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Gettysburg College Commencement 2012 - Jacqueline Novogratz

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Jacqueline Novogratz, founder and CEO of Acumen Fund, a non-profit global venture fund that uses entrepreneurial approaches to solve the problems of global poverty, spoke and received an honorary degree  at Gettysburg College's 177th Commencement.


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Learn more about Acumen Fund,  the global venture fund that Jacqueline Novogratz began: http://www.acumenfund.org/ Jacqueline has five talks on TED.com! Read her speaker profile and navigate to all five talks here: http://www.ted.com/speakers/jacqueline_novogratz.html Read Jacqueline's book, "The Blue Sweater" -- a personal story of how and why she has devoted her life to microfinance in Africa. 

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