Changes at Superpowers for Good
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Eleven years ago, I launched what I now call the Superpowers for Good show. It has always been a video-enabled show. Starting about 1,000 episodes ago (truly), we began distributing the show as a podcast. Just 50 episodes ago, we began distributing the show via television.
Since we moved the show to Substack in 2021, I’ve been sharing a Wednesday post with some of my thoughts about social impact. These include monthly posts about the Impact Cherub Club and occasional random posts, including one about my first ride in a self-driving car on the streets of San Francisco. This is such a post.
Last fall, we started sharing a list of new crowdfund offerings each week on Monday. Chandan Saha prepares the list for us. He looks at all the new campaigns listed with the SEC for impact in four categories: social impact, women founders, minority founders and LGBTQ founders. (The last of those is the shortest; some weeks, there are no new listings.)
Chandan also prepares a weekly digest that goes out on Saturdays. Chandan’s Monday and Saturday posts are the most popular, which suggests we were wise to create them. I’m grateful for the work he does and the value he adds to the community.
Since we started distributing content via Substack, we’ve adjusted the protocols for sharing it a few times. We’re making a few adjustments now and want to give you a little heads-up.
At the beginning of 2024, The Super Crowd, Inc., a public benefit corporation, officially took ownership of the newsletter and the show. These two operations had previously been operated separately. I owned the show and newsletter, and TSCI owned and operated the SuperCrowd events (I own most of the shares of TSCI). By combining the operations, we eliminate some troubling little conflicts.
One implication of the change is that when you subscribe to the show and newsletter here on Superpowers for Good, you now become an official member of the SuperCrowd. When you choose to pay for your subscription, you become an Impact Member!
Our Impact Members will now receive some of the content earlier than other members. In addition, Impact Members will get some exclusive content, though all the content members have been receiving, they will continue to receive for free.
If you’re not sure of your membership status, click here. If that doesn’t clear it up for you, reply to this email. If you didn’t get this as an email, you’re not likely a member, so join today!
In the past week, I finished the first draft of a short new book called How to Make Money with Impact Crowdfunding: Your Guide to Investing Profitably to Support Diverse Founders, Social Entrepreneurs and Community Builders. Over the next dozen weeks or so, I’ll be sharing the book with the Impact Members in serial form on Fridays, one chapter at a time.
Thereafter, I’ll often share messages on Fridays with Impact Members that are just for them. If you’d like to get this content, become an Impact Member now.
Whether you are an occasional reader, an active member or an Impact Member, please know that I am grateful to have you as part of the community. We are building a movement to change the world. With your help, I’m confident we’ll do it!
Upcoming SuperCrowd Event Calendar
If a location is not noted, the events below are virtual.
Impact Cherub Club Meeting hosted by The Super Crowd, Inc., a public benefit corporation, on February 20, 2024, at 1:00 PM Eastern. Each month, the Club meets to review new offerings for investment consideration and to conduct due diligence on previously screened deals. Everyone is welcome to join the free events.
SuperCrowdHour February with the CfPA Executive Committee: This free event on February 21, 2024, at 1:00 PM Eastern, features President Brian Christie, Vice President Jenny Kassan, Secretary Brian Belley and Chair Scott McIntyre. Learn how you can join and make a difference. Earn rewards!
SuperCrowdBaltimore, March 21, 2024 This in-person event at the B&O Rail Museum features some of Baltimore’s prominent citizens and community leaders. Save 30 percent with the discount code “SuperCrowd.”
SuperCrowd24, April 17-18: This two-day virtual event is our biggest event of the year. Don’t miss it. Save 50 percent with the discount code “SuperCrowd.”
SuperCrowdChicago, June 12, 2024. Save the date! More information is coming soon!
SuperCrowd Community Event Calendar
If a location is not noted, the events below are virtual.
Neighborhood Economics, February 26-28 in San Antonio, Texas
Crowdfunding Professional Association Webinar Series - March 13, 2:00 PM ET
If you would like to submit an event for inclusion on our community calendar, click here.