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/2BqpYXU . Even as India is increasingly recognized as a global power, the developing country continues to wrestle with vexing challenges. Some of the country’s leading entrepreneurs and corporate executives have come together to help scale solutions. Atu...

Never miss another interview! Join Devin here: http://bit.ly/joindevin . Read the full Forbes article and watch the interview here: http://bit.ly/2BqpYXU . Even as India is increasingly recognized as a global power, the developing country continues to wrestle with vexing challenges. Some of the country’s leading entrepreneurs and corporate executives have come together to help scale solutions. Atu...

Never miss another interview! Join Devin here: http://bit.ly/joindevin . Serial entrepreneur Mark Jeffrey has developed a new platform using mobile devices that could give billions of people in the world access to emergency response for the first time. Available today, the Guardian Circle app allows you to build a network of friends who may be willing to come to your aid when you’re in a pickle or...

Never miss another interview! Join Devin here: http://bit.ly/joindevin . When Ken Martin left “Wall Street” to make a dent on “Main Street” he really wanted to make a difference. With so much of the economy still operating in small businesses in the old economy, he saw a need--and when an entrepreneur sees a need he sees an opportunity--small business lending for established companies. Regulation...

Never miss another interview! Join Devin here: http://bit.ly/joindevin . Read the full Forbes article and watch the interview here: http://bit.ly/2FViACL . James Hagen admits his health wasn’t great while working as a hedge fund analyst. The stress and a chronic disease diagnosed as a kid left him looking for answers. When his parents decided to retire from their catalog dental supply business, he...

Never miss another interview! Join Devin here: http://bit.ly/joindevin . Kevin Adair and Franz “Franky Fanfan started working on the Island of Hispañola in 2005, hoping to bring solar cooking to the Dominican Republic. Slowly, over the years, their focus has shifted to Haiti, where they are working to eliminate charcoal in favor of briquettes made from recycled paper, cardboard and sawdust. Up to...

With most community college students hoping to transfer to a four-year college, statistics show that most don’t transfer and only half of those who do, finish. The Kaplan Educational Foundation, headed by Nancy Lee Sanchez, is working to help community college students transfer successfully to universities and earn bachelor's degrees. Interview with Nancy Lee Sánchez, the Executive Director of Kap...

Never miss another interview! Join Devin here: http://bit.ly/joindevin . After a health crisis in her family, Margaux Khoury began working to create a healthy, environmentally friendly deodorant for herself and her family. After developing one that worked, she decided to share it with the world. She calls it The Best Deodorant In The World and hopes it really is the best deodorant for the world. I...

Never miss another interview! Join Devin here: http://bit.ly/joindevin . Ann Webb envisioned herself on stage, making a fortune and changing the world. She set out to do just that. Then an “impression” inspired her to head in another direction. Unsure if it would work, Webb decided to take her life skills training that had been helping people in the US to be more successful and apply the same tech...

Never miss another interview! Join Devin here: http://bit.ly/joindevin . Read the full Forbes article and watch the interview here: http://bit.ly/2GvpdwL . Halal investing forbids investing in debt, making many traditional investment vehicles off-limits to Muslims seeking to follow Sharia guidance. As a result, many in the Muslim community have limited their investments to cash savings and real es...

Never miss another interview! Join Devin here: http://bit.ly/joindevin . Zachary Schleien lost a friend, Louis, who suffered from schizophrenia, in a tragic and unnecessary death. His friend’s passing inspired him to do something. Having just been introduced at work to CaringCrowd, Johnson & Johnson’s crowdfunding platform to support global public health efforts, Zach launched a campaign to raise...

Never miss another interview! Join Devin here: http://bit.ly/joindevin . Kathleen Kelly Janus, Stanford Lecturer and author of Social Startup Success, began her education in social entrepreneurship as a child, skipping church with her parents to help the homeless. That foundation led her to start a nonprofit called Spark alongside her legal career. The book is about how to scale a nonprofit, with...

Never miss another interview! Join Devin here: http://bit.ly/joindevin . BDC is the only bank in Canada focused entirely on serving entrepreneurs. The bank is so excited about serving social entrepreneurs that it has a wide-ranging program to support them and provide the same banking services they provide to other entrepreneurs. They don’t stop there. Craig Rayan, Director of Social Entrepreneursh...

Never miss another interview! Join Devin here: http://bit.ly/joindevin . Read the full Forbes article and watch the interview here: http://bit.ly/2mke1d5 . Originally from inner-city Baltimore, Maryland, successful tech entrepreneur Clarence Wooten, 46, got into tech and computers through video games as a kid. He played on the old Atari, ColecoVision and Commodore platforms. From those modest begi...

Never miss another interview! Join Devin here: http://bit.ly/joindevin . Read the full Forbes article and watch the interview here: http://bit.ly/2FitaEx . At 29, Brett Durbin went to Tegucigalpa, Honduras to find a cause for his church to support. He’d never imagined how this would change his life. The organization he ultimately founded, Trash Mountain Project, serves the people who make their li...

Never miss another interview! Join Devin here: http://bit.ly/joindevin . Read the full Forbes article and watch the interview here: http://bit.ly/2mdUnQ6 . Fresh out of college, Rob Gitin took a job working in homeless services along with one of his classmates, Mumtaz Mustapha. One day, she said, “Wouldn’t it be wonderful if one day someone started a program that was specifically focused on the ki...

Never miss another interview! Join Devin here: http://bit.ly/joindevin . Read the full Forbes article and watch the interview here: http://bit.ly/2lFBYfo . Chris Soukup, 38, is a third-generation member of the deaf community. As a child, he remembers his paternal grandparents visiting each week with a list of phone calls to be made by his mother, who could hear. In those days, before the relay ser...

Never miss another interview! Join Devin here: http://bit.ly/joindevin . Marty Tate, partner at Carman Lenhoff Israelsen, explains in this interview what a SAFE or Simple Agreement for Future Equity is and just how safe it is for both issuers and investors. If you’ve ever wanted to invest in an equity crowdfunding campaign, you do not want to miss this episode. Check out my free webinar where I sh...

Never miss another interview! Join Devin here: http://bit.ly/joindevin . Read the full Forbes article and watch the interview here: http://bit.ly/2BBApJw . Catarina Schwab, 43, and Lindsay Beck have set out to completely revolutionize philanthropy. Their firm, NPX, Inc., has introduced a new security to Wall Street called the “Impact security,” which they hope will end the practice of funding nonp...

Never miss another interview! Join Devin here: http://bit.ly/joindevin . Type 1 Diabetics, those who typically contract the disease as children and not as a result of a lack of diet or exercise, are entirely dependent upon insulin. Today’s insulin delivery and blood glucose monitoring use devices--insulin pumps and continuous glucose monitors--that must be connected to them all the time. Finding a...

Never miss another interview! Join Devin here: http://bit.ly/joindevin . Read the full Your Mark on the World article and watch the interview here: http://bit.ly/2kMgFYd . Toshiharu Kano, 71, was born seven months after the United States dropped the bomb on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. Pregnant with Kano and living less than 1 kilometer or about half a mile from the center of the blast, his mother...

Never miss another interview! Join Devin here: http://bit.ly/joindevin . Dontello Antonio, 27, is a filmmaker who is bringing attention to taboo subjects, from drug abuse to sex trafficking in his new short film "The Hopeless Journey." While not strictly autobiographical, the story incorporates personal life experiences. The following is the pre-interview with Dontell Antonio. Be sure to watch the...

Never miss another interview! Join Devin here: http://bit.ly/joindevin . Vivien Hoexter said she had trouble getting up in the morning to sell consumer goods so she sought out an opportunity to lead a more mission-driven, fulfilling life. Along the way, she’s helped nonprofits raise $1.5 billion. The following is the pre-interview with Vivien Hoexter. Be sure to watch the recorded interview above....

Never miss another interview! Join Devin here: http://bit.ly/joindevin . Interview with Karli Sue VerHoef, the Director of Sunshine Heroes Foundation. As a child, Karli Sue VerHoef was a quadriplegic. At the time, she was told she always would be. She came to appreciate how she depended on others for help. When she recovered, she considered it such a gift that she has devoted her life to serving c...

Never miss another interview! Join Devin here: http://bit.ly/joindevin . Interview with Jacob Allen, the Managing Director of Cicero Social Impact. For nearly a year, Jacob Allen has been working on a comprehensive report about philanthropy in the State of Utah. While some of the lessons are unique to Utah--the most philanthropically generous state in the nation--most of the insights are generally...