BUSINESS IMPACT GROWTH
Growing Small Business for BIG Impact
ABOUT US
The passion for economic empowerment began in 2003 when Patricia was working with a faith-based NGO to develop micro-enterprises and equip team leaders in fundraising and project writing. In 2015, she began working with a Development Fund to organize pitch events and fund impact enterprises. She recognized that Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) were the backbone of a nation's economy, job creation was the best form of poverty alleviation and saw market place injustice as an untapped opportunity for renewal and value-driven entrepreneurship. She also saw the big gap between investor expectations of business planning and the founders actual capacity to express their business aspirations. Thus, the vision for Business Impact Growth was born.
Our Vision:
Successful Businesses multiplying resources and opportunities for community impact
Our Mission:
We exist to equip social entrepreneurs and nonprofit executives to create wealth, jobs, and transformation through business
Who Will Benefit from Our Services?
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Men and women with entrepreneurial gifts and a calling to make a difference
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Women entrepreneurs who often face gender bias in the realm of business
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Small business entrepreneurs seeking to grow their revenue and to scale their operations
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New entrepreneurs with a marketable idea requiring mentoring and capital to get started
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Ministry and NGO workers seeking to develop sustainability and enhance livelihoods through business
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Values-driven entrepreneurs looking for ethical, redemptive and principle centred entreprenurship curriculum and best practices
Our Solution:
OUR DISTINCTIVES
Loving God and Loving the Poor through Business
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OUR SERVICES
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MEET THE TEAM
Patricia Claassen
Patricia is the Founder of Business Impact Growth and serves as a small business trainer, coach, and consultant. Her experience in executive NGO leadership, Performance Coaching, Business Development coupled with a passion for sustainable development are a rich resource to both new and experienced entrepreneurs alike. She has been involved in training and coaching over 250 small business owners in the last 10 years.
Vivek Sarin
Vivek Sarin is a finance instructor with an MBA in Finance, years of experience in stock markets and helping startups build robust financial models & pitch decks to get them investor ready. He is passionate about financial education, simplifiying complex concepts that empower students to navigate the startup world with confidence. He serves as a financial consultant and mentor with BIG.
David Wittenberg
David has provided management consulting, training, and executive coaching services for such Indian and multinational corporations as Reliance Industries, Tata Sons, Aditya Birla, SAIL, Nestle, SAP, Cognizant, JCB, Mahindra, and Accenture and has authored 6 books. He currently serves as Chief Innovation Officer at 10xGrowth. At BIG, we value his contribution as a specialist coach in the area of Design Thinking, Innovation and Brand Management.
Michelle Hartley
Michelle draws her experience from 20 years of working cross-culturally in rural development initiatives and in managing logistics & hosting International tour groups. She completed her Coaching Mastery Certification and has worked with clients in America, Africa and the Middle East helping them reflect, grow and reach their potential.
Abhishek Kamble
Abhishek is the Director and faculty for Business Studies and Management at Vision Learning Centre and an instructor with BIG. He is the co-designer of Vision Learning Methodology designed to make content highly learnable. He has 8+ years of professional experience in management, facilitating, digital media design, event-management, art, and music.
Prarthana Kamble
Prarthana is the Content, Media and Communications Specialist at BIG. She holds a BA in Mass Communication and Journalism from MIT ADT University and has three years of experience across media production, content strategy, and youth outreach in India, including time with MediaLight in Northern Thailand. She cares about communication that's honest rather than polished, and about what Kingdom business looks like when it's told well
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LATEST NEWS
FINACIAL STEWARDSHIP
September 2026
Speaking on Financial Stewardship encouraging women to be proactive and intentional in investing and managing money well, while discarding old messaging that previously limited us.
SMALL BUSINESS
DEVELOPMENT
Jan 2024 - April 2026
Business Impact Growth completed an initiative with two NGOs to train 152 of their volunteers in 13 different events to start small businesses for sustainability. Businesses started included Youth hostel, Chicken farming, Tailoring, Digital marketing, Healthy snacks, Juice cart, Snack cart, Stationary shop, Sari shop, Play school, Pharmacy, Clothing etc.
WOMENS IDEA TO IMPACT
BOOT CAMP
November 2025
12 Women as part of the Lydia Project began the Online Module of Idea to Impact and four qualified for the Boot Camp, and began growing businesses in Architecture, English Classes, Art Therapy and Corporate Training.
TESTIMONIALS​
Sujata J
It's a great program to understand Kingdom business - they teach you what you need to know as an entrepreneur and hand-hold you through the process.
After the Idea to Impact 2025 Program, Sujata began growing her venture 'Liz's Brush and Beyond' in Mumbai.
Sylvia C
I didn't have much knowledge or experience when I started, but Ma'am's guidance, suggestions and innovative ideas really helped me.
Our one-on-one session every week was a morale boost. It helped me stay on the right track, because sometimes I would go off track.
Sylvia joined our Small Business Development Program and continued to receive coaching though BIG for some months.
Prisca M
I learned how business can be impacted by God's word, and how to work with the different aspects of business; like branding, marketing, sales, taxes. I didn't know much about any of that, but I learned it at BIG.
Graduate of our very first 'Kingdom Business Grow" in 2020, Prisca a qualified Chef, owns the Mog Bakery in Goa.
Rohit B
Learning to test our idea through a business plan sheet and understand the unit economics was amazing - after the course, I started integrating systems that brought real efficiency to the farm
Rohit was part of the 2023 Idea to Impact Cohort and continues to scale up his Fish Farm in Bihar
Ashish G,
I was learning on my own, because there was no one to guide me. In a family business, there isn't anyone. But a guide is essential - and during the training, I found one.
Ashish attended our "Tentmakers Circle' Program in 2021 and owns and runs the 'Risen King' bakery in N India.
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