Karen Rands, Compassionate Capitalist

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 Skyscraper Curse and discussed the factor leading to his prediction, based on Austrian Business Cycle Theory, of an economic collapse in 2020.   In the middle of a pandemic, extreme civil unrest, extremists bent on destruction, we find ourselves in the beginning of what many predict as the greatest economic collapse since the Great Depression.  Dr. Thornton joins Karen on the Compassionate Capitalist Podcast show to discuss the cause and triggers of this economic collapse and ideas for how we will create an economic recovery.  Will cannabis be the holy grail to solve our problems at multiple levels?  Free Resources from Dr. Thornton and the Mises Institute: Bust Wasn't Called by the Virus:  https://mises.org/wire/bust-wasnt-caused-virus Economics of Prohibition: https://mises.org/library/economics-prohibition-0 Prior Podcast from 2019: http://bit.ly/CCRa

This episode of the Compassionate Capitalist Podcast is different than Karen's usual interview of experts and influencers about creating and growing successful entrepreneur companies, and creating wealth by investing entrepreneur endeavors. This is a replay of Karen Rands by Scott Johnson about her experience of getting shot through the nose.  On June 2nd 1985, Karen Rands was shot through the nose by the I-95 Sniper as she was returning home from the airport in Jacksonville, Fl.  As a personal and private part of her life, Karen had not talked about this life changing event very much when she met Scott Johnson at a podcast convention in 2019.  His podcast, What Was That Like, explores the extraordinary things that happen to ordinary people.   In this replay of Scott's interview of Karen, she shares the details of the event, what it was like at that time, and how it was a part of the series of events leading to Karen stepping up to launch the Compassionate Capitalist Movement.   To see show notes, links to

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. With a predicted 14% year on year growth trend, the canna industry is expected to be $30B by 2025 making it a hot investment sector to diversify into in a portfolio.  Smart investors are learning how to unlock the liquidity of their 401Ks and reap financial rewards of tax free investing in the growing legal cannabis market. Cannapreneur Partners approaches the opportunities they see with deep financial analytical modelling and proprietary due-diligence for both investors and entrepreneurs enabling great synergies and explosive growth with cash flow in canna investments. Listen to learn: ~ Why Cannabis is the hottest investment sector over the next 5 years ~ Details about how to turn your 401K

IPOs get the big press.   Mergers & Acquisitions are usually private transactions.  Startup Founders and their investors plan for an 'exit' that sometimes may be an Initial Public Offering - IPO - but usually the most likely exit happens much sooner than an IPO, when the company gets acquired by a fund or another bigger company.   Listen to this episode of the Compassionate Capitalist Podcast show to host Karen Rands, and guest Ted Bender, discuss the differences in types of acquisitions:  horizontal, vertical, consolidation, strategic, market expansion, roll-up and  how they might pursued as an exit strategy.  Most acquisitions are calculated as a multiple on EBITDA.  For startups and early stage companies, sometimes there is a intangible factor such as the strategic value of tech or customer set that isn't measured by profit.   And then there is 'timing'... when do you sell and does there come a time of diminishing return?  Ted Bender is an expert in the M&A space, founding Croft & Bender, a hi

Kirk Taylor & Mark Jensen join Karen Rands to discuss how they saw an opportunity to have an impact on the Appalachian Coal Mining region by overcoming the challenges of a community that so no way to turn their economy and environment around. Bees are by far the most significant animal pollinators and critical to the ecosystem. Their ability to thrive has been threatened for decades due to environmental impact of black carbon air pollution and excessive use of toxic pesticides.  Through the Land Betterment Corp, Kirk & Mark are healing the land, growing the local economy, benefiting the environmental ecosystem, giving people a vision for a better future, and making money doing it - Compassionate Capitalism. Entrepreneurs and investors are encouraged to look at novel ways they may invest their time and money to have the greatest impact and ROI as we seek to invigorate regions and industries damaged by economic downturn from COVID 19.  Kirk Taylor, President & CFO, and Mark Jensen, Executive Chairm

On this segment of the Compassionate Capitalist Podcast show, 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 corporate values statement. Your corporate message conveys your value proposition, is memorable, and easy to share. You will also find out how develop your message from startup to scale and avoid the 3 C indicators of when you are off track.  This podcast is also available as a Youtube VideoInterview: https://youtu.be/F3il4AWo_QY Jim Karrh, PhD has recieved national and international awards for his insights and expertise.  He is a renowned speaker and author of The Science of Customer Connections, Manage your Message to Grow Your Business.  More info available at http://jimkarrh.com  Karen Rands is a nationally recognized expert on angel investing and entrepreneuria

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 guarranteed ROI when investing in private companies. Both entrepreneurs and investors often focus their attention on the potential ROI of an investment based on an acquisition exit in 5 years. More times than not, that type of exit doesn't materialize because the company doesn't maintain the rate of growth originially forecasted to achieve the 4X in 5 years.   As time goes on, the IRR - the Internal Rate of Return, lowers compared to a straight ROI multiple calculation. Under Hall's 3X in 3Years model, investors and entrepreneurs establish a contracted guarranteed return for the investor if the entrepreneur doesn't hit their milestones, misses their next round of venture finance and therefore fails to scale as originally proposed. This method benefits the entrepreneur to add incentive to their first money in investors, and benefits the inv

Learn how startups use 360 Reputation Marketing to get big results and reach their potential for the founders and investors.   Dean Trevelino joins Karen Rands on the Compassionate Capitalist Podcast to talk about the importance of an integrated strategy that creates a trusted relationship with your target customer, good will to grow the value of the company for stake holders, and conscious capitalism to maintain trust and good will in the midst of a crisis.  Karen & Dean talk about the 5 types of media that makes up 360 Marketing that is outcome driven. 360 Reputation Marketing is a critical aspect of gaining trust from investors when raising capital through General Solicitation. Watch this as a video https://youtu.be/_WoH3S-8YtY Dean also shares insights on how to build a team and manage steady growth of Trevelino/Keller over 17 years and multiple catastrophic economic crisis events, resulting in #2 ranking across many industries.  Learn more at http://trevelinokeller.com  Karen provides insight from

In an era of social isolation and financial uncertainty, are angel investors still investing? How are they sourcing deals and reviewing new opportunities? Are angel investors holding back like they did in 2009?  Is the optimism in the market? Have the angel networks shifted their opportunity areas or changed the stage of opportunity they are seeking? Listen to learn the answers to these questions and so much more.  This episode of the The Compassionate Capitalist Podcast will explore the creative ways that angel investor networks are staying in the game to make investments in innovation, grow small business and job creation.   Karen Rands is joined by Barry Etra, who runs two Entrepreneur / Angel Investor forums in Atlanta. The first is the RAISE Forum, which focuses on local early-stage companies in an effort to fund more local companies at higher levels and to keep them in the SE. The second is the Atlanta chapter of the Keiretsu Forum, that sources emerging growth companies on the East Coast providing the

As Investors and Entrepreneurs, it is hard to anticipate what a crisis, internally or externally, may have on the future of your business.  Listen to hear Karen Rands and David Nour talk about how to anticipate and respond to business disrupters that can send your company, and your investments, into crisis.  Change, creativity, and collaboration are the 3 Cs that can keep a company on it's growth curve.  In David's new book, Curve Benders, he explores the intersection of the Future of Work and Strategic Relationships. Curve Benders outlines 15 forces that will dramatically impact the way we work, the way we live, the way we play, and the way we give.  How will the way that we work in next 20 years change in the next 2 decades, or in the next 2 years with the devastating impact of COVID19?   Listen to this lively conversation with Karen and David on the Compassionate Capitalist Podcast. David Nour is internationally recognized as the leading expert on strategic business relationships. The author of ten books

As part of the Compassionate Capitalist Podcast series, we produced this video episode too.  Although crowdfunding started with reward based, the advent of the JOBS Act in 2012 introduced 4 ways to raise equity capital from the crowd.  The expanded pool of additional investors are not your typical angel investors.  The 4 methods to solicit from the general public are not created equal.   Watch and Listen as Karen explains the difference and how companies are having success using the 4 methods: Intrastate Exemption (Reg D 504), Reg D 506c, Reg CF and Reg A+.   This Compassionate Capitalist Video is availabale on Youtube: https://youtu.be/O_M27XJDIbY You can also listen and subscribe on these popular players: iTunes: http://bit.ly/KYR-Itunes Stitcher: http://bit.ly/KYR-Stitcher TuneIn: http://bit.ly/KYR-tunein Get Karen's bestselling book here: http://bit.ly/AngelInsideSecrets Engage Karen to get access to capital and investor relations:  http://karenrands.co 

In this segment of the Compassionate Capitalist Podcast, Karen Rands responds to an entrepreneur's question:  What is an Angel Investor?   Since 2012, the definition and the game to attract angel investors has changed.  Once considered only an activity available for an exclusive group of entrepreneurs turned investors, the access to capital and those who can invest in an entrepreneur's success to share that wealth all changed with the passage of the JOBS Act to stimulate the economy.   Karen explains the history and evolution of angel investing and the good news: thae wall between entrepreneurs and would-be investors has been removed, creating opportunity for financial success through entrepreneurism for the founders and the investors.  Listen and learn the 4 ways you can solicit for investors from the investing population outside of the structured angel network funnel.  This Compassionate Capitalist Video-Cast is also available on Youtube: https://youtu.be/WwksqOkKL9s And as a podcast these popular players

There is an art to scaling a business.  Processes can grow your production to meet increased customer demand.  Often corporate cultures change over time. Maintaining an entrepreneur mindsight so your employees continue to seek improvement and innovate so your company is better equiped to handle disruption from competition and recognize new opportunities to pursue.  Companies that sustain for the long term either figure that out or stagnate and fail.    Mark Travis joins Karen Rands as special guest to talk corporate culture and growth on this segment of the Compassionate Capitalist Podcast. Mark co-founded 5 startups and now works as a trusted advisor as a global strategy consultant working with leaders of Fortune 500 and Inc 5000 companies around the globe. He helps clients align their organizations and technologies to the markets, resulting in higher profitability. He does this by helping them understand the internal and external forces that change the dynamics of value and a company's ability to respond,

Due Diligence on a private investment is more than legal and financial review, and background checks.   Good due diligence to evaluate long term viability of a potential private equity investment involves getting the opinions of experts on the industry, intellectual property, and market opportunity.  This is a steep and expensive challenge for private solo investors.  Even Angel Investor Networks, Private Equity Funds and Venture Capital Funds struggle with building broad cross-industry expertise.   InquireOf has developed a solution for that.  InquireOf was built to empower investors to find industry experts for their deals, fast. Unlike traditional expert acquisition methods, InquireOf's software equips investors to quickly vet deals with easy to use proprietary specialized search algorithms to find the expertise needed when it is needed.  Karen's guest on the Compassionate Capitalist Podcast, Kyle Sale is the Founder & CEO of InquireOf.  Kyle’s broad experience spans turning around technology compani

The cannabis industry could be likened to the industrial revolution where whole new markets, methods, and opportunities are being forged every day. Unlike new markets brought about by innovation, the cannabis industry is is tightly regulated and often challenging beyond the usual startup/investor risk factors as state and federal laws become 'silent partners' as they seek to provide parameters for growth and opportunities while establishing and enforcing restrictions designed to protect the public at large.  Michael Scott, Founder and CEO of Cannapreneur Partners, joins Karen Rands to discuss how his company is navigating this regulatory kalediscope to help worthy entrepreneurs succeed and investors to share in their success.  Michael brings deep experience from the financial sector and has a proven track record in bringing cannabis companies from pitch deck to nine-figures.   Cannapreneur Partners is a MA-based cannabis holding company that finds that world’s top 1% entrepreneurial outliers and infuses sma

According to Investopedia, in the simplist terms, "impact investing is investing that aims to generate specific beneficial social or environmental effects in addition to financial gain.”   But shouldn't all investing have that impact? Impact investing falls within the umbrella of Compassionate Capitalism because it also includes directing investment dollars to bring innovation to market, create jobs, and produce wealth by investing in the entrepreneurs to provide the capital they need to start and grow their businesses.  Impact Investing narrows the focus within that umbrella to solve specific social problems in a sustainable manner, such as the education gap, or poverty, or community sustainability issues such as clean water and clean energy. On this Compassionate Capitalist Podcast episode, Karen Rands is joined by Shannon Mudd, Dir of Microfinance, Impact Investing, Social Entrepreneurial Programs; Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics at Haverford College in Pennsylvania.  Shannon has a rich history

David Barnett joins Karen Rands again on the Compassionate Capitalist Podcast Show to discuss the concept of 'invest local'.  Locally Grown, Farm to Table, Small Business Saturday, and Shop Local are all trends that serve to enhance a community and make it more sustainable.  Few know about the opportunity to Invest Local as a way for investors at all levels to increase their wealth by providing debt notes or equity investments to local businesses they value in their community.  It is a compassionate capitalist strategy that is built upon relationship and trust.   Listen as Karen and David discuss wealth creation through investing in local businesses with as little as a few thousand dollars.  David Barnett discovered how to make money investing/lending money to local business owners on his journey to be a best selling Author, sought after Speaker, valued Advisor and Former Business Broker.  He walks the walk as he talks the talk.   Learn more and get his book:  Invest Local  Karen Rands discovered angel inve

To chart your path to success is to follow in the footsteps of those that have achieved what you desire.  Listen to this conversation between Karen Rands, host of the Compassionate Capitalist Podcast, and Brian DeLucia, Managing Partner of Arrivato LLC, a Single Family Office created from a foundation through land and building development within the real estate industry, and learn inside secrets for creating wealth and diversifying to preserve that wealth for future generations.  Karen is committed to teaching investors how to expand their investment portfolio to include diverse assets; Real Estate, Stocks, and Private Equity... ownership in private companies.  Brian works closely on leveraging his organization’s experience to resolve challenges and elevate businesses within traditional economic driving industries that create better places to live and work; creating more jobs; improving overall economics, and address widespread societal challenges.   He also serves on the board of multiple companies and with

Self Directed Retirement Accounts (IRA and ROTH) have long been used as a means to put retirement funds to work creating greater yield by investing in Real Estate.   Earnings and Capital Gains go back into the retirement account tax free or tax deferred, depending on the structure.  It is not common knowledge that this is possible for investing in startups and growth stage companies offering shares in exchange for investment capital. In fact this one of the 'Inside Secrets' Karen covers in her book Inside Secrets to Angel Investing.   Tune in to hear how to use this as an entrepreneur seeking investment capital or as an angel investing seeking better returns than offered through traditional stock exchange investing. Patrick Hagen is the National Director of Business Development for STRATA Trust Company, a self-directed IRA custodian that specializes in holding alternative assets for IRA/401(k) account holders. Patrick has 16 years of experience in the self-directed IRA industry and has worked with thousands

Part of creating wealth as an entrepreneur and an investor, doesn't come just from the income of the business, it comes when the business has created value in the marketplace, with its revenue and good will, and can be sold for a mulitple on its earnings.   Listen to how Karen Rands and David C.  Barnett cover this topic using real life examples.   They discuss the smart things and the stupid things that entrepreneurs and investors can and will do when it comes to an acquisition transaction.    This podcast is also available as a YouTube Video:  https://youtu.be/8De_Girgdfs David C. Barnett is the best selling author of How to Sell My Own Business, 12 Things to Do Before You Consider Selling Your Business, and the 21 Stupid Things People do when Trying to Buy a Business.  As a former loan broker and business broker, he is a sought after Speaker and Advisor.   Learn more at http://DavidCBarnett.com  Karen Rands is the best selling author of Inside Secrets to Angel Investing and the Founder and Leader of the