New Impact Offerings, Empowering Doctors to Rediscover, the Great Companies We’re Considering, Reviving Traditional Farming with Modern Tech, and SuperCrowd’s Impact Membership!
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Harmony Turbines Featured Among New Impact Offerings – July 8, 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:
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Impact offerings as determined by KingsCrowd reviews
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Offerings with minority founders.
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Deals with women founders.
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Those with LGBTQ founders.
Empowering Doctors to Rediscover Their Passion and Purpose
tl;dr:
1. Introduction and Guest Background: The episode features David Tamale-Sali, the founder of Okay Doctor. David discusses his unconventional career path, including studying medicine, getting expelled, traveling to Uganda, and ultimately creating Okay Doctor, a platform aimed at helping medics manage career frustrations and find fulfillment.
2. Mission of Okay Doctor: Initially an app idea, Okay Doctor evolved into a platform providing counseling and support for medics. Its primary mission is to empower doctors to explore their identities beyond their profession, mitigating issues like burnout, frustration, and mental health challenges by providing alternative career options and support forums.
3. Challenges in the Medical Field: David describes significant challenges faced by medical professionals, including administrative burdens, long hours, lack of fulfillment, and mental health crises. He emphasizes that some doctors feel trapped in their careers, contributing to high rates of burnout and even suicide.
4. Empathy as a Superpower: David talks about his superpower, empathy, which was developed through personal struggles, including being kicked out of med school and working various jobs. This empathy allows him to see beyond professional titles and understand the human behind the role, helping him connect with and support other medics effectively.
5. Future and Support for Medics: David’s goal for Okay Doctor is to give medics the confidence to follow their true passions, whether that means staying in medicine with a better work-life balance or pursuing entirely new careers. He hopes Okay Doctor will eventually become unnecessary as medics learn to navigate their careers and identities independently. He encourages those interested to visit OkayDoctor.net/SOS to access resources and join the discussion.
See the Great Companies We’re Considering at the July Impact Cherub Club Meeting
As we gear up for the 1:00 PM Eastern, July 16, meeting of the Impact Cherub Club, we invite you to join us. The club meets to review impact investments everyone is eligible to make, and virtually anyone can afford. We share responsibility for completing basic due diligence before making investments. While members are encouraged to invest in the Club’s picks, no one is required to invest.
The Club is open to all “Impact Members” of the SuperCrowd (our paying subscribers). I don’t touch the Money members invest. They do so directly for their own accounts. We benefit from new members by the fresh perspectives they bring and our growing social impact. Please join us!
Next Meeting—July 16, at 1:00 PM Eastern
At our next meeting on July 16, at 1:00 PM Eastern/10:00 AM Pacific, consistent with our plans for future sessions, the agenda will have three items:
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Diligence Reports
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Education Moment
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Preliminary Consideration of New Candidate Investments
Reviving Traditional Farming with Modern Tech: A Journey with Usha Devi Venkatachalam
tl;dr:
1. Overview and Mission: Usha Devi Venkatachalam, CEO and founder of Krishi Janani, discussed her initiative that applies high-tech solutions to smallholder agriculture in less developed regions, focusing on regenerative agroecology, which aligns with the traditional farming methods of previous generations.
2. Background and Inspiration: Usha’s background as a computer engineer with experience in over 20 countries, combined with her family’s multi-generation farming heritage, led her to this venture. She emphasized the decline in soil quality and nutrition since the Green Revolution and the need to return to more sustainable farming practices.
3. Technological Integration: Krishi Janani is developing a comprehensive ecosystem—consisting of an agritech platform, regional labs, and farmer training events—to support and promote regenerative agriculture. Farmers can access digital knowledge, on-ground training, and product marketplaces through this integrated system.
4. Revenue Model: The company generates revenue through paid training sessions for farmers, commissions from sales facilitated through their platform, corporate partnerships for climate resilience and sustainable sourcing, and collaborations with startups for scaling innovative agricultural solutions.
5. Vision and Scale: Usha aims to expand their model internationally by licensing their software and ecosystem approach, supported by ongoing fundraising efforts. She stresses the importance of combining Technology with traditional farming practices to create sustainable agricultural solutions.
Unlock Exclusive Benefits with the SuperCrowd’s Impact Membership!
We are thrilled to have you as part of our Superpowers for Good community, where we explore the world of impact Investing and highlight the changemakers making a difference. Today, we’re excited to introduce you to an opportunity to take your engagement with the SuperCrowd to the next level!
By upgrading to our $5.95 per month paid subscription, you become an esteemed “Impact Member of the SuperCrowd.” This exclusive membership opens the door to a range of benefits designed to enhance your impact investing journey:
1. Join the Impact Cherub Club:
As an Impact Member, you’ll be eligible to join our Impact Cherub Club, a dedicated group of small angel investors focused on making a difference through regulated investment crowdfunding. Collaborate with like-minded individuals passionate about driving positive social change.
Upcoming SuperCrowd Event Calendar
If a location is not noted, the events below are virtual.
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SuperCrowdHour, July 17, 2024, at 1:00 Eastern. Each month, we host a value-laden webinar for aspiring impact investors or social entrepreneurs. At this month’s webinar, Pooja Mehta, crowdfund investor and advisor to entrepreneurs, will join us to share her dual perspectives.
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Impact Cherub Club Meeting hosted by The Super Crowd, Inc., a public benefit corporation, on July 16, 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. To join the Impact Cherub Club, become an Impact Member of the SuperCrowd.
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Recently, we created an AI GPT to help you learn more about The Super Crowd, Inc., a public benefit corporation, and our upcoming events. Click here to try it.
SuperCrowd Community Event Calendar
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NetCapital Demo Day with Katsh Digital ID, Power Hero, Absinthia; July 11 at 7 PM ET.
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Successful Funding with Karl Dakin, Tuesdays at 10:00 AM ET – Click on Events
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How Small Businesses Can Raise Capital from the Crowd, today at 1:00 pm ET: Explore transforming your community connections into capital to start or grow a small business through regulated investment crowdfunding. Learn more about how this type of crowdfunding works and the benefits and challenges of raising capital from the crowd. About our Presenter: Author and journalist Devin Thorpe has over 25 years in Finance and a rich background as a former CFO and investment banking firm founder. He’s also a champion for social good, publishing his Superpowers for Good newsletter and show.
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Community Capital Live: Lisa Nutter of Community Impact Investments – Virtual Event: July 17, at 2 pm ET
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Community Capital Live: Betty Francisco and Aliana Piñeiro of Boston Impact Initiative – Virtual Event: July 31, at 2 pm ET
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Crowdfunding Professional Association, Summit in DC, October 22-23
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Asheville Neighborhood Economics, November 12-13.
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