Proximity Matters - Ministry Incubators

When an entrepreneurial project is just an idea, it's hard to find financing. It's where the proximity capital, called love money in English, comes into play, which is money you could get from your loved ones. Here are four golden rules suggested by Théo Corboliou, director, innovation and partnership, at the HEC Montréal entrepreneurial base, to heal your relationships and realize your project.

Proximity Matters - Ministry Incubators

I was leading an on-site recently, where we were talking about nurturing the lives of children in congregations, when a participant reflected that “We often make these broad statements about wanting to bring up young people and then never get to know them; proximity is important when passing a torch.”  I almost choked on my coffee trying to stifle a laugh. He’s right, and I’ll say more about how right he is, but the image in my head of someone t…