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Superpowers for Good: Empowering Changemakers for Social Impact via Regulated Investment Crowdfunding from the SuperCrowd.

We host changemakers who are using regulated investment crowdfunding for social impact--impact crowdfunding--as impact investors or social entrepreneurs, catalyzing change with leadership skills we call superpowers. www.superpowers4good.com

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22:36

Four-Way Merger Yields Demonstrable Synergy

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2022/06/30

Devin: As you look back on all the things that you have done and accomplished, what do you see as the superpower that has been most critical to your success?Erin: I’ve been told that I’m an unwavering, relentless optimist and that there’s no problem that doesn’t eventually become solvable.SynergyOK. I get it. My 1993 MBA is showing. The strategic combination of four tech-for-good companies into the new Bonterra I discussed with CEO Erin Mulligan Nelson has what she calls “benefits.” Synergy, we

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20:27

Art Changes Lives for Cancer Survivors

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2022/06/29

Devin: As you think about all you’ve accomplished, what would you identify as the superpower you have deployed in this work that has made it all possible?Jenna: Well, I don’t think it’s a superpower because everyone has it. I just chose to use it. So I’m not like some superhero here that was born a certain way. I just chose to do this. So, you know, I think because I was diagnosed at 29 with a rare form of cancer called Gray Zone Lymphoma. I had the whole world ahead of me, and all of a sudden, my

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25:21

This West Point Grad Honors Her Oath With Community...

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2022/06/23

Devin: As you look back at your career, what do you see as the superpower that has enabled you to be so successful?Donna: That superpower is an orientation to service and a desire to make a meaningful and measurable impact in the community. I live and serve that community.“Transportation is a formidable barrier to economic mobility and just about everything,” says Donna Matturro McAleer, executive director for the nonprofit Bicycle Collective. “Access to everything associated with that upward

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26:36

Expert: '99.7% of the Investors in Our Country Are...

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2022/06/21

Devin: What is your superpower?Jenny: I think one of my biggest superpowers is seeing the potential that exists in people, just seeing the gifts they have to share with the world and helping them see it, too.Jenny Kassan, President of The Kassan Group, has devoted her impressive career to helping people accomplish more for the greater good of their communities and humanity. She is a partner in Crowdfund Mainstreet and Opportunity Mainstreet and helps lead Angels of Mainstreet. She’ll also be

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23:08

Expert Tips for Keeping Kids Safe From Predators

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2022/06/16

Devin: What do you see as your superpower?Tania: I love this question. I knew it was coming. I will say that I've been told that my superpower is my ability to empower and energize individuals.“One in five kids, according to the CDC, are sexually abused by the time they’re 18,” says Tania Haigh, founder of the Kids Too Movement organized by Parents Against Child Sex Abuse (PAXA). The vast majority of perpetrators are men.Tania notes that discussions of child trafficking may cause parents to shift

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22:22

Salesforce Tackles Climate Justice

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2022/06/14

Devin: What do you see as your superpower, your stand-out skill that allows you to be effective at the great work that you’re doing?Naomi: I think my superpower is that ability to bring lots of people with lots of ideas and get them together so we can drive greater impact.Salesforce, the enterprise CRM giant, has launched a $100 million “Ecosystem Restoration and Climate Justice” fund. Naomi Morenzoni, the company’s senior vice president of philanthropy, joined me to discuss it. (Disclosure: I own a

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30:25

Developer Becomes a Tech Entrepreneur to Help...

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2022/06/09

Devin: What do you think of as your superpower? Eve: My superpower is when someone says “no” to me, that just makes me go harder. Seriously, I have incredible stick-to-it-iveness. My superpower is endurance.Eve Picker’s extraordinary career has evolved from a Columbia-trained architect to a community-focused developer to a tech entrepreneur who helps developers who share her passion. Her company, Small Change, is a FINRA-registered crowdfunding portal that helps people raise money for real estate

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37:08

Rotary Plays Peacebuilding Roles Locally and Globally

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2022/06/07

Devin: Julia, what’s your superpower?Julia: Oh, what is my superpower? Right now, I feel like my superpower is just embracing complexity.Julia Roig is a professional peacebuilder. Today, she leads The Horizons Project, which is working toward connecting and organizing advocates for peace and democracy in the United States. She and her team work with people and organizations across a broad political spectrum.She sees a real crisis threatening America. “We quite honestly need to face up to the level

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30:53

This Fund Amplifies Voices of People Working to...

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2022/06/02

Devin: What do you see as your superpower?Esperanza: My superpower? Well, I think there are two that I would credit myself with. One is probably what boils down to being shrewdly pragmatic. I can both envision and implement. And then I would say the other is not losing focus on my own voice.Newly appointed executive director of the Food and Farm Communication Fund, Esperanza Pallana, explains her work:At FFCF, we believe that in order to create food and farm systems that foster racial equity, social

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How 'Zebras Fix What Unicorns Break' Created a Global...

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2022/05/31

Today, May 31, 2022, is the last day to register for SuperCrowd22 to receive a free copy of Crowdfunding for Social Good. U.S. registrants receive an autographed copy; international registrants receive a digital copy.Devin: What do you see as your superpower that’s enabling you to do all this?Mara: I think the superpower that I guess I call on the most is probably listening.What is Zebras Unite?Mara Zepeda, one of the four co-founders of Zebras Unite, describes the business as “an international

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26:42

This Investor Measures ROI in Terms of Megatons of...

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2022/05/26

Devin: Look at that skill set that you’ve got. What do you see as your superpower within that skill set that will allow you to make this happen?Peet: I haven’t been looking forward to that question. It’s difficult to introspect, and, well, it’s bold and brave to say this is my superpower. So, I asked around and, you know, my friends and family, ‘What would you say to this?” I recognize what they said, which is I’m an evangelist. One of them said storytelling; another one said optimism. And I think

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26:50

7 Principles to Empower Yourself by Aligning Your...

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2022/05/24

Devin: What do you see as your standout superpower?Sharon: I’m very good at that big picture at the vision and then getting people feeling motivated by that vision rather than demotivated by the problems of the world.Sharon Schneider, the founder of Integrated Capital Strategies, helps uber-wealthy families and successful entrepreneurs align their lives more fully with their values. She paints a picture to allow them to see that their charitable giving is a small part of their social impact.Sharon

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33:14

This Social Entrepreneur May Appear Scattered But...

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2022/05/19

Devin: What do you think of within that skill set as being your superpower?Michelle: I am a very practical problem solver. The analytical thinking from the legal training side is something that definitely helps evaluate things. I’m a practical problem solver. I believe there are solutions to all problems. So for me, it’s about communication, openness and problem-solving. I guess that’s multiple superpowers, but I see it under the umbrella of communication.You could be forgiven for thinking Michelle

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23:05

This Changemaker Now Runs the Nonprofit That Helped...

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2022/05/17

Devin: What do you see as the personal strength that has most enabled you to be successful?Nolvia: That's a really good question, I think for me. Throughout my life, there's always been this desire to help others, and I always knew that that's what I wanted to do. I just didn't know how.Thirteen years ago, Nolvia Delgado was a student at Borough of Manhattan Community College. She completed a rigorous application to the Kaplan Educational Foundation for support transferring to a selective four-year

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28:00

'Ethical Alternative to Eventbrite' Aims to Make...

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2022/05/12

Devin: What do you see as your superpower?Josh: My superpower is my friendship with Adam. So Adam's been my best mate pretty much since university days, and I would never have been able to do this without him.Humanitix co-founder and co-CEO Josh Ross says, “Humanitix is a ticketing platform for events. Think of it like an ethical alternative to an Eventbrite. We exist to solve social problems.”After recording this interview last month, we swapped out our ticketing host for SuperCrowd22 to use

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23:55

How One Person's Cancer Journey Could Help Ease Those...

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2022/05/10

Devin: What do you see as your superpower?Paoola: I think my superpower has always been I have felt this need to use my skills and experience in service to others.Paoola Sefair is a cancer survivor who used her experience to build an app to make the cancer journey a bit more tolerable, enabling patients and caregivers to coordinate support more effectively. She calls her app and her enterprise My CareCrew.Paoola’s Cancer Journey“My cancer journey started out as a simple, “‘Oh, I can't swallow,’”

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41:00

Discover the Power of Community Capital

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2022/05/05

Devin: What do you see as your superpower?Chris: There are a couple of things, and I hesitate to label them superpowers because that doesn't feel right.Chris: What I've recognized, and it's been by happenstance, [is] that for some reason people will listen when I say stuff, and if I say it well, they might think about doing it…One of the things that I have, I think, has been helpful for me in this movement is I've been able to envision what this looks like when we have much more democratic economies

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20:59

This New Giving Platform Makes Having Impact Easier...

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2022/05/03

Devin: What do you see as your superpower?Andi: I think my superpower is a bias towards action. And what I mean by that is I'm willing to take a leap before I feel completely ready. I'm okay with being uncomfortable and getting outside of my comfort zone. And maybe I would state that I'm more afraid of never trying than failing at something. So I'm willing to take kind of that first step.Have you ever given up donating to a cause because it became too difficult to choose the right nonprofit? Andi

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One Leader Splits His Time to Unify More of the World

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2022/04/28

Devin: What is your superpower?Joseph: I believe that first and foremost, my superpower is my understanding that I am a reflection of the divine in my full uniqueness and within the full mysterious nature of how, in fact, all of us are individually, but yet collectively, a reflection of who the divine is, whether you call God, God, whether it's divine intelligence, the energy or the force, whatever your understanding of that idea and sense of divinity. What my superpower is, is that I have come to

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30:56

What You Missed at the Academy Awards

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2022/04/26

Devin: How would you describe your superpower? Lisette: I would say it's two things, but those two things have to be combined. It's determination making the impossible possible. It's about progress, not about perfection. And you mentioned progress before. And I think that so many people sometimes are scared of not getting it right that they don't move forward. So it's about progress, not perfection. And I think that that determination gets you one step further every day. But it's also about empathy,

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