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The Future of Work - Curve Benders and the Impact of a Crisis on Business

As Investors and Entrepreneurs, it is hard to anticipate what a crisis, internally or externally, may have on the future of your business.  Listen to hear Karen Rands and David Nour talk about how to anticipate and respond to business disrupters that can send your company, and your investments, into crisis.  Change, creativity, and collaboration are the…
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Crowd Funding - The 4 ways to raise equity capital and when to use them

As part of the Compassionate Capitalist Podcast series, we produced this video episode too.  Although crowdfunding started with reward based, the advent of the JOBS Act in 2012 introduced 4 ways to raise equity capital from the crowd.  The expanded pool of additional investors are not your typical angel investors.  The 4 methods to solicit…
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What is an Angel Investor? Karen knows and it may not be who you think.

In this segment of the Compassionate Capitalist Podcast, Karen Rands responds to an entrepreneur's question:  What is an Angel Investor?   Since 2012, the definition and the game to attract angel investors has changed.  Once considered only an activity available for an exclusive group of entrepreneurs turned investors, the access to capital and those who can…
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SCALE - A Balancing Act of Growth, Innovation, Culture, & Process

There is an art to scaling a business.  Processes can grow your production to meet increased customer demand.  Often corporate cultures change over time. Maintaining an entrepreneur mindsight so your employees continue to seek improvement and innovate so your company is better equiped to handle disruption from competition and recognize new opportunities to pursue.  Companies that sustain…
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One Of The Top Tools to Make Better Private Equity Investments - InquireOf

Due Diligence on a private investment is more than legal and financial review, and background checks.   Good due diligence to evaluate long term viability of a potential private equity investment involves getting the opinions of experts on the industry, intellectual property, and market opportunity.  This is a steep and expensive challenge for private solo investors. …
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Cannabis Capitalism: Cannapreneur - the 'shark tank' of the cannabis market

The cannabis industry could be likened to the industrial revolution where whole new markets, methods, and opportunities are being forged every day. Unlike new markets brought about by innovation, the cannabis industry is is tightly regulated and often challenging beyond the usual startup/investor risk factors as state and federal laws become 'silent partners' as they seek to provide parameters for…