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Flower Turbines Featured Among New Impact Offerings – September 23, 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:

1. Impact offerings determined by our proprietary analysis.

2. Offerings with minority founders.

3. Deals with women founders.

4. Those with LGBTQ founders.

Sometimes, it takes weeks for our source to determine that a company has a social impact, a woman, minority or LGBTQ founder. When we discover an offering qualifies for our list, even if it is no longer new, we will include it. See the lists below.

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Empowering People with Disabilities Through Carina’s Bakery

tl;dr:

1. Carina’s Journey: Carina Comer, legally blind due to childhood brain Cancer, founded Carina’s Bakery in Beaverton, Oregon, a vegan and gluten-free bakery. Her inspiration stemmed from her family’s entrepreneurial background and her love of baking.

2. Inclusive Employment: Carina’s Bakery primarily hires individuals with disabilities, providing opportunities for people who are often overlooked by traditional employers. Her staff includes people with blindness, autism, and learning disabilities.

3. Challenges and Adaptation: Running the bakery comes with unique challenges, such as managing a diverse workforce and compensating for her own visual limitations. Despite this, Carina has created a supportive and loyal team, with many employees staying long-term.

4. Crowdfunding for Growth: Carina has launched a crowdfunding campaign on Honeycomb Credit to fund the bakery’s growth, focusing on developing training programs and obtaining adaptive equipment.

5. Personal Growth: Carina shared how the bakery has helped her become a more resilient, confident leader, with a deeper understanding of both disabilities and the challenges businesses face in employing people with disabilities.

Q3 Superpowers for Good Live Pitch Features Top Issuers

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This evening at 9:00 PM Eastern during prime time, we’ll be streaming live to e360tv and across social media. To enjoy the event on the living room sofa, be sure to download the e360tv streaming channel app to your Roku, AmazonFireTV or AppleTV device.

We’ve got four great companies that have been competitively chosen to pitch live on the show. You’ll hear polished presentations from serious entrepreneurs who are changing the world—for good!

Read the short profiles below to prepare for the big event.

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Tim He’s Secret to Co-Founder Success: Helping Each Other Thrive

tl;dr:

1. Co-Founder Issues: Tim highlights that about 65% of startups fail due to co-founder conflicts, emphasizing the need for early awareness and proactive relationship management.

2. The Power of Partnerships: He stresses the importance of having a co-founder, not only for skill-sharing but also for emotional support, which can be key to a startup’s success.

3. Building Strong Co-Founderships: Tim explains that the secret to a successful co-foundership lies in self-awareness and mutual support, similar to a healthy marriage where both parties work together to help each other succeed.

4. Practice and Patience: Drawing from his sports background, Tim uses the analogy of mastering a skill, noting that experienced co-founders have honed their partnership over countless hours of hard work, not just luck.

5. Cherrytree’s Resources: Cherrytree, Tim’s platform, provides a range of tools, including a newsletter, Coaching, and cohort classes aimed at helping co-founders develop stronger Relationships and succeed in business.

Power Your Passion – Funding Social Enterprises Through Crowd Investing

This webinar was originally shared by the Social Enterprise Alliance.

Learn from a crowd-Investing expert panel how to build a loyal customer base, deepen your social impact, and discover how crowd investing can help you raise capital while creating passionate supporters.

Featuring Paul Lovejoy, Devin Thorpe, Logan Fahey and Eve Picker.

Discover This Week’s Crowdfunding Success Stories 🎉

Every Sunday, we bring you a roundup of the most successful crowdfunding campaigns that have achieved their funding goals. Join us to celebrate the impact and innovation that these ventures have brought to life. Don’t forget to check tomorrow’s email for more exciting updates!

Max-Impact Members

The following Max-Impact Members provide valuable financial support to keep us operating:

Carol Fineagan, Independent Consultant | Lory Moore, Lory Moore Law | Marcia Brinton, High Desert Gear | Ralf Mandt, Next Pitch | Sheryle Gilihan, CauseLabs |

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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 October 15, 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.

• SuperCrowdHour, October 16, 2024, at 1:00 PM Eastern. Each month, we host a value-laden webinar for aspiring impact investors or social entrepreneurs. At October’s webinar, Devin Thorpe will provide an in-depth answer to the question, “How to Assess Your Crowd’s Potential for Investing?” Free to attend.

• SuperCrowd Mastermind Group, twice monthly on the 1st and 3rd Thursdays at noon Eastern. This group is for entrepreneurs and small business owners interested in raising Money from the crowd. Attend your first meeting free!

Community Event Calendar

• Successful Funding with Karl Dakin, Tuesdays at 10:00 AM ET – Click on Events

• Community Revitalization, Thursdays, 10:00 AM Eastern.

• HELP Fund’s Launch Press Conference, September 30, 2024, 9:00 AM Eastern, Old Dutch Church, Kingston, NY (272 Wall St, Kingston, NY 12401) 

• Community Capital Alternatives for Outdoor Recreation Challenges, Kathleen Minogue of Crowdfund Better speaking at American Trails, October 3, 10:00 AM, free.

• Main Street Skowhegan and NC3 Entrepreneur Finance Workshop Series, September 17 – November 19, 2023.

• Krishi Janani PBC Crowdfunding Virtual Office Hour, Sep 21, 2024, Noon Eastern.

• Investment Week 24, October 19-20, 2024, Los Angeles. 

• Crowdfunding Professional Association, Summit in DC, October 22-23

• Asheville Neighborhood Economics, November 12-13.

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Devin Thorpe Champion of Social Good

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. His most recent book, How to Make Money with Impact Crowdfunding, is an investment guide for everyone. He has produced about 1,500 episodes of his show featuring luminary change agents, including Bill Gates. His books—read over 1 million times—help people do more good. He has helped nonprofits raise millions of dollars via crowdfunding. He draws on his experience as an investment banker, CFO, treasurer and U.S. Senate staffer. He earned an MBA at Cornell. Frequently finding himself on airplanes, Devin is grateful to be middle-seat-sized.