Cults are businesses too. Many of these religious sects are exempt from income tax and receive other favorable treatment under the tax law. Other cults masquerade as regular businesses such as multi-level marketing companies. But in reality, these companies are run by narcissistic ego-maniacs hell-bent on destruction.

The Cult Startup

There’s a startup phase where an entrepreneurial cult leader leads a movement and brings new innovative and revolutionary ideas.

The Cult Franchise

Then, there comes the point where the cult needs to scale and expand it’s business and influence.

The Cult Exit Strategy

If you’re not evolving, you’re dying. And sometimes, literally dying. So what happens when a cult becomes too big to fail? Some morally bankrupt cult leaders resort to mass suicide. Other cults grow so big and fast that they become worldwide institutional organizations.

The Business of Cults

The Business of Cults is a three-part series hosted by Rebekah Sebastian with the DIELAOGUE Podcast and Javier Leiva of PRETEND podcast.

Part one focuses on The C Suite: Chief Cult Executives.

The Business of Cults 

The Business of Cults is a three-part collaboration hosted by Rebekah Sebastian with the DIELAOGUE Podcast and Javier Leiva of PRETEND podcast. 

Part one focuses on the The C Suite: Chief Cult Executives.