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Jacqueline Novogratz is an American entrepreneur and author. She is the founder and CEO of Acumen, a non-profit global venture capital fund whose goal is to use entrepreneurial approaches to address global poverty.

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The only way to end poverty, to make it history, is to build viable systems on the ground that deliver critical and affordable goods and services to the poor, in ways that are financially sustainable and scaleable. If we do that, we really can make poverty history.

Poverty, Scaleable, Systems, Thought Provoking, Way

What is the cost of not daring? What is the cost of not trying?

Cost, Daring, Thought Provoking, Trying

People have to understand that unless social enterprise is experimental, it will not succeed in making a difference.

Difference, Differences, Making, Making A Difference, People, Succeed

The poor also are willing to make, and do make, smart decisions, if you give them that opportunity.

Decisions, Giving, Opportunity, Poor, Smart

I wrote 'The Blue Sweater' to inspire more people to become engaged in working to solve the problems of global poverty.

Blue, Engaged, People, Sweaters, Working

Freedom ultimately is dignity. And dignity, not income, is the opposite of poverty.

Freedom, Income, Opposites, Poverty

Listening is not only about waiting, but it's also learning how better to ask questions.

Listening, Questions, Thought Provoking, Waiting

Each of us can work to change a small portion of events. And it's in the total of all those acts that the history of this generation will be written.

Acts, Change, Events, This Generation, Thought Provoking, Total

Every day we have a choice. We can take the easier road, the more cynical road, which is a road sometimes based on a dream of a past that never was, fear of each other, distancing and blame, or we can take the much more difficult path, the road of transformation, transcendence, compassion, and love, but also accountability and justice.

Dream, Compassion, Past, Choice, Transcendence, Day

When we were walking through the narrow alleys [of the Mathare Valley slums], it was literally impossible not to step in the raw sewage and the garbage alongside the little homes. But at the same time it was also impossible not to see the human vitality, the aspiration and the ambition of the people who live there.

Ambition, Home, Impossible, Literally, People, Valley

The best change that comes to the world is when all parties are seeing each other as equal, and all parties have the opportunity to be transformed. That really goes back to the idea of dignity.

Party, Opportunity, Ideas, Parties, Transformed

Things are always harder than you think they're going to be.

Harder, Things, Think, Thinking, Thought Provoking

Failure can be an incredibly motivating force.

Failure, Force, Inspiration, Motivating, Motivation, Thought Provoking

There is power in creating a small model, and then you can create an alliance of other small models.

Alliance, Alliances, Create, Creating, Models, Power

You should focus on being more interested than interesting.

Focus, Interested, Interesting, Should

I think we so often equate leadership with being experts - the leader is supposed to come in and fix things. But in this interconnected world we live in now, it's almost impossible for just one person to do that.

Experts, Fix, Leader, Leadership, Thinking

If there's one value that is immutable, it's integrity or respect, for others and for yourself.

Ifs, Integrity, Respect, Respecting Others, Value

Your job is not to be perfect, your job is only to be human.

Jobs, Perfect, Thought Provoking, Job, Human

People need to believe that they can participate fully in the decisions that affect their lives and have a stake in the societies in which they live

Believe, Decision, Fully, Lives, People, Societies

All people deserve access to health at prices they can afford.

Access, Deserve, Health, People, Thought Provoking

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