Transcript
Introduction
Patrick
My guest today is Jacqueline Novogratz. Jacqueline is the founder and CEO of Acumen, a nonprofit global venture fund that uses entrepreneurial approaches to solve the problems of poverty. Our conversation touches on how Jacqueline left Wall Street and ended up starting a microfinance bank in Rwanda, how she thinks about investing in character, how creating dignity plays such a major role in her investments, and how governments and businesses can work together to solve the world's toughest problems. It is a bit of a departure from my normal investing conversation, but contains powerful lessons for many investors and builders. I really enjoyed our conversation and hope you will too.
The Blue Sweater
Patrick
Jacqueline, I've been so excited to do this with you. What we're going to talk about today is a bit of a departure from my normal investing conversations, but I suspect it will be one of the most interesting. I thought an interesting jump-off point would be to have you tell the audience the story of The Blue Sweater, the name of your first book, and I just think it's such a neat way to frame our conversation.