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

Devin: What do you see as your superpower? Lyneir: Three things: recognizing what it means to fail and understanding all of the, you know, got battle scars and war wounds to show that. The absolute abhorrence of arrogance combined with the patience to see value in people and places. That’s some combination if you want to call that a superpower. That’s what gets me up and gives me energy every day....

Devin: What do you see as your superpower? Victoria: I would say my superpower is my—this is very superman of me—my sense of justice. Since I was 15 or 16, I told myself I was going to be in Greenpeace and I was going to be an eco-warrior. So I think since a young age, I’ve known that whatever I did with my life, it had to have a sense of purpose and that it was going to make change in the world....

We’re thrilled to announce that DealMaker is a gold sponsor for SuperCrowd23 ! Devin: What do you see as your superpower? Mat: There is a continuous learning and growth that I have always identified within me and certainly in my partner as well that we try to bring to the company. It’s a mindset that says every day, I’m going to try to get a little bit better. I think over time, the information we...

When you purchase an item after clicking a link from this post, we may earn a commission. Devin: What is your superpower? Leslie: Well, I don’t think there’s one superpower. I think I have a lot of little superpowers that, when you put them all together, they’re what people see as a superpower. I have my chaplaincy, am a certified mediator, have traveled and lived out of the country for 13 and a h...

Devin: What do you see as your superpower? Meseret: I was a refugee young person, and now I'm looking at [Ethiopia's economy], and I'm saying, why are we seeing this crisis over and over? I wanted to at least make progress in that space. I believe that it's not going to be through aid. It's going to be through entrepreneurship, investment and trade. I just want to be in that space, really. Meseret...

Devin: What is your superpower? Cecile: I don’t think it’s a superpower because most people have it. Maybe we need to migrate people into exercising it, but I do think that grit might be it. Cecile Blilious has become one of the most significant players in impact investing in Israel, now leading impact and sustainability at the country’s largest fund, Pitango Venture Capital . Founded by Chemi Per...

When you purchase an item after clicking a link from this post, we may earn a commission. Devin: What is your superpower? Jed: I guess my superpower would be what I understand Walter Brueggemann spoke about. I’m not sure; I’ve never actually read this, but I had heard it attributed to him—the whole notion of humbition. By humbition, I mean the idea that we should be hugely ambitious in the agenda...

Devin: What do you see as your superpower? Tevin: What I would say is empathy. I’d probably say I feel that I’m an empathetic person. “My personal mission is literally to build a better world for us all,” says British podcast host Tevin Kittoe. “ 1000 Voices is an avenue that I’m using right now.” Tevin’s goal is to feature 1,000 Black British changemakers on the show. Reminding me that the people...

Devin: What do you see as your superpower? Ruth: When I was growing up, my father, who was also an entrepreneur, basically imparted this sense of self-determination, you can just state what you want to be—put what you want to be out in the world, and then you can become it. This is huge. I mean, this is big. I’m talking $250 billion. Coca-Cola Company has sponsored the launch of a FINRA-regulated...

When you purchase an item after clicking a link from this post, we may earn a commission. Devin: What do you see as your superpower? Ken: One of the things I’ve learned is that I work well with entrepreneurs. I’ve been a five-time entrepreneur myself, but I’ve also enjoyed working with other entrepreneurs. “We’re the oldest, and we believe also the largest business accelerator in the clean tech cl...

Devin: What is your superpower? Lucas: I saw as a 17-year-old, I could do something. As a kid, I didn’t have money. I didn’t have anything else to give but my time. It changed me from the inside out. So, I think, “What is my superpower?” My superpower is that at 17, I began to have a worldview that I can make a difference. What if Taylor Swift asked her 92 million Twitter followers and 241 million...

Devin: What do you see as your superpower? Joey: I am equal parts left brain and right brain. I’ve been an artist my whole life in one way or another. But, I stumbled into a career in business and have sort of always excelled at whatever I wanted to do, whether it was creative or whether it was business. Joey Flores founded Inversion Art to become the Y Combinator for fine artists. Joey founded a...

I’m not a financial advisor; nothing I write in Superpowers for Good should be treated as investment advice. You should seek appropriate counsel before making investment decisions. Devin: What do you see as your superpower? Ian: Isn’t it amazing that we all have a superpower? To me, it’s something that’s important—knowing the tremendous value that everybody brings. I think that my superpower is be...

I’m not a financial advisor and nothing I write in Superpowers for Good should be treated as investment advice. You should seek appropriate counsel before making investment decisions. Devin: What do you see as your superpower? James: The first thing that comes to mind in getting to know myself better is my inclusivity. After attending the Global Clean Energy Action Forum hosted by the Department o...

Devin: What do you see as your superpower? Angel: My power is to be in the midst of [crises] and to create a team that has the power to communicate with the community, with the police department, with the DA’s office, with judges and anybody in between. Over the past four-plus decades, Angel Rodriguez’s Avenues for Justice (AFJ) has helped thousands of young people caught up in the justice system...

When you purchase an item after clicking a link from this post, we may earn a commission. Devin: What is your superpower? Alex: I think a superpower is that I’m comfortable with not being good at a lot of stuff. Alex Budak, a faculty member at Berkeley’s Haas School of Business, is a reluctant author. He loves teaching but didn’t feel intrinsically drawn to writing. “I teach this class at UC Berke...

If you’re in emotional distress or suicidal crisis, find help in your area with Find a helpline . Devin: What is your superpower? LaNail: I like to think that I’m just magic. I’m just walking magic. I just sprinkle magic everywhere I go. That magic comes in the form of what people would see as disciplined or intentional, the intersection of understanding words and the power of words, as well as be...

If you’re in emotional distress or suicidal crisis, find help in your area with Find a helpline . Raised by a World War II veteran father, retired two-Star General Gregg Martin anticipated military service. He joined the ROTC at the University of Maine, then transferred to West Point. “I did really well at West Point, and then I graduated, went out into the active army, the field Army. I just love...

Devin: What do you see as your superpower? Jens: Oh, that’s a good question, but I think it would have to be imagination. Jens Martin Skibsted is working to make mobility more sustainable. His work is pivotal for humanity, given transportation's outsized role in exacerbating the climate crisis. Jens helped found the global design firm Manyone . Early in his career, he co-founded a bicycle company....

When you purchase an item after clicking a link from this post, we may earn a commission. Devin: What is your superpower? Tania: The thing that I hear most often from people in terms of a thing that they have found to be helpful about working with me is that my focus when interacting with anyone is how I can help them be more effective at whatever it is they want to be more effective at. I tend to...

Devin: What do you see as your superpower? Dhaval: It would probably be simplicity. It’s something I got trained in at Apple—probably a little bit innate—but the ability to take a complex problem and simplify it to its essence. That’s probably my superpower if I had to pick one. Working to solve a personal problem, Dhaval Patel, CEO and founder of Lotus Laboratories, has found a potential solution...

Devin: What do you see as your superpower? Paul: I thought a little bit about this because I’ve obviously heard the podcast before. I’m going to go with the analogy, and I’m going to say x-ray vision. By that, I mean that I can see patterns and networks of people and organizations and see how you can connect them. Out of that connection will come something that’s good for them, the people they ser...

Devin: What do you see as your superpower? Dan: I would say one of the things that I’ve been blessed with is the ability to win people’s trust and confidence, specifically leaders. I just have this chronic problem of thinking of others first, almost to a fault. I think that helps. “We all know what it’s like maybe to work for a boss that inspires us and pulls the best out of us,” says Daniel Coope...

Devin: What is your superpower? Miah: I genuinely think my superpower is humility and patience. My superpower now is that I’ve lived a life trying to uplift other people—my children, my business colleagues, the people in my community. My superpower is telling stories that are driven by experience and by data. But are told in really interesting ways from a place of humility and a place of genuine s...

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, CEO of the regulated real estate investment crowdfunding portal Small Change , has put the shoe on the other foot. She’s raising money for Small Change on Wefunder . ( Full disclos...