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The Green Revolution: Investing in Climate Change Technologies for a Sustainable Future with Matt Ward

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During this interview, Karen and Matt discusses the importance of investing in climate change technologies and provides insights into how businesses can leverage these investments to make a positive impact on the environment.  It is BIG opptunity to solve the BIG problems and Trillions of dollars will be invested by private investors, institutional investors, corporate…
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The Dream Journey: Entrepreneur to Angel Investor to VC with Brad Feld

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Brad Feld, the Co-Founder of Techstars, the Managing Director at Foundry VC Group https://foundry.vc/blog/ , and author of numerous books as part of the Startup Revolution series, the latest: Startup Boards (https://feld.com/books-on-startups-entrepreneurship-and-venture-capital/) Brad joins Karen to share his fascinating journey from entrepreneur, starting his first businesses while still in college. Early success started him on…
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Making Bank with Conscious Capitalism with Guest David Valentine

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Using Conscious Capitalism philosophy and unconventional marketing approaches, David Valentine, CEO & Founder of Avadel Agency, was able to rapidly grow his 7 businesses by investing money into his people. David's businesses  have generated over a billion dollars collectively for over 1000 clients, including major brands and fortune 100 companies, and positioned him to be…
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Venture Garage: Investing and Growing Startups $0 to $100M in India and Beyond

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India, long time source for Tech and Human Resources for American Business, is coming on strong with bringing innovation to the world with home grown startups. A key contributor to that is India's Venture Garage, imagineered by Vivek Kumar, who has cultivated a syndicated network of over 2000 investors and actively working with nearly 90…
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Angel Investor Pros Share How They Diversify Their Portfolio to Increase Return on Investment

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Experienced Angels know how to mitigate their risk through diversification. This episode of The Compassionate Capitalist Show features Karen Rands as she shares her experience and perspective on diversifying an angel investment portfolio to increase the odds of winning the wealth creation game. Karen attended the Angel Investor Diversification Strategy Panel at the 2022 TiE-Con…
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3 Legs, 3 Cs & Why the Entrepreneur is the Hope of the World, with Paul Neal

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Debt for a business can be a saving grace for a growing business or a nail in their coffin, if they don't understands the 3 Legs of Lending.  Paul Neal joins Karen Rands on The Compassionate Capitalist Show to explain how to make debt work for a company's growth strategy.  Paul also shares his incites…
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What is Bigger than a Unicorn? Unlocking the $Trillion Solar Opportunity with Bill Nussey

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Bill Nussey joins Karen Rands on The Compassionate Capitalist Show to talk about the $Trillion 'startup' opportunity that no one is talking about - That is, other than a small group of innovators that see the potential of applying the best practices of innovation advancement that we saw advance the stabiliy, power, and miniturization of…
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Why Gold Is Good for Your Investment Portfolio & How to Get Started Investing with Patrick Yip of ONEGOLD

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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

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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...(2022 numbers about the…
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Growing Your Business and Market – From a Latinx Perspective With Gabriela Pulido

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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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Investing in FinTech with an Impact, With Eric Hazard of Vested Ventures

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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

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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

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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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Inside Secrets to Successful Angel Investing in Medical Innovation with Yaniv Sneor

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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

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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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831B Plan – Could be the Secret to Saving Your Business in Hard Times with Ed Bryan

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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

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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 of KallistoArt

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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

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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…
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Angel Investing –Who, What, and How to Make Millions Investing in Entrepreneurs with Karen Rands

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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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