The Compassionate Capitalist™ Show for Crowdfund and Angel Investors

Karen Rands is joined by Dave Savage on this episode of the Compassionate Capitalist Podcast Radio.   A successful inventor and patent holder himself, and former President of the Inventors' Association of Georgia, Dave advises inventors and product developers through his firm, Pointer Consulting.   

The nature of Compassionate Capitalism is about helping entrepreneurs bring innovation to the market to create jobs and wealth for those involved.   That broad statement inherently assumes there is a business built around an innovation that will change or enhanse the marketplace.   It also skips multiple steps along the way... starting with how an idea becomes a product becomes a company.  Every innovation begins with an idea.   But an idea alone doesn't get you to an invention, a patent, or a fundable company.  Listen and Learn 

Karen and Dave will discuss the ins and outs off bringing an invention to live and determining the path to go to startup or license the innovation.  

Dave offers a wealth of free resoures for inventors: DaveSavage.com/for-entrepreneurs-and-inventors.html and a free 20 min consultation. 

Karen offers a coaching program for entrepreneurs to figure out their path to success and how to gain access to capital.   Sign up for the free video newsletter on tips and techniques for getting to market and you'll get a link for free consultation with Karen - at http://karenrands.co/contact   Karen is also the best selling Author of Inside Secrets to Angel Investing - the primer for learning how to invest in entrepreneurs at all levels and stages.   Click the About the Book tab on her website.

Bo Megginson joins Karen Rands on the Compassionate Capitalist Podcast to discuss his efforts to create thriving and active angel investor groups have been a catalyst for entrepreneurism and economic development.  With the growth in accelerators and incubators in most major metros, a key part of cultivating the entrepeneurial seeds that are planted is to have the funding to help those qualified companies launch and grow.   Bo brings a unique perspective as he has builds upon his success in the Alabama gulf coast as the Executive Director of Angel Investor Management Group (AIM Group), Gulf Coast Chapter, to help the Gold Coast Angel Investors take advantage of the changing demographics and economic influences in Southeast Florida. 

To learn more about Bo: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bo-megginson-70655433/  & Gulf Coast Angels

Karen Rands is the best selling author of Inside Secrets to Angel Investing and seeks to educate community leaders on how to impact their economy with better jobs and growth in household incomes by understanding the programs to engage investors at all levels to support businesses in their community at all stages.   She is the founder of the Compassionate Capitalist Movement.  Learn more at http://karenrands.co

Karen Rands is joind by David Feldman to discuss the history and outcome of Reg A+ since its inception in 2016.  They will explore the good and bad of almost 125 deals, averaging $10 million per deal, since inception.  Just 10 of the  issuers got listed on Nasdaq or the NYSE, though unfortunately their stocks have not fared well generally. Most of them were, for all practical purposes, start ups.  The NYSE recently decided to pause taking new Reg A+ issuers, and the Nasdaq lately had been slow walking them. This proposed requirement to be operating two years to get a Nasdaq listing makes sense.

David is a partner at Duane Morris LLP, and focuses on corporate, securities and financing matters for public and private companies, investment banks, private equity firms and high-net worth individuals. He is considered a leading authority on alternatives to traditional initial public offerings, including the new Regulation A+.  He published a book on that subject, called Regulation A+ and Other Alternatives to a Traditional IPO (John Wiley & Sons), in 2018.  This is his 4th time as a guest on the Compassionate Capitalist Podcast. https://www.duanemorris.com/attorneys/davidnfeldman.html

Karen Rands is the best selling author of Inside Secets to Angel Investing. It is primer for investors to understand the risks and rewards of investing in private company stock.  Savvy investors that invest public stock, looking for those with the most upside potential, use her book to understand how they can invest in Reg A+ companies as a future potential public stock. She helps companies determine their strategy for raising capital and execute on the strategy.  https://karenrands.co

Karen Rands is joined in this Compassionate Capitalist Broadcast by Angelos Angelou, Founder of the International Accelerator in Austin, TX.  Listen to learn how in just a few years, IA has gone from an idea to help foreign-born entrepreneurs expand their startup in the U.S., develop a go-to-market strategy, and raise capital one of the most successful accelerators in the region. Since inception, 13 companies have entered the 1 year program and raised $18M, with one successful exit already.  The economic impact is profound.  Angelous has spent his career helping cities, large and small, grow their economic base through creating healthy and thriving entrepreneur communities.   

To learn more about the International Accelerator go to : https://iaccelerator.com/ 

To learn more about how Angelos helps cities grow their economy, visit: https://angeloueconomics.com/

Karen Rands is the author of the Best Selling Finance book for Investors seeking expand their portfolio to include entrepreneurial private companies; Inside Secrets to Angel Investing. 

You can learn more about Karen, how she helps entrepreneurs grow their businesses, get info on the book, and access to all the other Compassionate Capitalist Podcast Radio at http://karenrands.co 

This broadcast is also available in video at: https://youtu.be/GxzhJCNHVtc

Karen Rands is joined by a renowned inventor turned investor on the Compassionate Capitalist Podcast Show to talk about the value of patents when you, the investor or entrepreneur, understand the concept of a 'patent picket fence' and looking through the idea to the full potential.  

Jovan's career spans 12 startups - 3 IPO's - 2 Mergers - 2 Buyouts leading to the creation of over 1300 jobs. Pulitzer is known as Father of "Scan Commerce" and "Scan To Connect" platform. His scan tech patents allow your mobile devices to zap any bar code or QCode and retrieve information instantly. He is also the co-founder of MDBox, creating the health care disruption know as Mobile Point of Care Platforms and Operating Systems.

Listen to this Inventor / Investor's fascinating journey and the lessons learned that you he applies to day as an active investor and startup cultivator. 

Karen Rands is the best selling author of Inside Secrets to Angel Investing, the foundation for Compassionate Capitalist Movement.  She helps business owners implement growth and capital strategies.  Learn more and connect to Karen at http://karenrands.co.  

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Sandy Wollman joins Karen Rands to  share his experience in growing the Westchester business community by cultivating entrepreneurs and encouraging more investors to get involved and syndicate their investment.  Karen & Sandy will also talk about the things entrepreneurs do to kill their opportunity with investors.  Read Sandy's article in Forbes

Sandy Wollman has been on the journey of a Compassionate Capitalist for about as long as we have been promoting that concept to investors.  Before becomeing the Co-Founder & Managing Director for The Westchester Angels and a Leader and Connector in the Angel Investing Space, he was a corporate engineer. Sandy started professional career at 3M Corporation, and as he was awarded a US Patent for a hook and loop fastener (Velcro) with superior tensile strength. He became a partner in Carna Mills, a large textile converting company.  Along with founding the Westchester Angels, Sandy has been instrumental helping entrepreneurs gain access to more funds for syndicating the offering.  Further to demonstrate his commitment to the growing the local economy, created and self-funded The Small Business Advisory Alliance, a non-profit organization, which mentored small business owners in Westchester County.

Karen Rands offers strategic services to companies in a growth stage seeking capital.  She is the best seller of Inside Secrets to Angel Investing, a primer for investors to learn why, what and how of investing in private companies.   More info at KarenRands.co 

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On this segment of the Compassionate Capitalist Radio Podcast, Karen Rands is joined by Hall Martin to discuss the challenges entrepreneurs face raising capital from angel investors, and the challenges investors face when an entrepreneur doesn't achieve their business growth goals to achieve the expected return on investment.   Hall has developed a novel way to ensure investors can achieve a 'base hit' return on investment in the event the entrepreneur fails to achieve their milestones that allows for a WIN-WIN for both the investor and entrepreneur. 

Hall T. Martin is the Founder and CEO of TEN Capital Group. He launched the firm as the Texas Entrepreneur Networks in 2009.  Today, TEN Capital has over 5000 investors in its network, and has helped startups raise over $400M.

Mr. Martin serves as the Vice-Chair of the Baylor Angel Network.  He previously led the Central Texas Angel Network (CTAN) as its first Executive Director where he achieved over a 40X return for the investors.

Mr. Martin is the founder and director of the Texas Open Angel Network which is a 501c3 non-profit dedicated to the education of angel investors.  As a part of that program he hosts the Investor Connect podcast series. https://investorconnect.org/

Karen Rands wrote the best selling 'primer' for angel investors,  Inside Secrets to Angel Investing, with the goal of providing a road map for those new to investing in private companies, either directly or through a crowdfunding platform. ISAV is guide on how to select, evaluate, and invest in the equity offered.  Go to http://InsideSecretstoAngelInvesting.com to get 12 of the 41 secrets free, and get links to buy your own copy.

Karen Rands, host of the Compassionate Capitalist Podcast Show, interviews Dan Kryzanowsk to share inside secrets on how you can take checkbook control of your retirement funds to invest in the asset class of your choice. The best part of all is you keep all of the tax benefits; your retirement funds are unlocked penalty free. Self-Directed investing allows investors to make all investment decisions from a tax-advantaged retirement account. This includes choosing assets, vetting deals, and writing checks. A Self-Directed account holder can invest in any asset class allowed by the IRS.

Dan Kryzanowski is a Wharton grad,  serial revenue driver and active alternative investor. He currently serves as Executive Vice President at Rocket Dollar and Capital Partner for Pinnacle Storage Properties.

Dan will share his journey from his traditional upbringing in Scranton, PA and corporate America to a complete 180-degree turn to embrace the excitement and opportunities as a local alternative investor and vibrant member of the fintech and self-storage communities via his Self-Directed Solo 401(k) and Self-Directed IRA (SDIRA) Investor programs. 

Karen Rands is the best selling author of Inside Secrets to Angel Investing.  As Karen seeks to educate and encourage investors to look beyond real estate and stock market, to add investing in startups and emerging growth companies to their portfolio; It is important to understand how to unlock your pension and retirement accounts if you are an executive wanting the excitement of innovation, impact, and entrepreneurism - without all the risk.

Karen Rands interviews Tico Blumenthal 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 work with the intent of serving the aim of better health, globally.  To that end he advises and invests in a diverse portfolio of early stage ventures, including implantable diagnostics, cardiovascular devices and digital health.  Listen to learn about Tico's passion about innovation and some best practices for assessing deals ripe for investment. 

Tico Blumenthal is the co-chair of the Medical Device Screening Committee of Life Science Angels and the head of Global Strategic Marketing at Cardinal Health's Cordis interventional vascular division. Tico brings over 15 years of operational experience in sales, marketing and innovation management in medical devices, including over 10 years with Medtronic, where he co-founded and developed Medtronic's Innovation Center in Shanghai.  He holds a BA from Dartmouth College and a BE and MS from the Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmout.  To learn more about the mission of the Life Sciences Angels,  visit.  

To learn more about how Karen is working to bring a fresh new generation of investors to the market as compassionate capitalists, visit http://insidesecretstoangelinvesting.com  

The interview is also available on youtube: https://youtu.be/sVJWnjddVAw

Karen Rands, Founder of the Compassionate Capitalist Movement, explains the national imperative to remove the information and investment barrier between entrepreneurs and investors.  With the abundance of accelerators , incubators, 'entrepreneur programs' at universities, and co-working spaces with entrepreneur education programs, becoming an entrepreneur has never been easier.   Yet, even with a multitude of ways to reach investors and attact capital, finding funding is as difficult as ever.  

"Compassionate Capitalism" is a mindset and the best means to change the 'access to capital' abyss that so many companies find themselves stuck in. Compassionate Capitalism is also one of the best ways to rebuild an investment portfolio that suffered losses in real estate and stock investment during the recession and continuing in the volatility of the current stock market. 

Karen is the best selling author of Inside Secrets to Angel Investing, considered the number 1 primer for investors seeking to understand why, what, when, and how to invest in private companies from seed stage to emerging growth stage. 

Learn about Karen, connect on social media, get a free sample of the book before you buy at:

http://insidesecretstoangelinvesting.com/ Watch as a video:  https://youtu.be/Pw6ZYYpNw7I