Jacqueline Novogratz's guest appearances

Jacqueline Novogratz

The Tim Ferriss Show

On Being with Krista Tippett

TED Business

Design Matters with Debbie Millman

The Foundr Podcast with Nathan Chan

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy

TED Talks Daily (SD video)

TED Talks Daily (HD video)

Good Life Project

Amanpour

The Carey Nieuwhof Leadership Podcast: Lead Like Never Before

Commonwealth Club of California Podcast

Next Economy Now: For the Benefit of All Life

Robert Wright's Nonzero

MeaningofLife.tv

Adam Grant

Simon Sinek

Tim Ferriss

Seth Godin

Amy Edmondson

Scott Harrison

Michael Pollan

Lewis Howes

Ray Dalio

Susan Cain

Priya Parker

David Brooks

Elizabeth Gilbert

Richard Branson

Malcolm Gladwell

OwlTail

Jacqueline Novogratz, a former Wall Street professional, left her lucrative career to create Acumen, a nonprofit organization that has positively impacted over 263 million lives through impactful investments in poverty-fighting entrepreneurs. Key Points: Jacqueline Novogratz's mission with Acumen: Reaching the Unreachable: Acumen's vision is to help those in need who are beyond the reach of traditional aid and free-market solutions. Four Essential Approaches:  Patient Capital: Providing startups with patient capital, allowing businesses to focus on reaching as many customers as possible.  Early-Stage Opportunities: Prioritizing early-stage initiatives, working closely with budding entrepreneurs.  Expertise: Leveraging a network of advisors and industry experts to provide invaluable guidance and mentorship.  Post-Investment Support: Offering ongoing assistance in strategy development and best practices.   Thanks to these strategies, Acumen has successfully invested $146 million in 155 companies, all dedicated to making a positive impact on the world. Jacqueline Novogratz's inspiring journey reminds us that meaningful change begins by venturing where others fear to tread. So, where will your path lead you? Join The New 1% soft launch team at workwithtimmydouglas.com  This is for the people looking to buy a business at some point, but not in the next 12-24 months.  The impact here is in spreading the word until you can commit to doing the work  Get a FREE Community Investing Course that will set you up to reap the rewards without doing the work by leveraging people and technology.   If you’re looking to buy a business in the next 12 months, DM me @timdouglas924 on IG and join the hard core launch team, limited to 100 people! We only take 5 per month… so hurry and DM to join the waitlist Here you’ll get the following for FREE  access to a list of Private money partners for buying businesses that I’m building  a due diligence checklist  a community of people committed to buying businesses  essential contacts in major cities for due diligence  FREE Courses on how I would do my proprietary search and build my private money partner list.      ---   Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/timothy-douglas0/support

The New 1%

Jacqueline Novogratz, a former Wall Street professional, left her lucrative career to create Acumen, a nonprofit organization that has positively impacted over 263 million lives through impactful investments in poverty-fighting entrepreneurs. Key Points: Jacqueline Novogratz's mission with Acumen: Reaching the Unreachable: Acumen's vision is to help those in need who are beyond the reach of traditional aid and free-market solutions. Four Essential Approaches: <ul> <li>Patient Capital: Providing startups with patient capital, allowing businesses to focus on reaching as many customers as possible. </li> <li>Early-Stage Opportunities: Prioritizing early-stage initiatives, working closely with budding entrepreneurs. </li> <li>Expertise: Leveraging a network of advisors and industry experts to provide invaluable guidance and mentorship. </li> <li>Post-Investment Support: Offering ongoing assistance in strategy development and best practices. </li> </ul> Thanks to these strategies, Acumen has successfully invested $146 million in 155 companies, all dedicated to making a positive impact on the world. Jacqueline Novogratz's inspiring journey reminds us that meaningful change begins by venturing where others fear to tread. So, where will your path lead you? Join The New 1% soft launch team at <a href="https://workwithtimmydouglas.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">workwithtimmydouglas.com</a> <ul> <li>This is for the people looking to buy a business at some point, but not in the next 12-24 months. </li> <li>The impact here is in spreading the word until you can commit to doing the work </li> <li>Get a FREE Community Investing Course that will set you up to reap the rewards without doing the work by leveraging people and technology. </li> </ul> If you’re looking to buy a business in the next 12 months, DM me @timdouglas924 on IG and join the hard core launch team, limited to 100 people! We only take 5 per month… so hurry and DM to join the waitlist Here you’ll get the following for FREE <ul> <li>access to a list of Private money partners for buying businesses that I’m building </li> <li>a due diligence checklist </li> <li>a community of people committed to buying businesses </li> <li>essential contacts in major cities for due diligence </li> <li>FREE Courses on how I would do my proprietary search and build my private money partner list. </li> </ul> --- Support this podcast: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/timothy-douglas0/support" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/timothy-douglas0/support</a>

Jacqueline Novogratz: Impacting Lives Through Purposeful Investing

Jacqueline Novogratz is the founder &amp; CEO of Acumen - a non-profit global venture capital fund that aims to use entrepreneurial approaches to address global poverty. She was also born for crisis.As the OG of impact investing, her impressive list of accolades include:One of the World’s 100 Greatest Living Business Minds 2017 by ForbesForbes 400 Lifetime Achievement Award for Social Entrepreneurship, 2016The Resolution Project Champions Circle Award, 2016Bloomberg Markets 50 Most Influential in Global Finance, 2014Ernst &amp; Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2008She also sits on the board of: Aspen Institute board of trusteesPakistan Business Council Centre of Excellence in Responsible Business (CERB)]Advisory Councils of the Harvard Business School Social Enterprise Initiative, the Oxford Saïd Global Leadership Council and UNICEF.When she graduated from the University of Virginia, she described herself as someone who was "excited, idealistic &amp; had dreams in your head of changing the world and didn’t have a clue how to start”.That start ended up being at Chase Manhattan Bank - despite telling the interviewer that she had no interest in banking &amp; was only there because her parents told her to!She did so well, the then COO, Tony Triciano, wanted to fast track her career and have her be his right hand person.She said NO. She wanted to change the world.And left for Africa. There, she suffered failure after failure after failure.She learned that while she had gone to try &amp; save the African continent, Africa neither wanted nor needed saving.But those lessons were invaluable and led her down the path of founding Acumen.Even when building Acumen felt like - in the words of Acumen’s first COO, Dan Toole - “Standing at the 5th floor of a brick building &amp; we’re trying to build a terrace brick by brick with no safety net underneath!”So:❓ What is it like to live a life of such purpose?❓ Who are the people (+ life partner!) that you need to surround yourself with to keep the mission alive?❓ Why did her mentor, John Gardner, use to say that “the key to life is to be interested. Not interesting”?Well.You’ll just have to listen to STIMY Ep 124 to find out! 😏Highlights:2:57 The Novogratz clan (like the Kennedys?!)4:22 Orphanage8:36 A Little Boy9:46 Saying NO to Tony Triciano, the then COO of Chase Manhattan Bank?!11:24 Leaving the job of a lifetime12:33 Africa doesn't need saving!13:40 Being Born for Crisis15:16 The secret sauce to establishing Duterimbere - Rwanda's first Microfinance bank16:21 Being maniacal18:30 Agnes &amp; the Rwandan genocide20:48 Building on the 4th floor with no safety net underneath with Dan Toole?!22:34 When the tides started to change24:59 Mike, the Forrest Gump of Bitcoin26:56 Acumen in Southeast Asia32:11 Won't social entrepreneurs succeed without Acumen?34:55 Jacqueline's personal KPIs37:29 Listening with her whole body42:19 Marriage45:20 Advice for finding the right partner!📍Show notes: https://www.sothisismywhy.com/124 🍿 YouTube: https://youtu.be/Fzi9iVKCo_4 💌 Weekly STIMY Newsletter that deconstructs how you build a portfolio career to prepare yourself for the future of work: https://sothisismywhy.ck.page/acd5bd1062✍🏻 Leave a review on STIMY: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/so-this-is-my-why/id1521191442

So This Is My Why

Jacqueline Novogratz is the founder &amp; CEO of Acumen - a non-profit global venture capital fund that aims to use entrepreneurial approaches to address global poverty. She was also born for crisis.As the OG of impact investing, her impressive list of accolades include:<ul><li>One of the World’s 100 Greatest Living Business Minds 2017 by Forbes</li><li>Forbes 400 Lifetime Achievement Award for Social Entrepreneurship, 2016</li><li>The Resolution Project Champions Circle Award, 2016</li><li>Bloomberg Markets 50 Most Influential in Global Finance, 2014</li><li>Ernst &amp; Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2008</li></ul> She also sits on the board of: <ul><li>Aspen Institute board of trustees</li><li>Pakistan Business Council Centre of Excellence in Responsible Business (CERB)]</li><li>Advisory Councils of the Harvard Business School Social Enterprise Initiative, the Oxford Saïd Global Leadership Council and UNICEF.</li></ul> When she graduated from the University of Virginia, she described herself as someone who was "excited, idealistic &amp; had dreams in your head of changing the world and didn’t have a clue how to start”.That start ended up being at Chase Manhattan Bank - despite telling the interviewer that she had no interest in banking &amp; was only there because her parents told her to!She did so well, the then COO, Tony Triciano, wanted to fast track her career and have her be his right hand person.She said NO. She wanted to change the world.And left for Africa. There, she suffered failure after failure after failure.She learned that while she had gone to try &amp; save the African continent, Africa neither wanted nor needed saving.But those lessons were invaluable and led her down the path of founding Acumen.Even when building Acumen felt like - in the words of Acumen’s first COO, Dan Toole - “Standing at the 5th floor of a brick building &amp; we’re trying to build a terrace brick by brick with no safety net underneath!”So:❓ What is it like to live a life of such purpose?❓ Who are the people (+ life partner!) that you need to surround yourself with to keep the mission alive?❓ Why did her mentor, John Gardner, use to say that “the key to life is to be interested. Not interesting”?Well.You’ll just have to listen to STIMY Ep 124 to find out! 😏 Highlights:<ul><li>2:57 The Novogratz clan (like the Kennedys?!)</li><li>4:22 Orphanage</li><li>8:36 A Little Boy</li><li>9:46 Saying NO to Tony Triciano, the then COO of Chase Manhattan Bank?!</li><li>11:24 Leaving the job of a lifetime</li><li>12:33 Africa doesn't need saving!</li><li>13:40 Being Born for Crisis</li><li>15:16 The secret sauce to establishing Duterimbere - Rwanda's first Microfinance bank</li><li>16:21 Being maniacal</li><li>18:30 Agnes &amp; the Rwandan genocide</li><li>20:48 Building on the 4th floor with no safety net underneath with Dan Toole?!</li><li>22:34 When the tides started to change</li><li>24:59 Mike, the Forrest Gump of Bitcoin</li><li>26:56 Acumen in Southeast Asia</li><li>32:11 Won't social entrepreneurs succeed without Acumen?</li><li>34:55 Jacqueline's personal KPIs</li><li>37:29 Listening with her whole body</li><li>42:19 Marriage</li><li>45:20 Advice for finding the right partner!</li></ul> 📍Show notes: <a href="https://www.sothisismywhy.com/124" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.sothisismywhy.com/124</a> 🍿 YouTube: <a href="https://youtu.be/Fzi9iVKCo_4" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/Fzi9iVKCo_4</a> 💌 Weekly STIMY Newsletter that deconstructs how you build a portfolio career to prepare yourself for the future of work:<a href="https://sothisismywhy.ck.page/acd5bd1062" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://sothisismywhy.ck.page/acd5bd1062</a>✍🏻 Leave a review on STIMY:<a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/so-this-is-my-why/id1521191442" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/so-this-is-my-why/id1521191442</a>

Ep 124: More Than One Way to Live | Jacqueline Novogratz (Founder & CEO, Acumen)

Jaqueline Novogratz

Joining us to share her insights is Jacqueline Novogratz, founder of the global nonprofit, Acumen, a forerunner in the fight against poverty. Having grown up as a military kid, Jacqueline has always had a broader sense of what the word ‘home’ meant to her. We start today’s conversation by unpacking how this has influenced her impactful work of solving the problems of global poverty in an interdependent world. Jacqueline also shares her story of starting Acumen, and speaks to the mission of inclusion and freedom behind it. For show notes, visit: https://www.lifteconomy.com/blog/jacqueline-novogratzSave 10% on Cohort XI of the Next Economy MBA, beginning September 19th. Use code PODCASTMBA at checkout: https://go.lifteconomy.com/nextmba

Joining us to share her insights is Jacqueline Novogratz, founder of the global nonprofit, Acumen, a forerunner in the fight against poverty. Having grown up as a military kid, Jacqueline has always had a broader sense of what the word ‘home’ meant to her. We start today’s conversation by unpacking how this has influenced her impactful work of solving the problems of global poverty in an interdependent world. Jacqueline also shares her story of starting Acumen, and speaks to the mission of inclusion and freedom behind it. For show notes, visit: <a href="https://www.lifteconomy.com/blog/jacqueline-novogratz" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.lifteconomy.com/blog/jacqueline-novogratz</a>Save 10% on Cohort XI of the Next Economy MBA, beginning September 19th. Use code PODCASTMBA at checkout: <a href="https://go.lifteconomy.com/nextmba" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://go.lifteconomy.com/nextmba</a>

Jacqueline Novogratz: Moving Beyond Ideology to Solve Real-World Problems

For over two decades, Acumen and its partners have dared to go where traditional investors feared to tread. Acumen’s pioneering vision and legendary hard work has brought life changing, off-grid electricity to hundreds of millions of people worldwide. And, along the way, their work has inspired and supported intrepid entrepreneurs and innovators in some of the toughest market environments on earth.  Now, this clear-eyed, gritty bunch, filled with hard edged hope and armed with proven models and even more patient capital have set their sights on new goals.  Listen in as Acumen founder and CEO, Jacqueline Novogratz, shares a glimpse into the fundamentals and underlying principles behind Acumen’s ground-breaking approach to patient capital and where they are headed next and why.  Useful Links: Acumen Fund book - manifesto for a moral revolution - jacqueline novogratz https://acumencapitalpartners.com S&amp;P Blog  Road map: The energy sector braces for 2022 midterm elections | S&amp;P Global Market Intelligence Solar Energy Industry Association links: State-By-State Map | SEIA Initiatives &amp; Advocacy | SEIA

The Freeing Energy Podcast

For over two decades, Acumen and its partners have dared to go where traditional investors feared to tread. Acumen’s pioneering vision and legendary hard work has brought life changing, off-grid electricity to hundreds of millions of people worldwide. And, along the way, their work has inspired and supported intrepid entrepreneurs and innovators in some of the toughest market environments on earth.  Now, this clear-eyed, gritty bunch, filled with hard edged hope and armed with proven models and even more patient capital have set their sights on new goals.  Listen in as Acumen founder and CEO, Jacqueline Novogratz, shares a glimpse into the fundamentals and underlying principles behind Acumen’s ground-breaking approach to patient capital and where they are headed next and why.  Useful Links: <a href="https://acumen.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Acumen Fund</a> <a href="https://acumen.org/moralrevolution/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">book - manifesto for a moral revolution - jacqueline novogratz</a> <a href="https://acumencapitalpartners.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://acumencapitalpartners.com</a> S&amp;P Blog <a href="https://www.spglobal.com/marketintelligence/en/news-insights/blog/road-map-the-energy-sector-braces-for-2022-midterm-elections" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Road map: The energy sector braces for 2022 midterm elections | S&amp;P Global Market Intelligence</a> Solar Energy Industry Association links: <a href="https://www.seia.org/states-map" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">State-By-State Map | SEIA</a> <a href="https://www.seia.org/initiatives-advocacy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Initiatives &amp; Advocacy | SEIA</a>

Jacqueline Novogratz: Two decades of hard-edged hope coupled with off- grid solar changed the lives of hundreds of millions. What’s next?

Jacqueline Novogratz shares with Carey how to truly have an impact on your community and the world. Get more on this conversation by going to http://theartofleadershipdaily.com/. Looking for resources to lead, run and grow your church? Join The Art of Leadership Academy today at http://theartofleadershipacademy.com/.

The Art of Leadership Daily

Jacqueline Novogratz shares with Carey how to truly have an impact on your community and the world. Get more on this conversation by going to <a href="http://theartofleadershipdaily.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://theartofleadershipdaily.com/</a>. Looking for resources to lead, run and grow your church? Join The Art of Leadership Academy today at <a href="http://theartofleadershipacademy.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://theartofleadershipacademy.com/</a>.

AOLD 059 | Jacqueline Novogratz with Ways that You Can Have a Greater Impact on Your Community and the World

What can you do to build a better world? Sharing stories from her pioneering career dedicated to tackling poverty, Jacqueline Novogratz offers three principles to spark and sustain a moral revolution. Learn how you can commit (or recommit) to creating big, positive change in your lifetime -- and give back more to the world than you take from it. "It is in the darkest times that we have the chance to find our deepest beauty," Novogratz says.

TED Talks Daily

What it takes to make change | Jacqueline Novogratz

Crippling heat, fire, and death in the U.K., Europe, and the U.S. are bringing the climate emergency to our literal doorsteps. At the same time, political antipathy一in the lack of climate depth among Britain’s leadership candidates or the collapse of sweeping climate legislation in the U.S., for example一seems to be adding fuel to the fire.  Co-hosts Tom Rivett-Carnac and Paul Dickinson, and especially Christiana Figueres, are outraged! They explore what this means for the climate agenda going forward and, of course, how compassion, inclusion, and optimism must be part of the solution. Will deaths in the streets of Madrid and 40+°C (102°F) temps in the alleys of London compel us to wake up and see what’s happening? Next, how do we use the tools of capitalism without being controlled by them? In this segment the gang explores the differences between traditional and enlightened capital and their connections to poverty, moral imagination, and climate – joined by visionary entrepreneur, philanthropist, and best-selling author Jacqueline Novogratz. Novogratz, described by Forbes as one of the World’s 100 Greatest Living Business Minds (2017), is the head of the global nonprofit impact investment fund Acumen. Novogratz explains, “What is the problem we’re here to solve, and how do we use the tools we have to solve them? Investment has always been [one of those] tools…but we see investment as a means, not as an end in itself.” Listen in as they deconstruct patient capital, off-grid solar, outrage over ongoing divisiveness, and how moral imagination as corporate strategy might just work a little magic for the future.   NOTES AND RESOURCES    Check out more of Gabrielle Sey’s Music here, and be sure to spin her cut of “Patterns” and add it to your summer playlist! Learn more about Acumen and its inspirational founder, Jacqueline Novogratz.  You Can buy Novogratz’s 2020 work “Manifesto for a Moral Revolution: Practices to Build a Better World”  here, or in the US,  here. You can buy Novogratz’s bestseller, “The Blue Sweater: Bridging the Gap between Rich and Poor,”  here, or in the US,  here. To learn more about our planet’s climate emergency and how you can transform outrage into optimistic action  subscribe to the podcast here.

Outrage + Optimism

Crippling heat, fire, and death in the U.K., Europe, and the U.S. are bringing the climate emergency to our literal doorsteps. At the same time, political antipathy一in the lack of climate depth among Britain’s leadership candidates or the collapse of sweeping climate legislation in the U.S., for example一seems to be adding fuel to the fire.  Co-hosts Tom Rivett-Carnac and Paul Dickinson, and especially Christiana Figueres, are outraged! They explore what this means for the climate agenda going forward and, of course, how compassion, inclusion, and optimism must be part of the solution. Will deaths in the streets of Madrid and 40+°C (102°F) temps in the alleys of London compel us to wake up and see what’s happening? Next, how do we use the tools of capitalism without being controlled by them? In this segment the gang explores the differences between traditional and enlightened capital and their connections to poverty, moral imagination, and climate – joined by visionary entrepreneur, philanthropist, and best-selling author Jacqueline Novogratz. Novogratz, described by Forbes as one of the World’s 100 Greatest Living Business Minds (2017), is the head of the global nonprofit impact investment fund Acumen. Novogratz explains, “What is the problem we’re here to solve, and how do we use the tools we have to solve them? Investment has always been [one of those] tools…but we see investment as a means, not as an end in itself.” Listen in as they deconstruct patient capital, off-grid solar, outrage over ongoing divisiveness, and how moral imagination as corporate strategy might just work a little magic for the future. NOTES AND RESOURCES  Check out more of Gabrielle Sey’s Music <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/GabrielleSey/videos" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>, and be sure to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arcl80sfhe4" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">spin her cut of “Patterns”</a> and add it to your summer playlist! <a href="https://acumen.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Learn more about Acumen</a> and its inspirational founder, <a href="https://acumen.org/jacqueline-novogratz/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jacqueline Novogratz</a>.  You Can buy Novogratz’s 2020 work “Manifesto for a Moral Revolution: Practices to Build a Better World” <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=Manifesto+for+a+Moral+Revolution%3A+Practices+to+Build+a+Better+World&amp;crid=1WD59R7VLCOS4&amp;sprefix=manifesto+for+a+moral+revolution+practices+to+build+a+better+world%2Caps%2C178&amp;ref=nb_sb_noss" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> here</a>, or in the US, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Manifesto-Moral-Revolution-Tools-Change-ebook/dp/B07R9S8JR7/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2CH8TXIOVFARC&amp;keywords=moral+manifesto+novogratz&amp;qid=1658245196&amp;s=digital-text&amp;sprefix=moral+manifesto+novograzt%2Cdigital-text%2C91&amp;sr=1-1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> here</a>. You can buy Novogratz’s bestseller, “The Blue Sweater: Bridging the Gap between Rich and Poor,” <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=The+Blue+Sweater%3A+Bridging+the+Gap+between+Rich+and+Poor&amp;crid=340K2171V2TNM&amp;sprefix=the+blue+sweater+bridging+the+gap+between+rich+and+poor%2Caps%2C159&amp;ref=nb_sb_noss" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> here</a>, or in the US, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/s?k=he+Blue+Sweater%3A+Bridging+the+Gap+between+Rich+and+Poor&amp;crid=3K1HMI85M6YHY&amp;sprefix=he+blue+sweater+bridging+the+gap+between+rich+and+poor%2Caps%2C89&amp;ref=nb_sb_noss" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> here</a>. To learn more about our planet’s climate emergency and how you can transform outrage into optimistic action <a href="https://www.outrageandoptimism.org/subscribe?utm_campaign=subscribe&amp;utm_source=footer&amp;hsLang=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> subscribe to the podcast here</a>.

165. Moral Imagination, Patient Capital and Averting Collective Climate Suicide with Jacqueline Novogratz

Jacqueline Novogratz is founder and CEO of Acumen, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to changing the way the world tackles poverty. Under Jacqueline’s leadership, Acumen has invested over $132 million to build 136 social enterprises across Africa, Latin America, South Asia, and the US. Her most recent book, Manifesto for a Moral Revolution: Practices to Build a Better World, highlights 12 leadership practices for those eager to change the world for the better. She is Marcel Schwantes’ guest this week on Love In Action.Jacqueline to share her story. “When I was about 10 years old my uncle Ed gave me a blue sweater that had a zebra in the front and mountains across the chest. I wore this sweater which I cherished all the time. My high school nemesis made a very lewd and inappropriate comment about my sweater, and I ran home, yelled at mom, and we ceremoniously dumped it in Goodwill. Fast forward 10 years, I’ve left a career on Wall Street. I’m jogging through the hills of Kigali when I see this little boy about 10 feet in front of me wearing my sweater. I have held that story as my story of understanding how interconnected our world is, and how our action and our inaction can impact people every day all around the world,” she says. [5:28]Too often, markets overlook, underestimate, and sometimes exploit the poor. “I thought if you could give people access to markets, it was enough,” Jacqueline admits, “but if people don't have the capability to interact with those markets, it's not enough.” However, too much aid from the top down creates dependencies. [8:35]Jacqueline talks about co-founding a microfinance institution in Rwanda. “When I first moved to Africa, I had this idea that I was going to save… a little corner of the world. I was firmly and flatly rejected, and got a quick lesson in humility: most people do not want saving, particularly by people that don't fully understand who they are,” she claims. Two women from Rwanda approached her when she was working in Kenya and asked for her assistance in doing a feasibility study, as a law had just passed that gave women the right to open a bank account without their husband’s signature. With that clarity of vision, she went on to build the first financial institution in Rwanda for women. [11:54]According to Jacqueline, one of her proudest investments was in the founders of the company currently known as d.light design, Inc - Sam Goldman and Ned Tozun. They had a solar lamp they wanted to sell to low-income people as an alternative to kerosene. Now, they have brought affordable light and electricity to over 100 million low-income people, and helped spawn an off-grid solar energy revolution. [16:11]Jacqueline defines the term ‘moral imagination.’ “Too many people use the lens of only their own imagination, even when solving problems for people whose lives are completely different from their own,” she explains. [22:55]“We need to recreate mindsets,” Marcel comments. “In the US, we live in such a self-centered, self-focused society, we may not even know how to extend that kind of love outwardly, to see the world beyond your own immediate needs.” [25:25]The exciting conversation at this moment in history, Jacqueline remarks, is about how we will use our tools, skills, and moral imagination to solve the biggest problems of our time. These problems cannot be solved by the nonprofit sector alone, nor corporate, nor government. “It will take all of us.” [32:57]Empathy alone reinforces the status quo, but cynicism is its best friend. “If we can dare to look for beauty and not just focus on how hard everything is, we may find that things feel just a little bit easier,” Jacqueline advises. [36:47]ResourcesJacqueline Novogratz on LinkedIn | TwitterAcumen.orgManifesto for a Moral Revolution: Practices to Build a Better WorldEverytable Food Stored.light design, inc.

Love in Action

Starting the Moral Revolution with Jacqueline Novogratz

We all want to positively change the world. But where do you start?Today’s guest—a woman who has made an extraordinary impact on improving the lives of millions of people across the developing world—has dedicated the better part of her life to answering this question with actionable, sustainable solutions.Meet Jacqueline Novogratz.A former investment banker, Jacqueline walked away from Wall Street back in 1986 to co-found Rwanda’s first microfinance institution. Today she is the founder and CEO of Acumen,a novel, non-profit financial organization she conceived in 2001 that blends philanthropy with venture capital to invest in people, companies, and ideas solving the toughest issues of poverty. As a pioneer of impact investing, Acumen and its investments have brought critical services like healthcare, education, and clean energy to literally hundreds of millions of low-income people throughout the world.In addition to having four TED Talks under her belt, Jacqueline is also the New York Times bestselling author of The Blue Sweater: Bridging the Gap between Rich and Poor in an Interconnected World and her most recent book, Manifesto for a Moral Revolution, which delves into our pressing need to reimagine and rebuild new systems, and where to begin.Today she shares her powerful story.This is a deeply thoughtful conversation about what is actually required to change the world.It’s about the importance of cultivating moral imagination. Something called patient capital. And the humility and hard-edged hope necessary to tackle gigantic problems.It’s also a conversation about listening, immersion, asking questions, and the importance of transcending dualistic, non-binary thinking—skills critical to eradicating poverty, solving our planet’s biggest problems, and empowering those most in need.To read more, click here. You can also watch it all go down on YouTube. And as always, the podcast streams wild and free on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.As you will soon discover, Jacqueline is wise and deeply soulful. I aspire to this new friend’s level of service—an example for us all.Peace + Plants,Rich

The Rich Roll Podcast

We all want to positively change the world. But where do you start?Today’s guest—a woman who has made an extraordinary impact on improving the lives of millions of people across the developing world—has dedicated the better part of her life to answering this question with actionable, sustainable solutions.Meet Jacqueline Novogratz.A former investment banker, Jacqueline walked away from Wall Street back in 1986 to co-found Rwanda’s first microfinance institution. Today she is the founder and CEO of Acumen,a novel, non-profit financial organization she conceived in 2001 that blends philanthropy with venture capital to invest in people, companies, and ideas solving the toughest issues of poverty. As a pioneer of impact investing, Acumen and its investments have brought critical services like healthcare, education, and clean energy to literally hundreds of millions of low-income people throughout the world.In addition to having four TED Talks under her belt, Jacqueline is also the New York Times bestselling author of The Blue Sweater: Bridging the Gap between Rich and Poor in an Interconnected World and her most recent book, Manifesto for a Moral Revolution, which delves into our pressing need to reimagine and rebuild new systems, and where to begin.Today she shares her powerful story.This is a deeply thoughtful conversation about what is actually required to change the world.It’s about the importance of cultivating moral imagination. Something called patient capital. And the humility and hard-edged hope necessary to tackle gigantic problems.It’s also a conversation about listening, immersion, asking questions, and the importance of transcending dualistic, non-binary thinking—skills critical to eradicating poverty, solving our planet’s biggest problems, and empowering those most in need.To read more, <a href="https://www.richroll.com/podcast/jacqueline-novogratz-657/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">click here</a>. You can also watch it all go down on <a href="https://youtu.be/cJWoDZANa6U" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">YouTube</a>. And as always, the podcast streams wild and free on <a href="https://richroll.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=70f630344f893da3a3d8f903d&amp;id=b03d42a5e3&amp;e=6b75884b5d" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Apple Podcasts</a> and <a href="https://richroll.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=70f630344f893da3a3d8f903d&amp;id=7995653d7d&amp;e=6b75884b5d" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Spotify.</a>As you will soon discover, Jacqueline is wise and deeply soulful. I aspire to this new friend’s level of service—an example for us all. Peace + Plants,Rich