That said, I have seen more and more Christian stuff around (remember I converted to Judaism so some of this might not be as visible to someone who’s been Christian all their life), but not a Christian artists’ craft shop, much less real artwork. With my quilt guild background, let me suggest one difficulty you will encounter – determining what is tacky and what is not and how to accept or reject offerings for you shop. Particularly as beauty is in the eye of the beholder, so too does offering “tacky” have the ability to reduce your credibility as a serious art “gallery” yet if you went mid-stream like that, there are folks who might buy it. As an aside, you could shop for it overseas, and take lots of photos and work on doing travel writing (not a blog, but serious articles or lists, such as Best 10 Christian Cafe’s in Europe, if there are such things) for some publication where the advertisers who would appreciate that list might want to advertise. One of the things I’m considering now is how things we might take for granted here might actually play in foreign English-speaking countries magazines (no offense, Adrian, but I am speaking of Australia, NZ, Ireland, Scotland, and the rest of the UK). Consider that travelers from those countries (and others where English is taught in schools as a 2nd language even) might want to travel to the US and see stuff about the Mormons because it’s such an oddity (as an example), or the marriage chapels of vegas. What are the best marriage chapels in Vegas for policemen? Are there any where you could be handcuffed together at the end? I dunno – might appeal to foreigners to read about such strange things. Is there an Australian or Irish magazine for police? Just ideas to help expand the realms.

It’s your business ideas that have the most Number-reaching potential (given your relatively high required Annual Compound Growth Rate and short’ish timeline): e.g. online Christian Art (etc.) store … think eBay as a potential purchaser, and you will see that Josh’s comments are, literally, right on the money.

This is now a general comment: our personal passions/beliefs can help to drive a unique business; just remember the aim is to build something that can be converted (usually by being sold) into your Number; it’s your Number that provides the ‘financial grease’ for your Life’s Purposes’ ‘wheel’ …

… therefore, sometimes you need – as Josh suggests – to divorce your Growth Engine from your Life’s Purpose a little (the former is the means to the latter’s end).