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Jacqueline Novogratz has made a remarkable impact on our world. Her work began in 1986 when she quit her job on Wall Street to co-found Rwanda’s first microfinance institution, Duterimbere. In 2001,…
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So many people say, 'Jacqueline, I would love to change the world- but I don't know my purpose yet…' Purpose doesn't come to people sitting at the starting blocks and thinking about purpose. You have to live it.
— Jacqueline NovogratzFounder of Acumen Fund & social entrepreneur focused on global poverty alleviation
Inside each of us are monsters and angels- there are no divisions between good and bad people- and I've seen how those times of insecurity can make us do terrible things to each other.
— Jacqueline NovogratzFounder of Acumen Fund & social entrepreneur focused on global poverty alleviation
I'm constantly bemused when I hear about some amazing energy or agricultural company that is for profit, but works with low-income people and a non-profit leader says, 'you know Jacqueline, charging people who are poor is immoral…' – you know what else is immoral? 700 million people who have no electricity.
— Jacqueline NovogratzFounder of Acumen Fund & social entrepreneur focused on global poverty alleviation
Those who have the most meaningful, purpose filled lives tend to dream so big – that those dreams will rarely be completed in a lifetime. What keeps you going is the beauty you encounter at every juncture of the path.
— Jacqueline NovogratzFounder of Acumen Fund & social entrepreneur focused on global poverty alleviation
We cannot focus only on the material aspects of poverty- we must address the poverty of spirit that's present in every one of our broken institutions: health systems, economic systems, criminal justice systems, and food systems. If we are going to solve the toughest problems we face as a world right now, we're going to need new operating principles that are compatible with a deeply interconnected world.
— Jacqueline NovogratzFounder of Acumen Fund & social entrepreneur focused on global poverty alleviation
Purpose doesn't come to people sitting at the starting blocks and thinking about purpose. You have to live it.
— Jacqueline NovogratzFounder of Acumen Fund & social entrepreneur focused on global poverty alleviation
Inside each of us are monsters and angels- there are no divisions between good and bad people- and I've seen how those times of insecurity can make us do terrible things to each other.
— Jacqueline NovogratzFounder of Acumen Fund & social entrepreneur focused on global poverty alleviation
Those who have the most meaningful, purpose filled lives tend to dream so big – that those dreams will rarely be completed in a lifetime. What keeps you going is the beauty you encounter at every juncture of the path.
— Jacqueline NovogratzFounder of Acumen Fund & social entrepreneur focused on global poverty alleviation
You know what else is immoral? 700 million people who have no electricity. We need to have actual conversations about how to solve problems – and hold the uneasy tension of who pays for it, and how.
— Jacqueline NovogratzFounder of Acumen Fund & social entrepreneur focused on global poverty alleviation
We cannot focus only on the material aspects of poverty- we must address the poverty of spirit that's present in every one of our broken institutions: health systems, economic systems, criminal justice systems, and food systems.
— Jacqueline NovogratzFounder of Acumen Fund & social entrepreneur focused on global poverty alleviation
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