Renata Marino joins Karen Rands on the Compassionate Capitalist Show to discuss her unique perspective as a Latina navigating the challenges of startups raising capital, bringing products to market, raising capital, and finally becoming an angel investor herself. Key discussion points are: – Expectations that Women, and specifically brown and black women, face and the
Karen Rands, host of the Compassionate Capitalist Show, is joined by Vernon Lee, Jr., co-founder and managing partner of The Marathon Fund to talk about the shift in paradigm toward the realization that diverse founders of funded startups outperform traditional venture backed companies led by white male founders. The data is clear but the process
Karen Rands is joined by Cliff Holekamp, managing partner and co-founder of Cultivation Capital, to talk about the growth in entrepreneurism as a stimulus to local economies. Cities out of Silicon Valley and the Boston/New York corridor struggle to cultivate entrepreneurs and community based sources of capital to grow the jobs in their community and fuel economic
Private Equity is the 3rd type of investment capital business owners use to grow their business, but often founders focus on attracting angel investors or VCs for growth capital. PE Funds are also the primary acquirer of private companies. Today, Domenic Rinaldi of Sun Acquisitions, will join Karen to discuss the role of Private Equity
For Compassionate Capitalists committed to investing in entrepreneurs to bring innovation to market, create jobs, and create wealth, deciding which investments are most likely to succeed is a challenge. The market operates on an assumption that only one out of 10 will produce enough of a return to offset the losses and small gains generated
Listen to Karen Rands and Teresa Esser talk about helping entrepreneurs apply best practices for raising capital from Angel Investors AND Venture Capitalists. Private capital seeks opportunities that are unique with a strong market potential and validated business model. Those are the tangible requirements. The intangible, the subjective side of the process to raise capital
