On this episode, Darren sits down with Andee Hart to discuss her journey from Fortune 500 sales exec to the owner of a successful, Christ-centered wholesale candle company.
Andee Hart is an energetic entrepreneur, sales strategist, mentor, and host of the podcast, She Sells Differently. While working as a sales executive for a Fortune 500 company, Andee began a passion project, Hart Design Co., making candles in her kitchen. What started as a side hustle in a few local boutiques quickly blossomed into a successful wholesale business and storefront. Within a year, Andee transitioned from her corporate career to full-time entrepreneurship through her tenacity, engaging social media presence, and counter-cultural strategies. Her mission is to empower others to overcome sales anxiety and grow their businesses with integrity and grace.
https://andeehart.com/salestools
Key Takeaways
- Faith reframed work as ministry, not a stepping stone. Early in her career, Andee realized she did not need to leave corporate sales to make an impact for God. She needed to change how she showed up. Viewing everyday work as a place of ministry transformed her attitude, purpose, and influence long before she ever started her own business.
- Selling with integrity meant rejecting pressure-driven tactics. After years in corporate sales, Andee intentionally built her business around service, respect, and storytelling rather than objection-overcoming and force. She focused on how her products serve customers’ lives, believing ethical, Christ-centered selling can still be profitable without manipulation.
- Profit was positioned as a tool for stewardship, not status. Andee consistently emphasized that business success is meant to provide for family, enable generosity, and support God’s kingdom, not to accumulate wealth or image-driven rewards. This conviction shaped how she talked about sales, growth, and long-term purpose in business.
Christian Business Leader is the show for marketplace Christians seeking to explore and apply God’s will for business. If you want to learn more about how to do business for the glory of God and shape culture through discipling the business world, this show is for you.