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Pray.com: the World’s #1 App for Daily Prayer
Your Ambassador of JOY, Barry Shore, is humbled and honored to share with You Steve Gatena, the founder of pray.com, the world’s #1 app for daily prayer and faith-based audio content. As a social impact company, Pray.com is driven by a mission to solve society’s biggest challenges by growing faith and cultivating community. Steve was an NCAA Champion who played football for USC where he won a Rose Bowl Championship as well as at UC Davis where he won a Great West Conference Championship. Barry and Steve will discuss how he started pray.com in 2016, shortly after his late mentor and business partner Alan Purwin died in a tragic plane crash. In addition to becoming the #1 app for faith and prayer, Pray.com has been named as one of the Best Places to Work by the LA Business Journal and TinyPulse. In 2019 Steve was honored with CSQ Magazine’s 40 Under 40 Visionary Award. This is the episode to listen to multiple times and SHARE with everyone You know.
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Show Notes
- 11:24 – Barry’s Rousing Introduction
- 17:50 – Steve’s backstory before founding Pray.com
- 21:50 – Steve shares about his late mentor and business partner Alan Purwin and his football coach
- 39:21 – What took Steve out from the realm of football to Pray.com
- 53:08 – Barry’s Interesting Wrap-Up
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About Steve Gatena
Steve is the founder of pray.com, the world’s #1 app for daily prayer and faith-based audio content. As a social impact company, Pray.com is driven by a mission to solve society’s biggest challenges by growing faith and cultivating community. Prior to becoming an Entrepreneur, Steve was an NCAA Champion. In college Gatena played football for the University of Southern California where he won a Rose Bowl Championship as well as UC Davis where he won a Great West Conference Championship. Gatena started pray.com in 2016, shortly after his late mentor and business partner Alan Purwin passed away in a tragic plane crash. In addition to becoming the #1 app for faith and prayer, Pray.com has been named as one of the Best Places to Work by the Los Angeles Business Journal and TinyPulse. In 2019 Steve was honored with CSQ Magazine’s 40 Under 40 Visionary Award.
