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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 market ripe for predatory consumer lending abuse with payday lending schemes and the structure of private student loans. You can trace the gre...

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 huge success. Hear how Brandon faced bankruptcy at one end of the spectrum to winning Emmy's and closing 7 figure deals at the other end, and the journey...

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 directly. Karen introduces the conversation reminding listeners of how she discusses this strategy for those getting started with investing in entrepreneu...

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 company, are different than tech or consumer product companies. Often there isn't a tangible MVP (Minimum Viable Product), a prototype, or a beta to validat...

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 corporate exec to innovation investor. Tico demonstrates how he is a Compassionate Capitalist as he shares his passion, putting his investment capital to w...

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 831(b) is little known tool that businesses can use to 'self-insure' with pre-tax dollars. Much like the 401(k) tax code allows an employer to...

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 owners and investors in that company. Brandon Miller shares with Karen how he works with Executive Teams to find the strengths of the management and employees...

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 the bold choice to transform your brand, product, or service to the next level by venturing into automating a manual process or figuring out how to use a mobile / web ...

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 methods remove the invisible wall between entrepreneurs and their potential investors. There is still great confusion on how to best use equity crowd...

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 can invest in an entrepreneur's success to share that wealth all changed with the passage of the JOBS Act to stimulate the economy. Angel ...

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 USA collect a pay check that easily puts them into the income bracket to invest and own small amounts of other entrepreneurs' businesses in order to s...