Spiritual Venture Capitalism

Venture capitalism provides seed funding to early-stage, high-potential, growth companies. Very often those companies are at a crossroads:they need to grow or they will fail. When they don't have the money to implement the necessary changes, the venture capitalist (VC) enters the picture. Usually the company has already demonstrated its ability to succeed, has proven revenue, and may even have a customer list and pending product orders. When the VC brings money and perhaps additional skill sets to the company, he hopes to generate a return through an eventual realization event such as an IPO or trade sale of the company. In other words, he takes the risk, invests the money and skills, and hopefully he makes money with his stake.

Help Healing Happen is engaging in a bit of spiritual venture capitalism. We see a group whose potential for growth is tremendous and we are bringing in some necessary skills to help this organization, International Surgical Mission Support, Inc. It has already proven its ability to succeed as it has conducted medical mission trips each year since its foundingin 1996. It certainly has demonstrated the value of its product. Ask any of the people they operated on in Haiti, Peru, India or Egypt. For sure they have a customer list and pending orders. So many people are in need of help, are suffering right this moment, and could be helped by surgical intervention. The one thing they really need is money. Enter Help Healing Happen as a spiritual venture capitalist.

The only real thing we are contributing is the ability to reach out to not only potential supporters, but proven supporters. The East End is home to people who have proven over and over again how much they believe in helping their neighbors and friends when they ask for help. Now they can help their own doctors and nurses from their own hometown hospitals. ISMS needs money to continue their surgical missions to people who will otherwise not get the help they need. Help Healing Happen is making no profit (all donations go directly to ISMS), but we do have a stake in it. It's a stake in the well being of the world and that's a pretty good investment.