our story
WE BELIEVE ENTREPRENEURSHIP
IS ESSENTIAL TO HUMAN FLOURISHING
Peter Drucker defined entrepreneurship as a “manifesto of dissent.” By that he meant that the entrepreneur stewards a sacred trust to make things better, no matter his domain of practice or his chosen sphere of influence. It’s in their spiritual DNA. They are born (and made) to innovate; born (and made) to serve people in unprecedented ways. They find a way. We believe that a world without the entrepreneurial spirit is an impoverished world. So, we made it our mission to help global entrepreneurs inspire a better world.
2022
STREET CHILD WORLD CUP IN QATAR
Jim Van Eerden serves as Executive Producer of Street Child World Cup feature documentary film, with two-time Academy Award winner Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy Producing.
2020
5TH INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION AT DAVOS
Jim Van Eerden helps lead the 5th Element delegation to the World Economic Forum, delivering a counter-WEF manifesto for a 5th Industrial Revolution.
2001
ORGANIZATION OF THE FOUNDING COMPANY
The Helixx Group is co-founded by Jim Van Eerden and Paul Brooks, later followed by Helixx Holdings, Helixx Partners, and a family of subsidiary companies.
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“Entrepreneurship [is]…intended as a manifesto and as a declaration of dissent:
The entrepreneur upsets and disorganizes…his task is ‘creative destruction’.”
Peter Drucker
“Entrepreneurship [is]…intended as a manifesto and as a declaration of dissent: The entrepreneur upsets and disorganizes…his task is ‘creative destruction’.”
Peter Drucker
our mission
A CALLING TO SERVE THOSE WITH AN
ENTREPRENEURIAL CALLING
our mission
A CALLING TO SERVE
THOSE WITH AN
ENTREPRENEURIAL CALLING
JIM VAN EERDEN
FOUNDER & MANAGING DIRECTOR
Company founder Jim Van Eerden has always had a passion for combining business and mission, for the intersection between entrepreneurial enterprise and cause. His unique experiences, including start-up roles for Global 2000 and fast-growth early stage companies, has earned Jim a reputation as one of the nation’s leading “blended value” strategists. His partners and colleagues and staff all share the vision to help global entrepreneurs inspire a better world.™
Helixx protagonists also share a belief in the idea that People Matter – and that each person is made with a spiritual equivalent of their natural DNA that gives them gifts to share with the world. A part of our work is the high calling of helping people to know that truth, and to live in light of that reality.
Jim and his wife Rachel seek to live this mission in their personal lives, too. As parents of 11 children, they enjoy hosting “entrepreneurial and missional co-conspirators” at their homestead, called Magnalia, in North Carolina as a part of the experience of their co-venturing model.
“I never perfected an invention that I did not think about in terms of the service it might
give others…I find out what the world needs, then I proceed to invent.”
Thomas Edison
“I never perfected an invention that I did not think about in terms of the service it might give others…I find out what the world needs, then I proceed to invent.”
Thomas Edison
work in progress
A FEW SELECTED VENTURES – MAKING A MARK IN THE WORLD
MISSION ATHLETE CARE
A new category of innovative consumer goods products designed by athletes for athletes to enhance athletic performance.
mission.com
5TH ELEMENT GROUP
A global impact accelerator for brands, investors and donors that connects purpose to performance through a variety of “best practice” offerings.
www.5thelement.group
SEVENLY
A lifestyle products company that creates the world’s leading “cause art” to raise funding and awareness for great charities.
www.sevenly.us
NEW APPRENTICESHIP
Bridging the gap between what schools teach and what only experience can bring, to help meet the workforce realignment challenge.
www.newapprenticeship.com
MAGNALIA HOMESTEAD FOUNDATION
A 501(c)3 non-profit that facilitates family-centered community, socratic learning, and agri-therapy programs for adults with special needs.
www.magnalia.org
THINKER EDUCATION
A pioneer in the “learn-to-earn” movement, Thinker Education rewards students with scholarships for college and other life experiences.
www.thinker.education
some artifacts
PROJECTS REFLECTING THE “DNA” OF WHAT WE VALUE
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS
February 1, 2023
Denmark Tech President Dr. Willie Todd Shares Impact of New Initiative With Cisco, Fusion Cyber and 5th Element
December 17, 2022
YouTube Phenom MrBeast features Street Child World Cup in collaboration with Street Child United and 5th Element
September 23, 2022
5th Element Helps Facilitate 100 Billion Meals announcement with Tony Robbins at Forbes 400 Philanthropy Summit
November 4, 2022
5th Element and Street Child United launch global effort to secure identities for 1,000,001 street-connected kids
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© 2023. HELIXX PARTNERS, LLC
© 2023. HELIXX PARTNERS, LLC