{"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":"\nBill Cooper: Fired Three Times, Faithful Throughout — Building a Business to the Glory of God\nWhen Love Leads Podcast | Hosted by Bill Marsh & Rick Hasty\nWhat 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.\nBill 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.\n\nAbout Bill Cooper\nBill 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.\n\nIn This Episode, You'll Hear:\nHow Bill went from suppressing the truth of God to coming to faith at the summit of Mount Katahdin\nWhy getting fired turned out to be one of God's greatest mercies\nThe story of a startup most lawyers said couldn't survive — and the providence that carried it\nWhy Bill wrote $400,000 in promissory notes he wasn't legally obligated to pay\nThe day he refunded $40,000 to a client who never asked for it (and what the client said in response)\nHow the Golden Rule shaped his approach to a potential lawsuit against fellow Christians\nEric Liddell's \"I feel His pleasure\" question — and how Bill turned it into a hiring practice\nWhy pruning hurts, and why we'd never bear fruit without it\nWhat he'd tell his younger self about...","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}