To my loyal listeners and followers, and hello to the new listeners:  The Compassionate Capitalist Show will no longer be available through this RSS Feed.  In this podcast I explain the origin of this platform and the confusion it has created, case in point, two Apple Podcasts.   Also, the listeners on the platforms that pull this RSS Feed, have not enjoyed access to the full library and receiving a current new show every week.   If you are listening to this now on an Apple platform, switch to this show and subscribe to this version.  http://bit.ly/KYR-Itunes instead ..read more

In this very personal and direct video/podcast message, Karen Rands shares the financial and emotional benefits of being an Angel Investor -- whether you claim it as a Compassionate Capitalist, Silent Partner, Right Quadrant Business Owner & Investor, or Crowdfunding Investor.    Karen shares her 'aha moment' of realizing that 7 Million people in the USA collect a pay check that easily puts them into the income bracket to invest and own small amounts of other entrepreneurs' businesses in order to share in their financial success without all the risks of starting and owning that b ..read more

The Legalization of Equity Crowd Funding was the catalyst for the great Economic Democratization of the Capital Markets.  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.  These 4 methods remove the invisible wall between entrepreneurs and their potential investors.  There is still great confusion on how to best use equity crowdfunding to raise capital, and even more so, how traditional retail stoc ..read more

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. Angel Investing is the 2nd best source for creating generational wealth, but less than 5% of the ..read more

How would you answer the question:  What would you do if you were given $100M no questions asked ?  How would you benefit the world with that gift that would compound the impact? That is what Karen was asked at a recent entrepreneur/investor event she attended.  Well not exactly.  Not the part about benefiting the world or compounding the impact.  That is just how she thinks.   As the founder of the Compassionate Capitalist Movement, it is on her heart to leave a legacy, her 'thumbprint' on the world, that amplifies wealth creation through increasing the avai ..read more

We use less than 20% of our natural ability to achieve success.  Listen to learn how to leverage how you think to achieve a 7+ figure income.   Think It, Be It Founder, John Mitchell, joins Karen Rands on The Compassionate Capitalist Show to share the Science of Success.  Feeling stuck, John used tried and true, but often overlooked, methods to figure out his personal breakthrough to go from earning a few hundred thousand a year to growing his own business to $5M in Revenue, and a big windfall when he sold it at a $25M valuation. John discovered the disconnect between his effort ..read more

Startup entrepreneurs can feel like they are on treadmill never reaching their goal of $1M in revenue.  Even established Business Owners can feel they are in the rat race, stuck on a track, with no end in sight.  They used the investor seed capital to reach their initial milestone of millions in revenue, but feel like they are out of gas and plateaued, with no way to reach the 8 or 9 figure revenue target they need to sell their business.   With the black swan event of the pandemic, a business that is on target can derail and struggle to get back on track.   So what is an i ..read more

This episode of the Compassionate Capitalist Show Podcast will explore the history of black enterprise, racial policies intended to aid in economic prosperity and racist practices that created barriers and obstacles to African American prosperity. True equality comes with economic prosperity. The Compassionate Capitalist Podcast will explore the history of black enterprise, and government policies intended to aid in economic prosperity, and the racist practices that created barriers and obstacles to African American prosperity so that wealth and education gap which exists today has its roots ..read more

Watch or Listen to this lively conversation with Compassionate Capitalist Show Host, Karen Rands &  Industry Expert, Brett Putter talking about Creating & Preserving Corporate Culture in the New Normal of Remote Working. Working remote and virtual teams have become the new normal.   How do you create and maintain a corporate culture and do you actually need one?  Brett and Karen explore how a startup can control their chaos and set the stage for success or failure in how the build their culture in their team work and in their hiring practices.    Brett Putter ..read more

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 ..read more