Lion's Den Pub&grill

The Lions Den DFW was created to inspire, educate and mobilize high capacity Christian business men and women to invest their efforts, talents and resources for Kingdom Impact – pursuing Business as Mission investments, opportunities and lifestyles. Through our online membership, we connect and equip business leaders to use their wealth and experience to change the world and create a tremendous impact. Ed has a long history of supporting entrepreneurial businesses in the city of Dallas as a corporate executive for two separate publicly traded computer software companies, as a partner in a Dallas based venture capital firm, and as an owner of a company providing information management solutions to Energy companies and companies in other vertical markets. He is active as a member of the executive team for Movement Day Greater Dallas, a city transformation ministry, and teaches a young married small group at Park Cities Baptist Church in Dallas. Vip Vipperman is an investment professional and relationship manager who has developed a global network of entrepreneurs, funds, incubators, accelerators, and family offices to build deal flow and catalyze investments. He hosts pitch competitions, keynote events and training sessions for thousands of investors and entrepreneurs annually, and his teams have raised hundreds of millions of dollars for investment projects. He spent 9 years living in Asia and speaks Mandarin Chinese. He is the co-founder of The Lions Den DFW Michelle Braden is an entrepreneurial business management and international operations executive with 10 years of experience in financial operations and analytics, business development, sales, marketing, CRM and ecommerce, networking, development and maintenance of loyal network relationships. She has worked across the Technology, Medical, Real Estate, Non-profit, Education, Financial, Venture Capital, Entertainment, Travel and Tourism Industries. Michelle provides executive level consulting to include real-time