is deeply passionate about purpose, meaning, and the common good in any aspect of her work.

Stephen Lewis is the president of the Forum for Theological Exploration (FTE) and the