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Why Gold Is Good for Your Investment Portfolio & How to Get Started Investing

To Invest in Gold Or Not to Invest in Gold? If YES, then how? Karen Rands is joined by Patrick Yip of APMEX and ONEGOLD to share why it may make sense to invest in Gold as an asset class comparable to stocks and bonds. There is renewed interest in Gold as an investment asset…
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How to get started as a Crowd Funding Investor with Karen Rands

Millennials ask - How to I get Started with Investing in Companies that are Crowd Funding their opportunities.  Karen answers.  Billions of dollars are being invested in companies raising capital directly from the public in legal equity based 'crowdfunding' methods -- Still far under the total capital raised from angels and VCs... but by the…
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Growing Your Business & Market – From a Latinx Perspective With Gabriela Pulido

According to the SBA, the number of Hispanic business owners has grown 34% in the last 10 years. Making Latinx the fastest-growing segment of U.S. small businesses, with an estimated 4.65 million Hispanic-owned businesses in the U.S. The growth of Hispanic consumers in the last decade in the US is unprecedented.  Businesses are waking up…
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For Angel Investors: Getting to YES (or no) and Key Aspects to Consider

Karen Rands shares her insights and experience gained helping hundreds of investors identify the strengths and weaknesses of angel investment opportunities. So much of what is presented to investors at pitch events is all about the sizzle... the potential of an opportunity, the market size, the validated customer need, the competition, but what about the…
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Investing in FinTech with an Impact, With Eric Hazard of Vested Ventures

Karen Rands is joined by Eric Hazard of Vested Ventures to discuss what “financial literacy” really means and why "fintech" is uniquely qualified to help provide it -- and how Compassionate Capitalists, angel investors, can make money while investing in companies that are solving social and economic inequality.  The lack of financial literacy has created a…
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The Road To Success Requires Tenacity, Perseverance & Video! With Brandon Adams

Brandon T. Adams joins Karen Rands on The Compassionate Capitalist Show to discuss the meaning of success, overcoming setbacks, and the power of possibility when you use video to share your story and connect with your target audience. This episode is geared toward entrepreneurs and the mindset they need to persevere to reach the culmination of…
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Real Estate Investing Strategies & Trends with Heather Dreves

Getting started investing in entrepreneurs is very similar to investing in real estate. Karen & Heather delve into the innovative ways real estate investors can use different types of funds to get started in investing with a predictable return, and without all the hassles of searching for good real estate investments and managing those assets…
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Tips for Entrepreneurs to Stand In the Heat of Economic Uncertainty

Part of the Legacy Series of the Compassionate Capitalist Radio Podcast, Karen Rands revisits her entertaining interview with Glenn Carver on its 10 year anniversary to revisit entrepreneur stories of how they over came adversity.   With economic uncertainty facing consumers and business owners alike, it is reassuring to hear the stories of how entrepreneurs have faced…
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Inside Secrets to Successful Angel Investing in Medical Innovation

Yaniv Sneor, co-founder of the Mid Atlantic Bio Angels (MABA), a life science angel investor group, joins Karen Rands on The Compassionate Capitalist Show to discuss the purpose and process of the investor network. The life cycle and milestones used to measure progress and assess risk of Life Sciences companies as an early stage, pre-revenue…
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Angel Investing in BioMed & Life Science Startups with Tico Blumenthol

Investing in Tech Startups is not like investing in Med Tech or Bio Med or Life Sciences.  Listen to hear the best practices for investing in innovation that can change the way we live and thrive.  Karen Rands interviews Tico Blumenthal, Life Science Angels, to share with her Compassionate Capitalist Podcast audience the journey from innovation…
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Status of the Compassionate Capitalist Movement and How You Play A Role

Angel Investing is at the heart of the Compassionate Capitalist Movement, and it is still the best kept secret for wealth creation.  Karen shares here aha moments - the stories that made her realize the need to write and share the Inside Secrets to Angel Investing in her book and to continue to amplify that…
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831B Plan - Could be the Secret to Saving You Business in Hard Times

There are many aspects of a business's ability to thrive that are predictable.   Just as in life, businesses can be negatively impacted by things that can't be predicted and even preventive.    There are legal documents like Buy-Sell Agreements, and insurance products like Key Man Insurance, and technology protocols like continuity and redundancy services. The…
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831B Plan - Could be the Secret to Saving Your Business in Hard Times

There are many aspects of a business's ability to thrive that are predictable.   Just as in life, businesses can be negatively impacted by things that can't be predicted and even preventive.    There are legal documents like Buy-Sell Agreements, and insurance products like Key Man Insurance, and technology protocols like continuity and redundancy services. The…
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How to Increase Employee Productivity and Make More Money with Brandon Miller

When business owners focus on the strengths of their employees, rather than their shortcomings, they will understand how to boost performance and profit.  'No one wakes up and says I want to be an average employee today (sic)', Brandon Miller during the show.  When you  empower employees to  become peak performers, everyone wins, including the…
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Should you? Would you? Develop that App? with AJ Aluthwala

The old, 'if it ain't broke, don't fix it'. isn't a good business strategy. Not 'fixing something in you business could mean that there are hidden expenses and inefficiencies that prevent you from growing at the pace you would like, and potentially create friction with your customers that effect retention. It takes courage to make…
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Wealth Creation Tips using Equity Crowd Funding - with Karen Rands

The Legalization of Equity Crowd Funding was the catalyst for the great Economic Democratization of the Capital Markets.  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.  These 4…
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Angel Investing –Who, What, & How to Make Millions Investing in Entrepreneurs

In this segment of The Compassionate Capitalist Show(tm) 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…
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You Should Learn to Create Wealth by Becoming an Angel Investor. Here is WHY!

In this very personal and direct video/podcast message, Karen Rands shares the financial and emotional benefits of being an Angel Investor -- whether you claim it as a Compassionate Capitalist, Silent Partner, Right Quadrant Business Owner & Investor, or Crowdfunding Investor.    Karen shares her 'aha moment' of realizing that 7 Million people in the…
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Raising Capital for a Software Company - Prototype vs MVP with Edie Woelfle

Listen to learn how to develop software according to what an Investor really wants - Prototype, Requirements Document, Wireframe, Figma or MVP - Minimum Viable Product. Edie Woelfle, Founder of KeiBoarder, joins Karen Rands on this episode of the Compassionate Capitalist Show(tm) to share her insights to help eliminate some of the confusion on the…
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What is Joyful Leadership? Will it Impact the Company's Bottom Line?

Neeti Dewan joins Karen Rands on the Compassionate Capitalist Show to talk about leadership impact on the financial bottom line of business.  We are familiar with these 5 styles of leadership: Authoritarian | Participative | Delegative | Transactional | Transformational Neeti introduces the impact of Joyful Leadership on employee retention and productivity and developing your Power of Silence as…