Karen Rands, the Compassionate Capitalist, will expand on her series The Money Hunt with a look at the current sources of capital for small businesses and start up companies. She’ll cover debt sources, including MicroLoans, SBA, and Alternative finance, and private equity and angel investor capital, including seed finance, business angel investors, venture capital and private equity. This show is a great primer for the entrepreneur that needs to know what type of capital is good for their business at the various stages of growth. More info regarding The Access to Capital System architected by Karen Rands through her company Launch Funding Network: www.launchfn.com
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Check out these investment websites: Karen’s twitter page: @Karen_Rands, www.kugarandholdings.com, www.launchfn.com, www.nbai.net, www.kyrmedia.com, www.myvirtualangelworld.com, www.entrepreneurblogspace.com and www.dothedeal.org
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NavStar Technologies is public company that is delivering an affordable, yet proprietary solution, to the transportation industry for tracking, protecting, and monitoring high value assets and cargo. Doug Pritt, CEO of NavStar Technologies will talk about how they brought this ground breaking solution to the market and how they will impact the world wide effort to keep a watchful eye on the world’s “at risk” high value cargo. (www.navstarinc.com)
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Check out these investment websites: Karen’s twitter page: @Karen_Rands, www.kugarandholdings.com, www.launchfn.com, www.nbai.net, www.kyrmedia.com, www.myvirtualangelworld.com, www.entrepreneurblogspace.com and www.dothedeal.org
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Karen Rands will kick of the Compassionate Capitalist Radio Show for 2010 with an overview of industry predictions regarding sourcing of early stage business capital for innovative start up companies and emerging growth companies. This is the dawn of a new decade and there seems to be a lot of optimism regarding the rebounding of investment markets. This segment will cover the availability of seed capital, angel capital, venture capital and alternative finance based on Ms. Rands’ economist background, market research and practical experience in working with entrepreneurs and early stage capital investors on a daily basis.
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Check out these investment websites: Karen’s twitter page: @Karen_Rands, www.kugarandholdings.com, www.launchfn.com, www.nbai.net, www.kyrmedia.com, www.myvirtualangelworld.com, www.entrepreneurblogspace.com and www.dothedeal.org Listen, Learn, Enjoy and Share with a Business Associate! Bumper Music by Bryan Hunley of New Whyne Music
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Karen will interview Carol Zelmore of CAZ Holdings who will discuss the process she is going through to identify, negotiate and secure financing for a unique type of turn around business that is beating the industry odds for its sector in the Hospitality/Real Estate space.
Carol Zelmore and CAZ Holdings is talking about The Angel of the Sea Bed and Breakfast Inn. The award-winning Angel of the Sea Inn has a prime location in the National Historic Landmark City of Cape May, New Jersey on the beach block. The front of the Inn is highly visible from Beach Avenue, the strip that parallels the Atlantic Ocean. Listen to Carol as shares how she is combining her experience, and her dreams with entrepreneurial opportunity.
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Check out these investment websites: Karen’s twitter page: @Karen_Rands, www.kugarandholdings.com, www.launchfn.com, www.nbai.net, www.kyrmedia.com, www.myvirtualangelworld.com, www.entrepreneurblogspace.com and www.dothedeal.org
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December 27th, 2009 · 1 Comment
Karen Rands, during her Compassionate Capitalism show will engage her featured guests on a topic important to all start up and growing companies. When a start-up founder realizes he or her needs to build a team, bring on expertise to compliment their own skills how can they identify those people, confirm they will enhance their business and at the same time, protect the business they founded. They need to know what skills are needed on his/her team, identify the right resource, then negotiate for that person to join the company and protecting the company long term.
Guests are Kenneth Darryl Brown of E3C (www.BetterSalesandProfitsNow.com) and Hugh Massie, CEO of DNA Behavior (www.BusinessDNAResources.com) to discuss how a CEO can learn about their leadership and communication strengths and understand what to look for in potential team members. Bob Van Rossum, President of MarketPro, (www.marketproinc.com) the nation’s leading executive search and contract staffing agency specifically focused on marketing, interactive, creative and advertising talent will discuss identifying and qualifying a potential candidate for the management team. Glenn Garnes, Relationship Marketing Center, will discuss protecting your interests when bringing on partners…the subject of his new book:”Let’s Not Be Partners, Things you Must Do Before You Tie the Knot (”not”). Sure to be a dynamic show for all aspiring entrepreneurs.
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Check out these investment websites: Karen’s twitter page: @Karen_Rands, www.kugarandholdings.com, www.launchfn.com, www.nbai.net, www.kyrmedia.com, www.myvirtualangelworld.com, www.entrepreneurblogspace.com and www.dothedeal.org
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December 20th, 2009 · 2 Comments
Bernard Coleman of Womble Carlyle, a highly regarded law firm, will share the legal side of successfully raising capital and how to avoid legal and civil liabilities from failing to do so maintain your exemption to SEC registration as private offering. www.wcsr.com
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Check out these investment websites: Karen’s twitter page: @Karen_Rands, www.kugarandholdings.com, www.launchfn.com, www.nbai.net, www.kyrmedia.com, www.myvirtualangelworld.com, www.entrepreneurblogspace.com and www.dothedeal.org
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December 6th, 2009 · 1 Comment
Karen Rands will interview special guests: Hugh Massie, CEO of DNA Behavior (www.businessdnaresources.com) and Kenneth Darryl Brown, E3C (www.bettersalesandprofitsnow.com), They discuss the Business DNA Profile and how it can be used to determine an individual’s talents and struggles. As a result, people learn what their strengths are and how to focus them in the area of business where they can excel. Additionally, they learn how they like to communicate with their communicate style.
CEOs need to understand their communication and leadership styles as part of their building a qualified team. We’ll explore how these programs help entrepreneurs understand their team dynamics and what they can do to build the team and put the other elements in place to effectively attract business capital. Lastly, Business DNA can be used as a tool to demonstrate to prove to investors that the company has a team can execute on its business models.
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This show is part of a dynamic and informative session covering one of the many components that Launch Funding Network offers clients seeking capital necessary for raising early stage venture capital and angel stage investment.
Attend the next Art of Raising Capital Workshop on December 15, 2009 at 1pm. (http://launchfn.com/id337.html) At the conclusion of the workshop, graduates will be able to pitch to angel investors at the Network of Business Angels and Investors Capital Celebration at 5pm.
Check out these investment websites: Karen’s twitter page: @Karen_Rands, www.kugarandholdings.com, www.launchfn.com, www.nbai.net, www.kyrmedia.com, www.myvirtualangelworld.com, www.entrepreneurblogspace.com and www.dothedeal.org
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Karen Rands shares with entrepreneurs the Art of Raising Capital. Raising capital for a business is not a skill we are born with. We need to develop those skills to raise seed capital, and yes venture capital. Tune in to learn the key elements necessary to effectively raise capital. This episode is a taste of the full course “The Art of Raising Capital” offered by LAUNCHfn.
If you like to attend “The Art of Raising Capital” on December 15, 2009, visit our web page by clicking here!
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Check out these investment websites: Karen’s twitter page: @Karen_Rands, www.kugarandholdings.com, www.launchfn.com, www.nbai.net, www.kyrmedia.com, www.myvirtualangelworld.com, www.entrepreneurblogspace.com and www.dothedeal.org
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