{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"When Love Leads | People of Faith at Work","title":"When Love Leads Podcast | S2E4 Bill Cooper Interview","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1783,"description":"Bill Cooper: Fired Three Times, Faithful Throughout — Building a Business to the Glory of GodWhen Love Leads Podcast | Hosted by Bill Marsh & Rick HastyWhat does it look like to lead a company when you genuinely believe Scripture is true — not just inspirational, but operationally true? In this episode, Bill Marsh and Rick Hasty sit down with Christian businessman Bill Cooper for an honest conversation about faith at work, biblical leadership, and what it means to build a business to the glory of God.Bill walks us through being fired three times, buying back the company that fired him, and navigating a startup he describes as having \"six Scud missiles aimed at us and only two Patriots in the storehouse.\" It's a story of providence, pruning, and the slow, sure work of being conformed to Christ in the marketplace.About Bill CooperBill Cooper is a longtime entrepreneur, executive coach, and businessman whose career has spanned multiple turnarounds, technology companies, and a startup that defied 150 combined years of his lawyers' business experience. A husband, father, and grandfather, Bill is passionate about coming alongside CEOs and executives to help them lead well — for the glory of God and the good of others.In This Episode, You'll Hear:How Bill went from suppressing the truth of God to coming to faith at the summit of Mount KatahdinWhy getting fired turned out to be one of God's greatest merciesThe story of a startup most lawyers said couldn't survive — and the providence that carried itWhy Bill wrote $400,000 in promissory notes he wasn't legally obligated to payThe day he refunded $40,000 to a client who never asked for it (and what the client said in response)How the Golden Rule shaped his approach to a potential lawsuit against fellow ChristiansEric Liddell's \"I feel His pleasure\" question — and how Bill turned it into a hiring practiceWhy pruning hurts, and why we'd never bear fruit without itWhat he'd tell his younger self about humility, judgment, and...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/bX9hqA4fze3lGAjBLjbQWVhcqHlCbzB3QVjAr_oGAKc/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9lMGZi/ZTZiM2M3Y2Q0ODA3/YzFlMmM2NDVjYzVh/ODY3OS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}