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New Impact Offerings, Upcycling and Uplifting, Impact Cherub Club Meeting, Stray Dog Changed Everything, and Over $6 Million Raised This Week! ๐ŸŽ‰

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Solar for Smith’s Supermarket Featured Among New Impact Offerings – September 09, 2024

Each week, Superpowers for Good shares a list of new impact-related offerings added to FINRA-Registered Crowdfunding portals and by broker-dealers. Weโ€™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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Upcycling and Uplifting: Pingree Detroit’s Revolutionary Impact

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tl;dr:

  1. Introduction to Pingree Detroit: The episode introduces Jarret Schlaff, CEO of Pingree Detroit, a worker-owned cooperative in Detroit. The company upcycles leather from the automotive industry to create products like shoes, bags, and wallets, with a focus on providing skilled jobs for veterans and Detroiters.

  2. Business Model and Social Impact: Jarret explains how Pingree Detroit has been profitable while balancing a strong social mission, including providing meaningful Employment and creating high-quality, handmade products. The companyโ€™s approach to pricing reflects the true costs of production and support services for employees.

  3. Worker Ownership: Pingree Detroit is a worker cooperative, where employees can become worker-owners, helping to improve retention, efficiency, and investment in the company. Jarret highlights the benefits of ownership in fostering emotional and financial commitment from employees.

  4. Capital Raising through Crowdfunding: The company is raising capital via Honeycomb Credit to fund key initiatives, including launching a new product (a boot called the Governor), purchasing their building, scaling operations, and Investing in marketing efforts.

  5. Jarretโ€™s Superpower โ€“ Passion: Jarret identifies his superpower as passion, which drives his work toward building a restorative, localized, and equitable Economy. He shares stories of how his passion has inspired others to start their own ventures and positively impact their communities.


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See the Great Companies We’re Considering at the September Impact Cherub Club Meeting

As we gear up for the 1:00 PM Eastern, September 17, 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 Clubโ€™s picks, no one is required to invest.

The Club is open to all โ€œImpact Membersโ€ of the SuperCrowd (our paying subscribers). I donโ€™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!

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Next Meetingโ€”September 17, at 1:00 PM Eastern

At our next meeting on September 17, 2024, at 1:00 PM Eastern/10:00 AM Pacific, consistent with our plans for future sessions, the agenda will have three items:

  • Diligence Reports

  • Education Moment

  • Preliminary Consideration of New Candidate Investments

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How a Stray Dog Changed Everything for Jack Jokinen

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tl;dr:

  1. Jack Jokinen shares the heartwarming story of how a stray, malnourished dog, Susie, unexpectedly entered his home and how his family decided to adopt her, inspiring many others to adopt rescue dogs.

  2. After receiving $42,000 in donations for Susieโ€™s medical care, Jack and his family used the excess funds to help support 366 dog adoptions over the span of a leap year.

  3. Jack discusses Susieโ€™s ongoing recovery, her joyful integration into their family, and how her story has touched the lives of many, leading to the publication of his childrenโ€™s book, A Stray Dog for Christmas.

  4. Jack reflects on empathy as his superpower, explaining how a focus on understanding others has positively influenced both his personal and professional life, particularly in his work as a customer success manager.

  5. Jack encourages empathy in his children by helping them understand the motivations behind othersโ€™ actions and emphasizes the importance of living by example to inspire kindness and empathy in future generations.


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Over $6 Million Raised! ๐ŸŽ‰ 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. Donโ€™t forget to check tomorrowโ€™s email for more exciting updates!

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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 booksโ€”read over 1 million timesโ€”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.

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