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Karen and her guests discuss best practices, lessons learned, and proven tactics for startup companies to launch right and grow - including raising capital and creating the finance stack. You'll hear insights gained over many years experience as a startup and as advisors to startups.
Entrepreneurs must master raising capital for every stage of their business: from launch to growth. The strategies to successfully raise capital vary based on the type of business, stage, industry and value proposition to a target market. Sources vary from the 'crowd', defined as customers, community, and investors at large across the geographic spectrum, to the angel investor > venture capital capital supply chain, and growth stage capital for non-hightech businesses that can tap private equity funds and high net-worth family offices. Karen shares her insights and invites guests to share their journey as founders or as their source for capital.
Angel Investing –Who, What, & How to Make Millions Investing in Entrepreneurs with Karen Rands
June 7, 2022

Angel Investing –Who, What, & How to Make Millions Investing in Entre…

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...

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Raising Capital for a Software Company - Prototype vs MVP with Edie Woelfle
May 24, 2022

Raising Capital for a Software Company - Prototype vs MVP with Edie W…

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 o...

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Creating Wealth with Smart Investing for Social Good with Martin Saenz of Bequest Funds
May 10, 2022

Creating Wealth with Smart Investing for Social Good with Martin Saen…

Compassionate Capitalist Show is about wealth creation - 1st as a successful entrepreneur; 2nd as an investor in a successful entrepreneur. Real estate investing has many parallels to angel investing into entrepreneurs. They...

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How to Keep the IRS out of your IPO ROI Pocket with Aaron Rubin
May 3, 2022

How to Keep the IRS out of your IPO ROI Pocket with Aaron Rubin

Entrepreneur Founders, Angel Investors, and VCs all want to maximize their Return on Investment, their realized gain, when it looks like there is potential for an IPO with the company. It is hard to predict which startups wil...

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#1 Method for Employee Attraction and Retention in Current Job Market From PayActiv
April 20, 2022

#1 Method for Employee Attraction and Retention in Current Job Market…

Did you know? 44% of the American workforce makes less than $20 an hour and are living paycheck to paycheck. Much of that hourly wage employee sector is considered essential workforce to keep our economy humming, as evident i...

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Latina Venture Capitalist Shares Her Entrepreneur Journey to Wealth with Renata Marino
April 5, 2022

Latina Venture Capitalist Shares Her Entrepreneur Journey to Wealth w…

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 final...

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