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 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…
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 investing in a startup: Who, What, Why. Customer…
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…
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, GA. Karen first met Shachar nearly 2 decades ago when he was raising capital for Neurotic Media and wanted to present to her…
Karen Rands is joined by Cliff Holekamp, managing partner and co-founder of Cultivation Capital, a Venture Capital firm with specific intent to boost entrepreneurism and access to capital in Tier-2 cities historically underserved by angel investor and venture capital. On this episode of the Compassionate Capitalist Show, Karen & Cliff…
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…
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…
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 from shows…
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 reason to go to through the effort to start a business is to find a path to create wealth. Revenue and Profit is critical to that outcome. As you will discover in this conversation between Karen Rands and Paul D'Souza, revenue plays a huge role in the decision criteria…
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…