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

Never miss another interview! Join Devin here: http://bit.ly/joindevin . Felix W. Ortiz III, 34, is a U.S. Army veteran who is working to reinvent the process of employment for salaried positions, especially in the tech sector, by focusing on skills rather than degrees. Working with companies, colleges and candidates, the social enterprise he leads as CEO and founder, Viridis Learning, Inc., has b...

Never miss another interview! Join Devin here: http://bit.ly/joindevin . Humanity and Hope United, a nonprofit working in rural Honduras, raised $37,000 in 36 hours on crowdfunding site CaringCrowd. The site, sponsored by Johnson & Johnson, offers genuinely free crowdfunding services for global, public health related projects, charging only credit card processing. Unlike some crowdfunding sites, C...

Never miss another interview! Join Devin here: http://bit.ly/joindevin . The mission of the Your Mark on the World Center is to end extreme poverty, improve health and mitigate climate change. I asked U.S. Senate candidate Jenny Wilson--who faces a daunting challenge in popular Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney--for her take on each of these issues. Poverty: Wilson acknowledged that even here in...

Never miss another interview! Join Devin here: http://bit.ly/joindevin . More than a decade in development, Lice Clinics of America has opened 200 clinics in just five years. The company uses a patented technology that uses no chemicals to treat the itchy and highly contagious condition. The secret: hot air. Tune in to the full interview with CEO Claire Roberts to learn more. Interview with Claire...

Never miss another interview! Join Devin here: http://bit.ly/joindevin . Women and minorities have traditionally been underfunded in the venture community. Two years since the implementation of the Security and Exchange Commission’s Regulation Crowdfunding, data is beginning to show a shift. Republic CEO and co-founder, Kendrick Nguyen, observes, “If you look at the number of women founders who re...

Never miss another interview! Join Devin here: http://bit.ly/joindevin . Max and Jake Klein, now 14, remember being told they were too young to volunteer when they were just seven or eight years old. That frustration ultimately inspired them to launch a matching service to help kids--and adults--find service opportunities. Recently, Verizon recognized their work with its Service Through STEM Award...

Never miss another interview! Join Devin here: http://bit.ly/joindevin . JP Morgan Chase Foundation recently announced that it would be increasing it grantmaking to $1.75 billion over the next five years. Much of their philanthropic giving is paired with supportive lending as well, potentially increasing the impact. (Disclosure: I have a small investment in JPM stock.) Foundation president Janis B...

Never miss another interview! Join Devin here: http://bit.ly/joindevin . CaringCrowd, proudly sponsored by Johnson & Johnson, is a sponsor of GoodCrowd.info . Lindsey Hagen is an executive producer at Stept Studios, where she produces commercials and other short films. Recently, she turned her lens on amputees in Ecuador, where many do not receive the care they need. She successfully raised $10,00...

Never miss another interview! Join Devin here: http://bit.ly/joindevin . Travis Holoway and Rodney Williams hit upon a brilliant strategy to disrupt the payday lending business with a tool that would be much more borrower-friendly. That tool is the SoLo Funds app, available from both the App Store and Google Play. The app lets borrowers set the terms. Remarkably, lenders are generous. That may hav...

Never miss another interview! Join Devin here: http://bit.ly/joindevin . Durell Coleman wanted to be an inventor since he was a young child. His brother, five years his senior, died from cancer after graduating from high school. Before he did, he challenged his younger brother to make cancer treatments better. That request was seared into Durell’s memory and changed the direction of his life. Toda...

Never miss another interview! Join Devin here: http://bit.ly/joindevin . Read the full Forbes article and watch the interview here: http://bit.ly/2l7BCxn . On May 25, the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation went into effect. These rules effectively apply to almost every website operated in the world—including your nonprofit or social venture. If you haven’t figured out compliance y...

Never miss another interview! Join Devin here: http://bit.ly/joindevin . Teen suicide risk in Utah is multiples of the national average. During the school year just ended, seven students at one Utah high school died at their own hand. The problem isn’t new this year. Many people are working at strategies to end the pattern. One initiative is the SafeUT app. Utah kids are encouraged to download the...

Never miss another interview! Join Devin here: http://bit.ly/joindevin . Read the full Forbes article and watch the interview here: http://bit.ly/2LLU4Xw . The assumption that Philippe Cousteau, 38, had no choice but to follow in the footsteps—er, wake—of his famous, sea-exploring grandfather Jacques Cousteau is wrong. While the younger Cousteau revere’s his grandfather, it was his own experience...

Never miss another interview! Join Devin here: http://bit.ly/joindevin . Rayaan Arif is a serial entrepreneur who has joined the crypto community, seeking now to play a role in matchmaking between funders and new ventures in the space. We spoke about crypto in general to get a better picture of latest trends and issues. Be sure to tune in to the recording. Preliminary Interview with Rayaan Arif, t...

Never miss another interview! Join Devin here: http://bit.ly/joindevin . Read the full Forbes article and watch the interview here: http://bit.ly/2LmUq6S . Scott Stiles, 29, began learning about modern slavery while attending school at Brigham Young University – Hawaii. He decided to simply put slave traders out of business by competing with them in Hong Kong. His thesis: both the workers caught i...

Never miss another interview! Join Devin here: http://bit.ly/joindevin . Read the full Forbes article and watch the interview here: http://bit.ly/2LZNn5k . Eva Yazhari, co-founder and CEO of Beyond Capital, a nonprofit organization that makes profitable, seed-stage investments in India and East Africa, says the nonprofit status “is vitally important for us.” Operating as a nonprofit has allowed th...

Never miss another interview! Join Devin here: http://bit.ly/joindevin . Karen Palmer uses kindness and compassion to guide every decision she makes and every action she takes. Interview with Karen Palmer, the President and Founder of Globalkindness GoingViral. The following is the pre-interview with Karen Palmer. Be sure to watch the recorded interview above. What is the problem you solve and how...

Never miss another interview! Join Devin here: http://bit.ly/joindevin . Read the full Forbes article and watch the interview here: http://bit.ly/2IIz5UB . Resenting the prevailing narrative about poverty in Haiti, Marc Alain Boucicault, a Fulbright Scholar, and a former economist for the World Bank and Inter-American Development Bank, is putting his experience to work as a social entrepreneur, ho...

Never miss another interview! Join Devin here: http://bit.ly/joindevin . Joyce Mattera started helping out in her Brooklyn neighbor when she moved there almost four decades ago. Her organization, Children of the City, now serves 1,000 kids every year. She measures success in the accomplishments of the tens of thousands of kids she’s helped along the way. Interview with Joyce Mattera, the Executive...

Never miss another interview! Join Devin here: http://bit.ly/joindevin . Read the full Forbes article and watch the interview here: http://bit.ly/2KEPdXC . Robert Rubinstein, 66, founder of the TBLI Group, has been advocating for sustainable, responsible or impact investing since the mid-1990s. One of the key lessons he’s learned: start big. “I always focus on irresponsible investors and criminals...

Never miss another interview! Join Devin here: http://bit.ly/joindevin . Jenny Kassan, a Yale-trained lawyer in California has carved out a niche, working for more than a decade to help women and social entrepreneurs use every legal means to access entrepreneur-friendly, patient capital. Today, using Regulation CF, along with Regulation D sections 504 and 506(c) along with Regulation A+, she is he...

Never miss another interview! Join Devin here: http://bit.ly/joindevin . Scott and Angela Uhland were as sad and afraid as any parents when their three-year-old Lucia was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. Two years of treatment left her healthy and starting school with her peers. Scott always hoped to find a way to give back to the team of people who treated Lucia. He was especially fon...

Never miss another interview! Join Devin here: http://bit.ly/joindevin . Kate Hayes joined Echoing Green with a clean mission in mind: help nonprofits build better boards. Too many boards are untrained, lack diversity and aren’t fully engaged. She’s developed programs to help nonprofits and board candidates alike to be more effective. What is the problem you solve and how do you solve it? Nonprofi...

Never miss another interview! Join Devin here: http://bit.ly/joindevin . Fresh, clean water is one of the scarcest resources on the planet and much what we use to water our yards is wasted. Conserva Irrigation is employing technology to shut your system down when the soil contains enough moisture--and much more. Founder and vice president, Russ Jundt, explains how the technology can reduce water u...

Never miss another interview! Join Devin here: http://bit.ly/joindevin . Sheeza Shah has built a global crowdfunding platform called UpEffect just for social entrepreneurs. Sheeza says her Islamic faith teaches and inspires her to make the world a better place. Preliminary Interview with Sheeza Shah, the of UpEffect. The following is a brief pre-interview that provides context for the recorded int...