New Impact Offerings, Neighborhood Economics Upcoming Event, Changes at Superpowers for Good and Ancestry.com Founder Launches Citizen Portal
New Impact Offerings, Neighborhood Economics Upcoming Event, Changes at Superpowers for Good and Ancestry.com Founder Launches Citizen Portal
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FuelGems Featured Among New Impact Offerings - February 05, 2024
Each week, Superpowers for Good shares a list of new impact-related offerings added to FINRA-Registered crowdfunding portals and by broker-dealers. We’ll share four separate lists:
Impact offerings as determined by KingsCrowd reviews.
Offerings with minority founders.
Deals with women founders.
Those with LGBTQ founders.
Hosts Discuss Neighborhood Economics Upcoming Event in San Antonio - s11 ep52
AI Episode Summary
1. Devin Thorpe introduces Rosa Lee Harden, founder of Neighborhood Economics, and her colleague Leroy Barber as his guests on the "Superpowers for Good" show.
2. Rosa Lee talks about starting SoCap in 2008, focusing on global impact investing, and later creating Neighborhood Economics with a more local approach to building economic justice in neighborhoods through ideas and community collaboration.
3. Neighborhood Economics hosts events that bring together around 300 people to discuss actionable ways of making positive changes in local communities with input from national experts.
4. Leroy Barber joined the initiative after being invited to SoCap, realizing the potential connections between social entrepreneurship, impact investing, and local community development.
5. Rosa Lee highlights the purpose of Neighborhood Economics as a platform for facilitating discussions that SoCap couldn't cater to, such as impact investing for specific local contexts, and emphasizes the role of faith as a moral compass in economy-related conversations.
6. Leroy explains the importance of the faith community as a mobilizer for local economic efforts, fostering a merge between the financial world and faith-directed community action.
7. Rosa Lee shares details about an upcoming event in San Antonio, Texas, providing a platform for discussing various topics like reversing redlining, equitable homeownership, and employee-owned business models, alongside sessions about the role of faith in economic justice.
8. Rosa Lee considers one of her superpowers to be her ability to see through superficial religious motivations and focus on living out her faith through actions that reflect a divine dream for the world, as well as her exceptional capability to organize large events without stress.
9. Leroy identifies his superpower as the ability to bring people together to undertake challenging and transformative community work, fostering relationships and building unlikely alliances.
10. Rosa Lee invites viewers to the Neighborhood Economics event and provides contact information for both her and Leroy—Rosa Lee at rosalee@neighborhoodeconomics.org and Leroy at leroy@neighborhoodeconomics.org—for anyone interested in connecting or learning more about their work.
Changes at Superpowers for Good
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.)
Ancestry.com Founder Launches Citizen Portal to Counter Decline of Local Journalism with AI - s11 ep53
AI Episode Summary
1. Paul Allen, the founder of Ancestry.com, is introduced as a "rock star entrepreneur" and is currently working on a new venture called Citizen Portal.
2. Citizen Portal is an AI-driven platform designed to empower citizens to become informed and engaged on issues at the local, state, and federal levels, addressing the decline of traditional media coverage.
3. The platform has imported and transcribed 600-700,000 hours of public meetings, making the content searchable and accessible to citizens.
4. Paul's vision is to fill the void left by the diminishing newspaper industry by giving citizens firsthand access to government proceedings and facilitating a new generation of informed citizens.
5. The ethical AI model used at Soar, called PURE AI, focuses on creating AI that is Personalized, Uplifting, Responsible, and Ethical.
6. Paul plans to launch around 15 corporations in the next 2-3 years, including Faith Portal AI for religious content, Learning Portal, and Workplace AI Portal, aimed at improving human capability and decision-making.
7. Family and Friend Portals are also in the pipeline to help enhance relationships, countering the rise in loneliness, stress, and isolation exacerbated by platforms like Facebook.
8. Citizen Portal is currently running a crowdfunding campaign on StartEngine to further develop the platform and strengthen democracy.
9. The platform aims to create a personal voter scorecard by indexing content from elected officials and opposition candidates, providing personalized, issue-based insights for voters.
10. Paul attributes his success as an entrepreneur to his superpower of "ideation," the ability to come up with new ideas, which he pairs with executing strengths and building teams to bring ideas to reality.
Successful Funding
This weekly live-streamed event is produced and hosted by Karl Dakin where conversations are held with guests on different funding topics. The guest for this show is Devin Thorpe, the CEO and Founder of SuperCrowd where he leads impact investments in small businesses.
A Conversation with Brendan Ballou, Author of PLUNDER - Private Equity’s Plan to Pillage America
[Meet the Author] The Crowdfunding Professional Association (CfPA) was pleased to present: A Conversation with Brendan Ballou, Author of PLUNDER - Private Equity’s Plan to Pillage America.
Superpowers for Good! S3 E7 Devin D. Thorpe
Devin is the CEO of The Super Crowd, Inc., a public benefit corporation helping diverse founders and social entrepreneurs raise capital via impact crowdfunding. He is also a bestselling author who calls himself a champion of social good. He travels extensively as a volunteer doing service, as a new-media journalist finding heroes and as a speaker sharing what he’s learned.
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.”
Superpowers for Good - Kinect Capital Live Pitch, March 28 at 9 PM Eastern/6 PM Pacific: Four companies currently raising via crowdfunding will pitch their offerings live via the Superpowers for Good streaming television show on e360tv. Kinect Capital will host the pitch. Applications to pitch will open soon! Save the date! More information is coming soon!
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.
Leveraging Donor-Advised Funds for Climate Investing, Raise Green, February 15 at 11 AM ET
Strengthening Positive Peace to Create Hope in the World, February 24, Fredericksburg, VA
Neighborhood Economics, February 26-28 in San Antonio, Texas
Crowdfunding Professional Association Webinar Series - March 13, 2:00 PM ET
Investment Crowdfunding Demystified, Crowdfund Better, March 26 at 2:00 PM ET
If you would like to submit an event for inclusion on our community calendar, click here.