Rick Rusaw

Rick Rusaw 2025Rick Rusaw

Executive Team, Gloo

Boulder, CO, USA

 

 

Presentation

“Gloo & the Entrepreneurial Adventure of Building the World’s Leading Faith Ecosystem”

This presentation will be in a Q & A format, including audience participation, and address among the following questions:

  • What is Gloo?
  • Who is the team behind Gloo?
  • Why do you pursue this mission?
  • Is Gloo a for-profit organization?
  • How much money has been raised and from whom?
  • What has been the growth strategy?
  • Why is Gloo is planning to go public?
  • What lessons have you learned about the entrepreneurial process?
  • What is the global expansion strategy of Gloo?
  • How have you harnessed AI for the greater good?
  • What have been some of the highs and lows of the process of building the infrastructure for Gloo?

Presenter

Rick serves on the executive leadership team at Gloo, a technology platform connecting the faith ecosystem. Gloo connects ministry leaders to values-based AI, resources, insights and funding so their people and communities flourish and their organizations thrive. Gloo enables trusted exchange between organizations and people so they can collaborate with greater confidence. Gloo serves over 100,000 faith and ministry leaders. Gloo is based in Boulder, Colorado. Rick works closely with the Gloo leadership team regarding their ambitious plans for expansion throughout the US and beyond. 

Rick is based in Boulder, CO, USA, continues to blend his talents and heart for service to influence faith-based and corporate leaders globally. Rick speaks for business and ministry conferences around the world, has consulted with, raised capital for and guided numerous start-ups, and shares his leadership on several corporate and nonprofit boards.

He is President of Spire.Network, a US-wide digital engagement platform, conference, and innovation community focused on equipping and inspiring Christian leaders. 

For more than 28 years, Rick served as Lead Pastor at LifeBridge Christian Church in Longmont, CO. He has assisted churches and denominations worldwide in developing an external focus to ministry and has authored several books and resources including the best-selling missional book Externally Focused Church, as well as Life on Loan, Externally Focused Quest, 60 Simple Secrets Every Pastor Needs to Know, The Neighboring Church, and The Neighboring Life.

 

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