The Compassionate Capitalist™ Show for Crowdfund and Angel Investors

In this episode of Compassionate Capitalist Podcast,  Karen Rands and Jim Debetta discuss steps, challenges and triumphs for inventors bringing new products to market. Often inventors will get the proverbial "cart before the horse" and spend money unnecessarily in pursuit of a dream for a new invention.  In this episode, Jim and Karen discuss best practices for creating companies, raising capital, to make an invention a reality. 

To learn how entrepreneurs work with Karen to grow their business, or how to create wealth through funded innovation and compassionate capitalism visit http://karenrands.co on facebook @BusinessInvestorGrow  Also sign up for Karen's FREE Compassionate Capitalist Coffee Break video tips by email

To learn how inventors and entrepreneurs can work with Jim to get their products developed and into the market visit http://jimdebetta.com or on facebook @weknowbusiness

In this day and age of job insecurity and a gig economy, all success motivated people need to understand how they can create value in their personal brand to maintain a corporate career - OR find a passion to successfully start a business - OR have the best of both worlds by using ones success to put their money to work by investing in multiple private companies that share a passion for a solution to a problem in the market. In this episode of compassionate capitalists (previously recorded in 2017)  Larry Boyer of Success Rockets and Karen Rands, author of Inside Secrets to Angel Investing, share insights that those that want to create economic security and generational wealth will want to hear.

Get to learn more about Larry go to http://successrockets.com OR buy his book @Amazon

Learn more about Karen  @ http://karenrands.co and grab the copy of her best seller book http://bit.ly/AngelInsideSecrets 

More episodes can be found on Itunes, Stitcher, TuneIn, and BeyondPod.  Soon to be on Spotify.

In this episode (which is previously recorded from 2017)  Karen Rands interviews Geo Ropert of Ropert & Partners in this Video-Cast to discuss how CEOs and CMOs of growing small businesses can effectively use public relations to grow their brand, gain credibility and trust with their target customers, and become an authority in their industry. They answer the questions: How is PR different from Marketing? & How does a social media campaign fit into a PR Strategy? Karen also applies Geo's tips to the release of books to have the greatest impact on the market like with her Inside Secrets to Angel Investing.

Geo Ropert's company is Ropert and Partners (a nationally recognized credit and public relations firm). To learn more about Ropert go to   ropertandpartners.com

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To Learn more about Karen and how she helps entrepreneurs and investors implement strategies to intersect their corporate growth with their access to capital to achieve their goals go to  http://karenrands.co   To grab your copy of her best selling book go to:  http://bit.ly/AngelInsideSecrets

Karen Rands continues with her Compassionate Capitalist show (previously recorded from 2017) with her special guest, Jason Treu, discussing how businesses grow their revenue and increase their bottom line profitability by creating an engaging psychologically safe work environments. Jason Treu (Troy) is an executive coach who works with corporate executives, rising stars and entrepreneurs to help them maximize their leadership potential, performance and build and execute their career blueprint (which can including starting their own business). He's the best-selling author of Social Wealth, a how-to-guide on building extraordinary business relationships. Further, Jason was a featured speaker at TEDxWilmington 2017, where he debuted his breakthrough team building game Cards Against Mundanity. That will help improve team performance, communication and collaboration in as little as 45 minutes. Karen and Jason talk about the impact of developing strong relationships for the your health & wealth & well being. They dig in to why successful businesses like Google are committed to creating corporate environments that are engaging for their employees. Businesses and Executives committed increasing their social wealth and positive relationships between employees become more productive and that means more revenue and more profit. Listen and Learn why understanding how your social wealth can increase your personal wealth. Learn more about Jason @  http://www.jasontreu.com. You can get Jason’s  #1 team building game, @cardsagainstmundanity.com, for free that he debuted at TEDxWilmington 2017

To learn more about Karen go to :  http://karenrands.co and get your copy of her best selling book @:  http://bit.ly/AngelInsideSecrets

In this episode of compassionate capitalists (previously recorded from 2017) Karen Rands describes Mark Grace as one of her original Compassionate Capitalists. They share a long history in Angel Investing and participating in the Entrepreneur ecosystem. In this interview they talk about the lessons shared in their books and who most benefits from reading them. They share how entrepreneurs and investors can find Joy in their human condition through understanding and managing their experiences in life. They share insights from decades of experience as entrepreneurs and investors, sitting on both sides of the table. Key point: creating value in the customer experience to grow sustained competitive advantage and growth from revenues---and how to avoid the takers and the 'turd throwers'---yes 'turd throwers' as you chart your path to Awesome.

To know more about Mark Grace go to http://www.beyondvia.com/  and you can also buy his book at amazon.com/author/markgracepath

Karen as an educator, author, investor and entrepreneur herself, has been involved in the early stage entrepreneur development and investor cultivation since 2001. When Karen speaks, people listen to what she has to say about creating wealth through entrepreneurship and private investment!  To learn about Karen and how she helps entrepreneurs and investors implement strategies to intersect their corporate growth with their access to capital to achieve their goals go to http://karenrands.co    Get yourself a copy of her best selling book at  http://bit.ly/AngelInsideSecrets

In this episode (previously recorded from 2017) Karen Rands and Dara Albright discuss the progress with the economic democracy triggered by the approval for Reg A+ within the crowdfunding and capital industries. They share the insights and experiences gained since the approval for Reg A+ since 2015. They explore both sides - investor and offerer - for the success of the Reg A+ Micro-IPO of Chicken Soup for the Soul.

Dara Albright is a recognized authority & frequent speaker on topics relating to market structure & crowdfinance.

President of Dara Albright Events, Co-founder of the LendIt conference & the FinFair Conference

To know more about Dara go to www.daraalbright.com

Greatest Wealth is Created by Entrepreneurs - & the Investors that Invest Money to fuel their Success. It is the Compassionate Capitalist Movement. Listen & Learn with Karen Rands

Get the karen's best selling book go to  http://bit.ly/AngelInsideSecrets  

Also to Learn more about Karen and how she helps entrepreneurs and investors go to http://karenrands.co

On this segment of the Compassionate Capitalist Radio Podcast, Host Karen Rands is joined by Greg Silberman, Chief Investment Officer at ACG Wealth, Inc. to talk about Blockchain: what it is, why it is linked to cryptocurrency, and why it is really what investors should be focused on. 

In the first half of this show we will discuss the rise and fall and risk vs reward of cryptocurrency and how blockchain got its start and how it made cryptocurrency possible.   Then we will move beyond crypto to talk about how blockchain is fundamentally changing fraud in the financial sector, limiting smuggling of contraband, and impact on other sectors like healthcare and supply chain management.   We will wrap up with a 'watch this space' discussion on Hashgraph, the blockchain competitor. 

You can learn more about Greg Silberman on Linkedin.  Greg is the CIO of Atlanta Capital Group, brings 16 years of investment experience, spanning 3 continent, with a trackrecord of structuring over $1B in Private Equity, Venture Capital, Hedge Funds and Real Assets in his role and responsibility to act as a good steward for ACG's clients' capital. 

You can learn more about Karen Rands at http://karenrands.co.  She is the best selling author of Inside Secrets to Angel Investing and committed to changing the mindset of thinking investing in entrepreneurs is not as rewarding as investing in traditional public stocks and real estate.  She has hosted the Compassionate Capitalist Radio Show for many years with over 200 shows recorded.   You can find the podcasts to replay on Stitcher, BeyondPod, TuneIn and Itunes.

If you are thinking of starting a tech company or a restaurant or any business, the process of incorporation, obtaining financing,  building your team, and operating your business is somewhat predictable.  When it comes to the cannabis industry, you need to do a lot more planning and research before you get started--- because when you make a mistake, or assume you know what is needed, you can lose everything - literally and figuratively. 

Tune in to hear from two experts about starting and growing businesses, and how legal traditional business can and do differ from legal cannabis businesses.  

Karen Rands is the nationally recognized expert on Angel Investing, trusted advisor to growing companies, and host of the Compassionate Capitalist Radio Podcast.  She started the Cannabis Capitalism segment to explore the dynamic growth of this emerging market.  David Feldman, partner with the law firm Duane Morris, is a renowned authority on corporate & security law and is as sought after advisor to entrepreneurs and investors.  Duane Morris has a practice specifically dedicated to representing clients participating in different sectors of the multi-faceted legal cannabis industry.  David, as an accomplished author of 4 books on finance and entrepreneurship, he blogs and speaks regularly about the emerging Cannabis industry with his blog http://www.davidfeldmanblog.com/ and frequent speaking engagements.

To learn more about Karen Rands and how she helps entrepreneurs implement strategies to intersect their corporate growth with their access to capital to achieve their goals, go to http://karenrands.co  Investors should grab their copy of her best selling book, Inside Secrets to Angel Investing at Amazon

Reg A+ was the second demonstrative change in how private companies can raise capital from "the crowd" that was born of the JOBS (Jumpstart Our Business Startups) Act of 2012.   In response to the JOBS Act legislation, the SEC was required to update decades old regulations that defined how private companies -- from start up to expansion stage -- could legally raise capital from individual investors.  Reg A+ was in response to the Type IV provision of the JOBS Act, and was the first time that private growth-stage companies to raise money by selling equity, shares in their company, to all Americans.   They could raise up $50 Million dollars in units as small as $100.   They could advertise and create awareness of their offering by any means--tv, print, social media, email, and direct mail.   It is often called a Mini IPO.  

Reg A+ has been available now since June of 2015.  Karen's guest, David Feldman, a securities attorney with Duane Morris, literally wrote the book on Reg A+  "Regulation A+ and Other Alternatives to a Traditional IPO: Financing Your Growth Business Following the JOBS Act" .

Entrepreneurs: Tune in to learn when and how to maximize the potential of Reg A+ for raising growth captial.

Investors:  Tune in to to learn how to identify the hidden gems of investing in Reg A+ offerings.

Karen Rands is the nationally recognized expert on Angel Investing, trusted advisor to growing companies,  and host of the Compassionate Capitalist Radio Podcast. To learn more about Karen Rands and how she helps entrepreneurs implement strategies to intersect their corporate growth with their access to capital to achieve their goals, go to http://karenrands.co

With what seems like breaking news every day about the legalization of marijuana, it is easy to forget that it wasn't that long ago that cannabis and hemp was as legal as orange juice.  Prior to US Congress passing the Controlled Substances Act in the 1970’s, which established Cannabis as a Schedule 1 drug, the most restrictive category ranking substances according to their dangerousness and potential for addiction, Cannabis was widely accepted as a therapeutic agent across many cultures for over 5000 years.  As investors & entrepreneurs evaluate this emerging industry for risk vs reward, it is important to understand the history to anticipate the future. 

Karen Rands is the nationally recognized expert on Angel Investing, trusted advisor to growing companies, and host of the Compassionate Capitalist Radio Podcast.  She started the Cannabis Capitalism segment to explore the dynamic growth of this emerging market.  David Feldman, partner with the law firm Duane Morris, is a renowned authority on corporate & security law and is as sought after advisor to entrepreneurs and investors.  Duane Morris has a practice specifically dedicated to representing clients participating in different sectors of the multi-faceted legal cannabis industry.  David, as an accomplished author of 4 books on finance and entrepreneurship, he blogs and speaks regularly about the emerging Cannabis industry with his blog http://www.davidfeldmanblog.com/ and frequent speaking engagements.

To learn more about Karen Rands and how she helps entrepreneurs implement strategies to intersect their corporate growth with their access to capital to achieve their goals, go to http://karenrands.co  Investors should grab their copy of her best selling book.