Life Sciences is unique as an industry to invest in as an angel investor. The life cycle and milestones used to measure progress and assess risk as an early stage, pre-revenue company, is different than that of a tech or consumer product company. Often there isn't a MVP, Minimum Viable…
Dr. Sandra Carillo joins Karen Rands to explain the advancements in understanding how the cannabinoids found in #Hemp and #cannabis connect with the CB1 (Neural) & CB2 (Immune) receptors of the human endocannabinoid system as a medical treatment for ailments such as epilepsy, memory loss, pain management, mental illness, and…
Entrepreneurs do a lot of planning - planning their launch, or how to get more customers, planning who to hire. Often planning their capitalization strategy never happens. There are many options available for equity investment capital and loans / debt. Knowing when to seek and use different short term and…
Angel Investing is strong in places like San Francisco, New York City, and Boston. Popular opinion is that 'secondary markets' in the Midwest and the South don't have much in the way of innovation and committed capital. That is changing. Places like Louisiana are stepping up and building entrepreneur and…
The wealth gap between white and black communities is astounding because of systemic racism and the resulting obstacle for building equity and wealth. This is part 2 of Karen Rands' 2 part series that attempts to tell the economic and poverty/prosperity story of African-Americans in a limited time frame. This…
This video (and podcast) is about Revolutionizing How VC & Angel Investments Decisions are Made, or in other words: How to avoid big mistakes and make money investing in startups. For Compassionate Capitalists committed to investing in entrepreneurs to bring innovation to market, create jobs, and create wealth, deciding which…
The 2020 Economic Collapse was predicted in long before it happened, listen to this interview with Mark Thornton to revisit the Skyscraper Curse Karen Rands is an economist by training and passion. In March 2019 she interviewed Dr. Mark Thornton of the Mises Institute at Auburn about his book The…
Karen Rands brings Compassionate Capitalist viewers & listeners another episode of Cannabis Capitalism with her interview of Michael Scott, Founder and CEO, and Todd Sullivan, Co-CEO, of Cannapreneur Partners. Karen, Michael & Todd discuss the challenges and opportunities for investing in canna businesses. In 2019, the US Cannabis business market…
Watch, Listen & Learn how the Land Betterment Corp saw an opportunity to take the environmental and socio-economic blighted area where the Appalachian Mountain coal mining sites had been shuttered and create thriving businesses and private-public development initiatives. Where some saw contaminated unusable land, significant skill-set gap, and despair driven…
Watch and Listen to how Karen Rands and Jim Karrh explore the value of creating an on-point message that will attract investors, increase customer loyalty, and empower your team and community to invoke the power of positive Word of Mouth messaging. Your corporate message isn't your mission statement or your…
Hall Martin, storied angel investor from Texas, returns to the Compassionate Capitalist Podcast show with host Karen Rands to talk about his novel approach to negotiating a guaranteed ROI when investing in private companies. Both entrepreneurs and investors often focus their attention on the potential ROI of an investment based…