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 and fuel economic development.   Boutique VC firms like Cultivation Capital seek to change that narrative by investing their time, knowledge, resources and capital to partner with those founders who are poised to make significant impact on the local economy with job creation and cultivation of ecosystem to plant seeds of prosperity. Karen & Cliff also discuss industry trends and best practices for entrepreneurs to achieve success. 

Cliff Holekamp, heads up the Cultivation Capital VC Fund in Greenville SC, as a secondary office to their HQ in St. Louis.  The fund was started in 2012 and has expanded to offer capital in 4 areas: Software, BioTech, AgTech, GeoFacial Tech.  Learn more about  Cultivation Capital: https://cultivationcapital.com/

Karen Rands launched the Compassionate Capitalist Movement with the publication of her best seller, Inside Secrets to Angel Investing bring economic prosperity to communities eager to cultivate innovation and entrepreneurism.   To learn more, visit http://karenrands.co 

Also available as a video: https://youtu.be/3YJKgnQr378

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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 and unexpected black swan events that can cause investment sectors and assets to collapse in value.  During this podcast you will learn that investors do not have to choose between a tremendous financial outcome and living a happy, meaningful life.  With these simple principles, you can accumulate and protect your wealth, and avoid the stress and worry about your financial future. 

Jonathan DeYoe started his own financial services firm in California after a storied career on Wall Street.   He saw value in helping families build a beachhead against the invevitable financial storms, regardless of what administration is in office or financial malfeasance has been committed by industry juggernauts or even the next viral outbreak.  His team at Mindful Money work one on one with three hundred families and foundations.  Jonathan is the author of the best selling book "Mindful Money". He has been interviewed for the The WSJ and is a contributor to Huffington Post. Visit http://mindful.money

Karen Rands is a sought after adviser to CEOs and Investors seeking to create generational wealth through building successful entrepreneur endeavors.  Learn more about the services she offers and get an excerpt of or buy her best selling book Inside Secrets to Angel Investing at http://karenrands.co

As a Video: https://youtu.be/0TXJP03cJu4

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' event, such as the Covid 19 Pandemic, business growth and customer engagement can be predicted and business owners and investors can anticipate market shifts or necessity of a business pivot. 

Listen to learn how this can be applied to your business and investments. 

Mark Parrott is a 31-year veteran of the financial services industry. After spending his formative years on Wall Street, Mark moved on to teach captains of industry as well as the common man. He has presented to, or directly counseled more than 10,000 companies totaling more than 320 billion in revenue.  Mark’s book. Meta-Trends & the Next Economy is the highest rated econometrics book on Amazon.  For more information please visit:  https://nxteconomy.com/

Karen Rands is a sought after adviser to entrepreneurs and investors to help them create wealth for themselves through the launch and growth of highly successful businesses to exit.   Karen is the best selling author of Inside Secrets to Angel Investisng, a primer for those investors seeking to create wealth through entrepreneurism without all the risk and work of creating a successful business that can be bought.  To learn more and get 12 of the 44 secrets from the book, visit http://KarenRands.co 

To watch this podcast by video visit: https://youtu.be/oRGRBsa4Q6E

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 --frequently in response to poor performance or some some cost benefit analysis.   Bottom line, whatever the reason, there was a financial justification.  Boycotts happened in response to or done to influence a company's business practice that causes harm to person(s), animals, and/or plants.

Compassionate Capitalism deals with how individuals, investor groups, investor funds such as VC or Family Offices direct their investment dollars to include equity or stocks of a private company for the purpose of helping that company succeed through the financing and resources offered.

Conscious Capitalism deals with how a business and its leaders operate that business to the benefit of all the stakeholders:  employees, vendors, customers and the community.

Both Compassionate Capitalism and Conscious Capitalism approach the use of money and resources as a carrot to encourage and reward behavior that is on the path of enlightenment.

Enlightenment is founded in 'reason', grounded in science and facts with these pillars of the foundation:  Liberty, Progress, Tolerance, Fraternity, Constitutional Government, and Separation of Church & State.

Karen threads the fabric of these high ideas with the real deciding factor - money & profits.

Learn more about the services offered by Karen's firm, and get her book, Insides Secrets to Angel Investing http://karenrands.co

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 growth capital and also as an exit strategy for many closely held private companies.  Additionally, they will discuss the latest trends for private equity, and how to qualify for PE funds.  

Domenic Rinaldi is the Owner and Managing Partner of Sun Acquisitions - a Chicago based mergers and acquisitions. Dominic is also a speaker, author and host of the M&A Unplugged Podcast, available on all major podcast platform. 

Learn more at:   www.sunacquisitions.com  Schedule a free consultation. 

Karen Rands, the leader of the Compassionate Capitalist Movement, and author of the Best Seller, Inside Secrets to Angel Investing. Karen is successfully informing the next generation of entrepreneurs and investors together in the name of Compassionate Capitalism!  Join the Compassionate Capitalist Movement. 

Check out the book and get 12 of the 46 Inside Secrets Free http://InsideSecretsToAngelInvesting.com

With your purchase of the book, you get access to Karen's resource portal for investors. 

Need capital to expand and move your business to the next level.  Karen has built the Launch Funding Network to do just that for entrepreneurs.  Learn More:  http://KarenRands.co   Schedule a free consultation

Also available on Youtube as a video: https://youtu.be/tW66k1Y-k-M

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 tech companies with huge valuations, it is important to note that the majority of exits are through acquisitions and grounded in tangible and measurable factors. Paul & Karen discuss why investor/funds look to the predictability of revenue flow, pipeline, and process management when identifying good acquisitions. Listen to learn what you need to do get your company on track to generate the revenue you need to achieve your goals and prepare your company for a successful exit.

Paul D'Souza is a Venture Advisor to Loyal VC in Silicon Valley and a mentor at Founder Institute. Previously, he was the sales executive at RWD selling medical communication to the pharmaceutical industry and at Root Consulting focused on business intelligence solutions to fortune 500 companies. His currently offers his expertise as Chief Revenue Officer as a Service. For more information: www.CROaaS.com or pauldsouza.com/services

Get a copy of his book: The Market Has Changed Have You

Karen Rands is the founder of the Compassionate Capitalist Movement and passionately teaches financial savvy investors the value of investing in entrepreneurs.  Her best seller, Inside Secrets To Angel Investing is a primer for that audience. Karen works with entrepreneurs seeking to attract funding for growth of their business operations and product launch. For more information and to schedule a free consultation visit http://karenrands.co

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 household using the same network creating cracks that hackers, viruses, and malware can enter.  

Shamil Mendis, VP of Sales & Marketing at Evicio, a business solutions provider focused on security, automation & staff augmentation, joins Karen Rands on the Compassionate Capitalist Show to discuss the challenges and solutions for maintaining the security and integrity of business owners' data and operations with a remote workforce.   

Prior to joining Evicio, Shamil Mendis had decades of experience at the intersection of leadership, customer engagement, and business consulting. As a graduate of the University of Southern California, and a Gallup Certified Coach, Shamil has helped launch and advise startups in cutting edge technologies.  For more info: http://evicio.com 

Karen Rands is the leader of the Compassionate Capitalist Movement and has spent nearly 20 years helping entrepreneurs bring innovation to the market, get funded, and grow to be profitable businesses.   With her best selling book, Inside Secrets to Angel Investing, she is bringing more smart capital to the market to invest in entrepreneurs and share in the wealth created without all the risks.  For information about her book and services, and to sign up for her 'Compassionate Capitalist Coffee Break' tips for entrepreneurs, visit http://karenrands.co

Also available on Youtube: https://youtu.be/L8j4uqrtwyE

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 converted to equity, unlike cash flow lending, yet is paid back as a percentage of revenue on a predictive basis until an agreed to multiple of the original amount is returned to the investor.  When the agreed to amount, usually 2x - 4x the investment, is paid back to the investor, the entrepreneur's obligation is fulfilled and the company retains any equity used as collateral on the financing.  The unique characteristics of Revenue Based Investments is well suited for businesses seeking growth capital to expand and have a long term vision for the future of their company to remain private. Investors accustomed to re-occuring revenue streams from their investments, can choose this type of investment in entrepreneur endeavors without the risk of waiting for the company to be acquired or go public in order to get their return on investment.

Before founding Capacity as a fund for entrepreneur invesment and Capacity Partners to provide services to help companies increase revenue and capacity to scale, Jonathon Bragdon was a serial entrepreneur with numerous successful exits.  Most notable was Tricycle, acquired by Shaw Industries, which was also how Karen and Jonathon met as he sought capital through the Launch Funding Network and NBA&I.

Karen Rands explains Revenue Based Investing as a wealth creation strategy in her best selling book Inside Secrets to Angel Investing

Youtube https://youtu.be/S6NAj7FdE4w

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 investment tool could enable private investors and business owners to 'bank on themselves'.

After getting his insurance licenses and working in the traditional insurance agency, Sarry Ibrahim’s saw an opportunity to exploit the unique framework of this one investment vehicle and founded the Financial Assett Protection program, a member of the Bank on Yourself Organization. FIN Asset Protection is a business that helps high net worth individuals, real estate investors, business owners and retirees grow and protect their wealth predictably and safely.  For more information about Financial Asset Protection, visit  https://finassetprotection.com/

Karen Rands educates and advises entrepreneurs and investors about methods and means to achieve generational wealth through funded innovation and successful launch and growth of businesses.  She wrote the best seller, Inside Secrets to Angel Investing, Step-by-Step Strategies to Leverage Private Equity Investment for Passive Wealth Creation as an educational tool to help investors of all types to learn how to invest in private equity and build a portfolio of minority positions in multiple entrepreneur endeavors as an asset class equal to real estate investment.  This is the cornerstone of the Compassionate Capitalist Movement.  To learn more, please visit https://www.karenrands.co/angel-investing-book/

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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 it that more women haven't made that same crossover to angel investing and even in the VC realm?   They also talk about best practices for female founders to pursue their entrepreneurial dreams, and specifically to raise capital from their own experiences. 

Renata Merino is a 20 year operator, x-investment banker, Chicago Booth MBA merit based scholar, Latina serial entrepreneur turned investor and venture capitalist.  As a female and Hispanic and one who has faced the roadblocks in raising capital, her mission is to be the "access to capital" for female and minority founders.  As a 20 year operator and serial entrepreneur, Renata brings firsthand knowledge and experience from both Fortune 500 and the startup world on how to build a business, product or service from an idea. Her passion lies in helping founders scale, while her analytical and strategic forte and network reputation is about delivering on a promise by returning the fund.

Karen Rands has been building bridges between entrepreneurs and investors for over 20 years, coaching many entrepreneurs on growth strategies and providing access to capital.   Her best seller, Inside Secrets to Angel Investing, is a primer for investors to learn how to harness the wealth potential of entrepreneurism without all the risk.  Learn more at http://karenrands.co  Get her book on Amazon:  http://bit.ly/AngelInsideSecrets and access to her investor resource portal

Also available as video: https://youtu.be/eZxss-RUJrk