About Nashville Redemptive Labs

Redemptive Labs are 3-day curated events where like-minded founders and mentors explore what it looks like to build a redemptive venture. The Nashville Redemptive Lab experience is designed for founders’ specific needs and opportunities — generating experience-based insights and discussions about how to apply the Redemptive Frame to what we build, how we build, and why we build, sharing vision presentations, and getting 1:1 mentoring from experienced venture builders. After the Lab, founders will leave with fresh ideas, practical tools, new relationships, and critical feedback from peers and mentors.

Redemptive Labs are designed by Praxis and hosted locally by our Labs Team who seeks to actively cultivate a venture-building ecosystem in Nashville.


Business Lab Application

On March 20th - 22nd, the Nashville Redemptive Labs will be hosting its inaugural redemptive business lab at Evin’s Mill in Smithville, Tennessee. This experience will bring together redemptively-ambitious entrepreneurs, mentors, and thought leaders to explore the Praxis redemptive frame and collectively consider valuable next steps for the founder’s venture. We anticipate bringing in mentors who are themselves successful entrepreneurs and operators.

For this labs experience, we’re looking for founders who are leading ventures that are:

  • Early-stage, ideally within first 5 years of operations

  • Post-launch, actively pursuing traction and growth in what they are building

  • Designing an innovative solution in their sector

  • Aiming to pursue their mission through a scalable model and redemptive approach

  • For-profit — we hope to offer a non-profit labs in the future

Led by serious Christians who are:

  • Aiming to embody the gospel through a redemptive venture

  • Humble and teachable, with a passion for excellence

  • Seeking an accountable community to grow together in faith and supporting one another’s ventures

  • Lead decision makers of their venture and (ideally) working full-time on the venture

If you feel like this description pertains to you and your venture, we encourage you to apply! If you have additional questions before applying, please feel free to reach out to our team, or fill out our interest form below. Please note: we welcome co-founders (two founders, same venture) to join us; please fill out separate applications for each founder.


Mentor Advisory Board

The Mentor Advisory Board has been formed to help support the Founders in our first cohort. In addition to strategic and operational expertise, these experienced entrepreneurs seek a deep integration of their faith within their work.

  • Ben Elmore

    EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN, INTEVITY

  • Bennett Graham

    PRESIDENT MAIN STREET HEALTH

  • David Jarrard

    CHAIRMAN, JARRARD INC.

  • Erick Goss

    CEO AND CO-FOUNDER, MINNO

  • James Gransberry

    PRINCIPAL, OAKPOINT REAL ESTATE

  • Jeff Smith

    FOUNDER & CEO, CHIRP.AI

  • Joe Cook

    MANAGING DIRECTOR, MOUNTAIN GROUP PARTNERS

  • Jonny Price

    PRESIDENT, WEFUNDER

  • Luke Roush

    CO-FOUNDER, CO-CEO SOVEREIGN’S CAPITAL

  • Mark Chou

    CEO, SWIFTWICK

  • Ray Hayles

    CO-OWNER, WALKER LUMBER & SUPPLY

Interest Form

We are looking to build an active community of venture builders with a redemptive imagination in Nashville. Each Redemptive Lab needs a mix of founders, mentors, funders, and team members (who help host the experience). So whether you are a founder who might want to go through a Redemptive Lab, a funder interested in supporting, an experienced venture builder interested in mentoring, or a builder interested in helping put on the Lab, we’d love to hear from you via the interest form below.

You may also use the following form to nominate ventures that you feel meet the above description.

Our Team

  • Alex Nichols

    LABS INTEGRATOR / URBAN EDEN CAPITAL

  • Christy Singleton

    ADVISOR / LEADERSHIP SANITY

  • Josh Yates

    ADVISOR / BELMONT INNOVATION LABS

  • Missy Wallace

    LABS LEAD / 90SEVENTEEN

  • Paul Wallace

    LABS LEAD / PALINGEN CAPITAL