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 . Read the full Forbes article and watch the interview here: http://bit.ly/2I71x1X . Vince Bertram, 50, CEO of Project Lead the Way, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that provides STEM education, curriculum and training to schools, districts and teachers for millions of students across the country, says operating as a mission-driven busin...

Never miss another interview! Join Devin here: http://bit.ly/joindevin . Michael Dash, founder and CEO of Parallel HR could use any number of excuses for not making time to give back. He doesn’t. Instead, he travels the world doing good. Interview with Michael Dash, the CEO/President of Parallel HR Solutions, Inc. The following is the pre-interview with Michael Dash. Be sure to watch the recorded...

Never miss another interview! Join Devin here: http://bit.ly/joindevin . With the support of their respective organizations, three women in the nonprofit sector are seeking to shake things up a bit to call attention to inadequate respect, compensation and opportunity. Heba Mahmoud at the Association of Fundraising Professionals, Emily Rose Patz at Donor Perfect (a division of Softerware) and Tycel...

Never miss another interview! Join Devin here: http://bit.ly/joindevin . This episode is unusually visual. Please consider watching this episode on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/TNrwrwEQdRg . Eric Hatch thought photographing volunteers from the community of people addicted to alcohol, meth and heroin would make for an interesting artistic challenge. Once he started meeting them and seeing them as...

Never miss another interview! Join Devin here: http://bit.ly/joindevin . Read the full Forbes article and watch the interview here: http://bit.ly/2JCt4J2 . Customers at Even Stevens, which promises to give a sandwich for each one it sells, may envision a kitchen in the back where employees make sandwiches for homeless people, but co-founder Sara Day, 28, explains it doesn’t work that way. Day, the...

Never miss another interview! Join Devin here: http://bit.ly/joindevin . Richard Marker has been advising philanthropists for 25 years. Today, he took time to share his insights with us! He not only shares some best practices for philanthropy he offers tips for nonprofits who seek money from them (hint: don’t waste your time building relationships with philanthropists who don’t have an interest in...

Never miss another interview! Join Devin here: http://bit.ly/joindevin . Read the full Forbes article and watch the interview here: http://bit.ly/2K8CNIh . David Shrier left MIT after adopting the school’s mission and applying it to his artificial intelligence startup, Distilled Analytics. He’s hoping to disrupt impact measurement for companies and investors alike with the company’s new product, D...

Never miss another interview! Join Devin here: http://bit.ly/joindevin . Read the full Forbes article and watch the interview here: http://bit.ly/2JmRw17 . The youth you hope to help as a social entrepreneur or nonprofit leader may be your most powerful tool for helping them. This message comes from a recent report published by the United Nations University called “Cradled by Conflict.” The report...

Never miss another interview! Join Devin here: http://bit.ly/joindevin . Offering banking services to unbanked, vulnerable populations is a model for lifting people out of poverty. It is also a model for indentured servitude and even modern day slavery. Microvest Capital Manages has invested over $1 billion in in microlending firms. Candace Smith, the firm’s head of risk, joined me to talk about h...

Never miss another interview! Join Devin here: http://bit.ly/joindevin . Sebastien Duffillot says he was drawn first to Laos by its people but quickly became an activist for conserving the few remaining elephants in a place known as “the land of a million elephants.” The Elephant Conservation Center houses 30 asian elephants. They are not required to perform or give rides. They live in a protected...

Never miss another interview! Join Devin here: http://bit.ly/joindevin . Read the full Forbes article and watch the interview here: http://bit.ly/2GKqm7j . Three physicians who are appalled by the mountain of student debt in America have developed a plan to help students pay off their student loans early. Their plan would also provide free services to nonprofit organizations. The trio is now putti...

Never miss another interview! Join Devin here: http://bit.ly/joindevin . Merrilee Buchanan and Carol Storey working to empower women around the globe. Merrilee runs Villa Leadership Group, working to consult, train and coach women to successfully take on greater leadership roles. Carol writes their stores on the Villa Blog. What is the problem you solve and how do you solve it? Many women feel iso...

Never miss another interview! Join Devin here: http://bit.ly/joindevin . Andrew Jewett, Co-CEO of Aperture, is writing a new script for raising money for the firm’s new real estate fund. The firm will issue a new cryptocurrency with each coin representing a share of the fund. The funds raised will be used to rehabilitate homes lost to foreclosure to make them habitable and ready for families to oc...

Never miss another interview! Join Devin here: http://bit.ly/joindevin . Bruno Marino, PhD, founder of Planet Alpha Corp, is working to finance projects to preserve, protect and expand forests in cooperation with local communities. Using modern technology, the new company can actually measure the amount of carbon sequestered by the forest. The company is conducting a $50 million Regulation A+ offe...

Never miss another interview! Join Devin here: http://bit.ly/joindevin . Jeff Nash was a resident in this program. Now he’s the executive director of Habilitat. He knows first hand how hard it is to overcome addiction. His insights help him to more effectively help others who are following behind. Habilitat is a unique rehabilitation program that is funded entirely by enterprises run by the reside...

Never miss another interview! Join Devin here: http://bit.ly/joindevin . Most people think it’s a typo when they read that Holly Tree Richardson has 25 children. It’s not. Everyone would agree that raising 25 kids is enough, but not her. She served in the Utah House of Representatives and has been a political activist for decades. She is now a newspaper columnist and works for a nonprofit in Utah...

Never miss another interview! Join Devin here: http://bit.ly/joindevin . Read the full Forbes article and watch the interview here: http://bit.ly/2pMxvcP . When LeAnn Thieman’s kids were moving out of the house twenty years ago, she says her husband, Mark Thieman, “had this wonderful ideal thing that I was going to stay home and start quilting.” Instead, her “hobby” of writing and speaking took he...

Never miss another interview! Join Devin here: http://bit.ly/joindevin . Read the full Forbes article and watch the interview here: http://bit.ly/2GxPQnq . Entering a new school in an unfamiliar community, feeling alone and isolated, then 13-year-old Shane Feldman took the advice of a mentor to get involved with school clubs and service organizations. He enjoyed it so much, he organized an event a...

Never miss another interview! Join Devin here: http://bit.ly/joindevin . Pete Martin was challenged to come up with an idea to impact 1 billion people in a way that would positively impact their lives. He decided to reinvent voting by using blockchain technology to create immutable, auditable records of your votes. He is building a system that will allow you to verify that your vote was counted at...

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Never miss another interview! Join Devin here: http://bit.ly/joindevin . Stephanie Bowers launched her nonprofit seven years ago after seeing mothers reusing disposable diapers in a struggling community in Peru. She really hit her stride after she found CaringCrowd and started crowdfunding for her organization. With 25 campaigns under her belt, she’s learned to ask for what she needs and to get wh...

Never miss another interview! Join Devin here: http://bit.ly/joindevin . Read the full Forbes article and watch the interview here: http://bit.ly/2Fay7li . Just back from Korea where he served as an NBC commentator on the Winter Olympics, Apolo Ohno joined me for a discussion about skating and his new venture in cryptocurrencies. Ohno, who won a total of eight medals, including two gold medals, as...

Never miss another interview! Join Devin here: http://bit.ly/joindevin . John Popel joined me to tell me about his new app, Chummy, that helps you ask for help when you need it and give help when you can. It is available both in app store for IOS devices and in Google Play for Android devices. Interview with John Popel, the Head of Growth of Chummy. The following is the pre-interview with John Pop...

Never miss another interview! Join Devin here: http://bit.ly/joindevin . Read the full Forbes article and watch the interview here: http://bit.ly/2Cfbnjd . Nancy Mahon, SVP of global philanthropy and corporate citizenship for The Estee Lauder Companies and global executive director for the MAC AIDS Fund, has some counsel for social entrepreneurs and other business leaders interested in impact. It...

Never miss another interview! Join Devin here: http://bit.ly/joindevin . Robyn Shumer didn’t ever want to weigh 40 pounds. Before she was ten years old, she developed anorexia. To this day, she faces the effects of the disease. Courageously, she recently opened up about her story to help raise more than $10,000 for Project Heal on CaringCrowd.org . Preliminary Interview with Robyn Shumer Who Raise...