Best Launchfn Podcasts (2024)

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Episode 31: Important Announcement - This Podcast Is Moving. Listen for Details 8:02

2y ago8:02

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To my loyal listeners and followers, and hello to the new listeners: The Compassionate Capitalist Show will no longer be available through this RSS Feed. In this podcast I explain the origin of this platform and the confusion it has created, case in point, two Apple Podcasts. Also, the listeners on the platforms that pull this RSS Feed, have not en…

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Episode 28: You Should Learn to Create Wealth by Becoming an Angel Investor. Here is WHY! 32:57

2y ago32:57

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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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Episode 30: Wealth Creation Tips using Equity Crowd Funding - with Karen Rands 44:57

2y ago44:57

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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 4…

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Episode 29: Angel Investing – Who, What, Why, & How to Make Millions Investing in Entrepreneurs 34:57

2y ago34:57

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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 w…

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Episode 27: What Would This Compassionate Capitalist Do with $1OOM or even $1M? 35:20

2y ago35:20

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How would you answer the question: What would you do if you were given $100M no questions asked ? How would you benefit the world with that gift that would compound the impact? That is what Karen was asked at a recent entrepreneur/investor event she attended. Well not exactly. Not the part about benefiting the world or compounding the impact. That …

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Episode 26: The Compassionate Capitalist Show - $5 million – the Science of Success, with John Mitchell 46:53

2y ago46:53

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We use less than 20% of our natural ability to achieve success. Listen to learn how to leverage how you think to achieve a 7+ figure income. Think It, Be It Founder, John Mitchell, joins Karen Rands on The Compassionate Capitalist Show to share the Science of Success. Feeling stuck, John used tried and true, but often overlooked, methods to figure …

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Episode 25: Breakthrough Strategies to Create Millions in Revenue with Blair Singer 50:08

2y ago50:08

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Startup entrepreneurs can feel like they are on treadmill never reaching their goal of $1M in revenue. Even established Business Owners can feel they are in the rat race, stuck on a track, with no end in sight. They used the investor seed capital to reach their initial milestone of millions in revenue, but feel like they are out of gas and plateaue…

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Episode 24: Celebration of Juneteenth - Black Prosperity - Past, Present & Future 22:21

2y ago22:21

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This episode of the Compassionate Capitalist Show Podcast will explore the history of black enterprise, racial policies intended to aid in economic prosperity and racist practices that created barriers and obstacles to African American prosperity. True equality comes with economic prosperity. The Compassionate Capitalist Podcast will explore the hi…

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Episode 23: Compassionate Capitalist Show: Creating & Preserving Corporate Culture with Brett Putter 44:03

2y ago44:03

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Watch or Listen to this lively conversation with Compassionate Capitalist Show Host, Karen Rands & Industry Expert, Brett Putter talking about Creating & Preserving Corporate Culture in the New Normal of Remote Working. Working remote and virtual teams have become the new normal. How do you create and maintain a corporate culture and do you actuall…

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Episode 22: Compassionate Capitalist Show - Cultivation Capital with Cliff Holekamp 2:16

2y ago2:16

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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 an…

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Episode 21: Compassionate Capitalist Vernon Lee Empowering Diverse Entrepreneurial Success 1:06:55

2+ y ago1:06:55

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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 f…

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Episode 20: The Compassionate Capitalist Show: The Art of Pitching Investors with Donna Griffit 37:54

2+ y ago37:54

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Donna Griffit, the Corporate Storyteller, joins Karen Rands on the Compassionate Capitalist Show to share the why, what, & how of pitching investors and compelling them to invest in your company, innovation & opportunity. In this segment, Karen and Donna enthusiastically discuss the Art and the Science of pitching investors. They talk about what mu…

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Compassionate Capitalist Show - Mother of Invention & Getting it Right with Dave 43:15

3y ago43:15

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Karen Rands brought back this dynamic and highly informative interview with Dave Savage from 2019 because when the content is good it is timeless. This show will provide entrepreneurs and investors insights into what can & must be done, and how to do it, before a company hires an expensive patent attorney (patents do not = a company) or spends a ch…

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Compassionate Capitalist Show - Unlocking the Investment Potential of Your 401K 38:19

3y ago38:19

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Self Directed Retirement Accounts (IRA and ROTH) have long been a means to put retirement funds to work creating greater yield by investing in alternative investments -- LLP for Oil & Gas, Minerals, Real Estate---AND private ventures. Many long term employees have climbed the corporate ladder and earned matching funds from their employers to accumu…

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Compassionate Capitalist Show - Mastering your Mindset with Rod Khleif 43:09

3y ago43:09

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Failures are common in business and investing. "Failures" are lessons we learn from so we can be better, smarter, stronger... my guest today Rod Khleif calls them "SEMINARS". The seminars of life to learn from. Some people are able to learn from those experiences and others seem to carry them around like a ball and chain, struggling to be free of t…

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Compassionate Capitalist Show - Why & How Blogs Make Money for Entrepreneurs 37:10

3y ago37:10

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Kate Kordsmeier shares her tips, tactics, and insights into generating revenue from a blog -- as the primary business or as a lead generating machine. "Blogs" have been around so long, that 'bloggers' aren't cool like 'micro-influencers' these days. Yet, as Kate Kordsmeier discusses with Karen Rands on this episode of the Compassionate Capitalist S…

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Compassionate Capitalist Show: Master Your Time and Focus with Joe Sanok 41:24

3y ago41:24

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Time is precious. No matter how much money you make, you can't buy more time. Once it passes, it is no longer a resource to be tapped to enjoy leisure, get work done, or spend with loved ones. Everything revolves around the concept of time. Why is a workweek 40 hours and normal work days are Mon-Fri and so many 'working for the weekend'? Side-hustl…

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How to Predict the Success or Failure of a Startup Business 24:00

3y ago24:00

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Karen Rands shares the 'inside secret' to her business venture review process. For over a decade she used this proprietary method for assessing the risk of investing in startup and early stage entrepreneur business opportunities for the angel investors in her angel investor group, Network of Business & Angel Investors. Using this approach, Karen's …

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Stimulating the Formation of a Capital Funding Ecosystem’ in Florida 55:40

3y ago55:40

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Florida's Commissioner and the Office of Financial Regulation (OFR), Russell Weigel, III, joins Karen Rands to talk about the challenges to access to capital for Florida businesses from private investors that has created barriers rather than making it easier to raise capital through crowdfunding in Florida. In many ways, Florida has a vibrant angel…

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Compassionate Capitalist Show - Do You 'Deserve' Success in Business & Life? 42:45

3y ago42:45

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Whether you call it a self-fulfilling prophecy or expectancy effect, your internal view of yourself doesn’t let you exceed your "deserve" level – we get in life what we (subconsciously) believe we deserve. Henry Ford described it aptly, “Whether you think you can, or you think you can't—you're right.” Ed Bohlke, Creator of Deserve Level Coaching, j…

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Compassionate Capitalist Strategy: Building and Protecting Your Business' Worth 36:50

3y ago36:50

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Tom Perrone of New England Consulting Group of Guilford (NECGGINC) joins Karen to talk about the business blue print to go from a startup's Survival Stage to the Growth Stage and ultimately to the Transition Stage for a positive exit that brings the founders and their investors the wealth they seek. Without a blueprint, a clear plan a move through …

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Compassionate Capitalist Strategy - IoT and Deep Tech and Pivoting in a Pandemic 45:00

3y ago45:00

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Few people predicted a global pandemic would be the black swan event of the decade, even a generation. It has forever changed many business processes, the future of work, and the perception of a company's greatest asset. The pandemic has taught us a very valuable lesson-- people are a companies biggest asset -- not the real estate their building or…

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Compassionate Capitalist - Sharon Lechter the 6Ps and Exit Rich book 23:39

3y ago23:39

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Sharon Lechter, coauthor of Exit Rich, joins Karen Rands to talk about the 6Ps and how entrepreneurs can start right and build a business that will enable the founders and their investors to exit rich from when it is time to sell their business. An unfortunate reality of business ownership is that 8 out of 10 business owners will sell it for pennie…

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Compassionate Capitalist Show: Making Your Money Work For You 43:05

3y ago43:05

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Chris Larson of Next Level Income joins Karen Rands to talk about building a wealth portfolio that includes real estate and private equity from innovative entrepreneurs - Angel Investing. Karen & Chris discuss how Chris built a substantial real estate portfolio, which includes syndications valued at over $225 Million real estate acquisitions. Chris…

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Labor Crisis & Economic Prosperity with Christine Rambo 48:35

3y ago48:35

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Media attention has been placed on the abundance of jobs and the shortage applicants. Blame is being placed on the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 with the implication that the $300 supplemental payment is paying American workers to stay home.Christine Wong Rambo, an internationally certified and recognized economics expert, joins Karen Rands to d…

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Compassionate Capitalist - John Robinson - Mazarine Ventures Tech Investing 1:08:45

3y ago1:08:45

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Mazarine Ventures has carved out a successful tech investing strategy with a twist--- Water as the common denominator. John Robinson, Managing Partner at Mazarine Ventures, joins Karen Rands to talk how Mazarine generates social/environmental impact and financial return by investing in early-stage technology companies with innovations addressing wa…

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Compassionate Capitalist Show - Franchise Investing with Kim Daly 41:08

3+ y ago41:08

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Franchising is a great concept for normalizing and growing a business concept-- Learn about investing, buying, and growing a franchise in this episode of the Compassionate Capitalist Show. Kim Daly and Karen Rands talk about Franchising as a Pathway to Wealth. They cover the basics of the variety of industries, costs, benefits and different ways in…

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Exit Rich - Building Sustainable, Scalable, and Sellable Businesses 51:55

3+ y ago51:55

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The goal of an entrepreneur starting a business, and the investors in that business, is to Exit Rich. Michelle Seiler Tucker joins Karen on the Compassionate Capitalist Show to share some of the gold nuggets from her new book Exit Rich. One gold nugget is to chart your exit strategy when you begin, planning ahead so you can successfully sell your b…

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Compassionate Capitalist - Bo Megginson & S. FLA Gold Coast Angels 23:57

3+ y ago23:57

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Bo Megginson, Managing Partner for the Gold Coast Angel Investors, joins Karen Rands again to share exciting news about the growth in the entrepreneur and investor ecosystem in South Florida. In 2 years since inception, and amidst the black swan of a worldwide pandemic, Gold Coast Angel Investors has invested in 7 companies in multiple industries: …

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Creating an Ecosystem to Fund Innovation and Create Wealth with Harjit Singh 1:02:39

3+ y ago1:02:39

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The traditional process of startups raising capital is highly inefficient for both entrepreneurs and investors, as most Angel Groups limit their prospects to their state or region and VCs invest in only a fraction of angel backed companies. The Good News: there is and organization that is disrupting that process by Creating an Ecosystem to Fund Inn…

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Compassionate Capitalist> Precious Williams - Pitching for Profit & Investors 42:50

3+ y ago42:50

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Karen Rands and Precious Williams discuss the Power of the Pitch to attract growth capital from investors and revenue dollars from customers. The 'pitch', when done right, is the most effective tool for raising capital, getting customers, growing your business to get to the first 6 figures, and then scaling beyond to 1M. It is the prime opportunity…

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Compassionate "Cannabis" Capitalist - Innovation Opportunity & the Legal Stuff 38:45

3+ y ago38:45

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Karen Rands is joined by Dr. David Cunic of UCS Advisors, on this 'Cannabis Capitalist' segment of the Compassionate Capitalist Show. Karen & David talk about the explosion of innovation in an already fast growth sector, and the opportunities that are available to entrepreneurs and investors. They weave in the history, the politics, the current sta…

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Compassionate Capitalist Show: Maximizing Revenue from your SaaS Subscribers 2:01:55

3+ y ago2:01:55

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Karen Rands is joined by Nick Fredrick of Rebar Technology to discuss the business process management and best practices for business owners and investors to consider implementing to retain customers, prevent charge backs, maximize customer lifetime value, and protect their merchant processing capacity when offering a subscription based SaaS platfo…

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How Raising Capital is like Getting Married and How to Protect your Interests 1:08:10

3+ y ago1:08:10

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Matt Thiry joins Karen Rands on the Compassionate Capitalist Show to discuss the legal steps Founders and Investors can take to protect their interest in the event of an unexpected change of status in the company. Nobody enters into a marriage expecting it to fail. Neither do they start a business or invest in a business expecting it to fail. Altho…

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Compassionate Capitalist Show: Creating & Preserving Corporate Culture 44:10

3+ y ago44:10

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Listen to this lively conversation with Compassionate Capitalist Show Host, Karen Rands & Industry Expert, Brett Putter talking about Creating & Preserving Corporate Culture in the New Normal of Remote Working.Working remote and virtual teams have become the new normal. How do you create and maintain a corporate culture and do you actually need one…

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Compassionate Capitalist: The Cranium Incubator, "An Inclusive Neural Network" 53:00

3+ y ago53:00

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Incubators aren't started over night, and there isn't a shortage of incubators and accelerators in Atlanta area, or for that matter in every major city. The Cranium Incubator is the inspiration of Joe Beverly. After years as a successful entrepreneur and angel investor, Joe became increasingly aware of the lack of access to capital and resources ma…

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Compassionate Capitalist - Karen Rands Explains Importance of Customer Discovery 43:25

3+ y ago43:25

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Karen Rands builds upon her 3/9/21 podcast The Art of Raising Capital (https://www.karenrands.co/karen-rands-explains-the-art-of-raising-capital-on-the-compassionate-capitalist/) and the 4 Universal Laws of a successful business. In this video / podcast, Karen digs into the one of the most critical factors an angel investor considers before investi…

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Karen Rands Explains the ART of RAISING CAPITAL on the Compassionate Capitalist 47:15

3+ y ago47:15

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Karen Rands has a very frank and informative talk on what it takes to successfully raise capital in this segment of the Compassionate Capitalist Show. With over 20 years experience in working with entrepreneurs to provide access to capital, originally through pitch events to the angel group, Network of Business Angels & Investors (NBA&I) she manage…

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Compassionate Capitalist: Building Trust in Customer Relations in the New Normal 35:25

3+ y ago35:25

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Working remote and virtual sales teams have become the new normal. Can you establish trust with your customer through a computer screen? You would be surprised what you can do with a high tech, high touch approach. Chris Beall of ConnectAndSell joins Karen to talk about innovative ways to reimagine the sales process and address the biggest producti…

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Compassionate Capitalist Show: Media Tech Entrepreneur turned Venture Capitalist 47:19

3+ y ago47:19

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Listen (or watch) as Shachar Oren of Sound Media Ventures shares his journey from boot strapped startup to successful exit to lead a Media Tech VC firm in Atlanta. Karen first met Shachar nearly 2 decades ago when he was raising capital for Neurotic Media and wanted to present to her angel group, the Network of Business Angels & Investors. Shachar'…

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Compassionate Capitalist Show - Cultivation Capital with Cliff Holekamp 49:15

3+ y ago49:15

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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 an…

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Compassionate Capitalist Show: Mindful Money with Jonathan DeYoe 41:20

3+ y ago41:20

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The very nature of investments is speculative -- Real Estate, Stock Markets, even Angel Investing, can all lose value based on factors outside the control of the investor. Jonathon K. DeYoe joins Karen Rands to discuss the concept of Mindful Money -- having a plan for investing so emotion doesn't kill your wealth and you can hedge against unforseen…

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Compassionate Capitalist: Using Economic Meta-Trends as Predictor of Markets 48:15

3+ y ago48:15

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During this episode of the Compassionate Capitalist Show, Mark Parrott joins Karen Rands to discuss how economic data helps predict markets and customer engagement. According to Parrott: "Meta-Trends teaches you how to peer into the future through economic forecasting, and learn to adjust to the coming economy." In the absence of a 'black swan' eve…

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Compassionate Capitalist Perspective on Cancel Culture and Conscious Capitalism 53:15

3+ y ago53:15

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As host of the Compassionate Capitalist Show, Karen Rands shares her perspective on the "Cancel Culture" phenomena within a world were Cash is King and "enlightenment" is rewarded with Compassionate Capitalism and Conscious Capitalism.Up until very recently, shows were cancelled, subscription agreements were cancelled, celebrities got cancelled fro…

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Compassionate Capitalist Show: The Role of Private Equity Capital 48:05

3+ y ago48:05

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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 Funds as gro…

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Compassionate Capitalist - Role of Revenue in Value Based Acquisitions 49:15

3+ y ago49:15

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Frankly, the reason to be an entrepreneur is to create wealth. Revenue and Profit is critical to that outcome. As you will discover in this conversation between Karen Rands & Paul D'Souza, revenue plays a huge role in the decision criteria for acquirers and is key factor in establishing the value of a business. With so much hype on 'unicorns' and t…

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Compassionate Capitalist Show - Small Business Imperative: Security in the Cloud 40:05

3+ y ago40:05

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With more people working from home and future of work likely to continue to be distributed, it is very important for Business Owners, CTO & CIOs to consider the vulnerability of their IT infrastructure, networks and data. It isn't just the computer that employee is using, it is the home network they are on and all the other people in their househol…

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Compassionate Capitalist Investing Strategy: Revenue Based Investments 56:15

3+ y ago56:15

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In this Compassionate Capitalist Podcast, Karen Rands is joined by Jonathon Bragdon, Founder of Capacity, to discuss Revenue Based Investments as a non-dilutive capital source gaining in popularity with entrepreneur founders and investors. Revenue Based Investments, also known as Royalty Financing, is a hybrid of debt and equity in that it can be c…

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Compassionate Capitalist Strategy: Bank On Your Self - Protect Your Assets 39:00

3+ y ago39:00

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Sarry Ibrahim joins Karen Rands on this segment of the Compassionate Capitalist Podcast Radio Show to help listeners understand how to pursue a purposeful investment strategy that minimizes risk and maximize the value of your portfolio to meet your evolving financial needs. Sarry will share how one particular misunderstod financial management and i…

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Innovation, Entrepreneurism, and Wealth Creation from a Latina Investor 43:54

3+ y ago43:54

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Renata Marino joins Karen Rands on the Compassionate Capitalist Show to discuss the expectations women, particularly women of color, face and the challenges they overcome to break glass ceilings from corporate to getting funding as a female founder, and even when they move to the other side of the table as investors. Karen and Renata discuss why is…

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