Hey everyone! Welcome back to another episode of Catholic Founders!
Today, we’ve got another episode mostly focused on AI and how to engage with your spouse as an entrepreneur. But Lucas has an incredible history of entrepreneurship and brought a lot of value to the discussion of being a Catholic entrepreneur.
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You cannot Run From Pain — Going Through Pain is the Only Way to understand God’s Grace for you from that Pain
Lucas lost his son at a young age. This, after having endured a lot of sacrifice in his move from Argentina to the US. This, plus his experience enduring the pains of entrepreneurship—including shutting down a company because of Covid—makes Lucas a great person to learn from on the topic.
I gained a lot from this discussion with him. His story really moved me in a deep way. I hope you listen thoroughly to the entire episode to reap the same benefit.
"AI is so big, so transformational that it's going to give us a chance. We still have a chance in front of us. So let's ride the wave together." — Lucas
"The moment we allow machines to take our dignity, is when we lost the entire discussion." — Lucas
"If a machine can replicate your thinking, maybe your thinking needs upgrade." — Lucas
"You cannot run from your pain. You cannot run from your sadness. You have to go through the experience to understand the grace of God." — Lucas
"Timing is the number one thing that we entrepreneurs cannot move forward. We cannot speed up time. We cannot slow down time." — Lucas
"Share your gifts. Become an entrepreneur to share your gifts and learn with the community. We belong to communities. We're not islands. give yourself a try." — Lucas
Key Moments: (outline)
00:00 Engaging with your spouse about business stress
00:26 Introduction to Catholic Founders podcast and Lucas Wall
02:25 Lucas Wall's introduction and background
03:31 Explanation of Alumm.ai and its mission
04:47 How Alumm.ai aims to democratize wealth in the AI revolution
06:24 Illustrative example of an AI agent
08:18 AI as a change of eras and its distribution, unlike past technologies
10:39 Exaggeration of AI's benefits and drawbacks
13:13 AI and the questioning of human value/thinking
16:21 Human dignity and AI from a Catholic perspective
19:51 Benefits of technology in revealing truth for the Church
22:35 Role of Catholic entrepreneurs in the AI era
26:01 Importance of human dignity over ROI and AI's role in small businesses
31:07 Catholic Founders Guild advertisement
31:59 Using AI to resolve disagreements and build connections
33:45 Spouse as the first business partner
36:27 Tips on engaging your spouse as an entrepreneur
39:04 Managing expectations and stress with your spouse
40:00 De-risking a startup and involving your spouse
43:23 Minimizing risk in entrepreneurship
48:42 The option to pause a company instead of shutting down
49:53 Importance of timing in entrepreneurship
Rapid Fire:
50:43 Favorite scripture/holy reading: St. Paul
54:08 Favorite entrepreneur: Elon Musk, and a discussion on suffering
59:20 Favorite saint: St. Paul and a personal relationship with God
1:00:58 Favorite devotion: Hail Mary and Mother Mary's protection
1:01:52 Call to action: share your gifts and become an entrepreneur
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Discussion about this video
Catholic Founders
Catholic Founders is where Catholic Entrepreneurs and Business Owners go to learn how to integrate their faith into every aspect of how they run their business and life as a Catholic AND as a Founder.
In modern times, it's become more unclear than ever how to unite our faith with our work. It's even harder when you run a business. However, just as there is a holy way to live, there is a holy way to build and run our businesses.
Fundamentally, our skills were given to us by God so that we may become instruments of His will. These skills are not for our own use. Therefore, to waste or misuse them is a grave thing. This entire project is born out of a deep belief in this truth.
Catholic Founders is where Catholic Entrepreneurs and Business Owners go to learn how to integrate their faith into every aspect of how they run their business and life as a Catholic AND as a Founder.
In modern times, it's become more unclear than ever how to unite our faith with our work. It's even harder when you run a business. However, just as there is a holy way to live, there is a holy way to build and run our businesses.
Fundamentally, our skills were given to us by God so that we may become instruments of His will. These skills are not for our own use. Therefore, to waste or misuse them is a grave thing. This entire project is born out of a deep belief in this truth.
