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When I think about my parents' life stories, one of the things that gets me time and time again is the role that birth order played in my mom's life.

My mom is from Togo and grew up in Ghana as the youngest of eight kids.

By the time she was of school age, my grandfather had come to understand the importance of educating girls.

But that wasn't always the case.

Of her sisters, she was the only one to receive a formal education.

That one decision completely changed the trajectory of her life and mine.

My mom ended up becoming a renowned teacher at a K through 12 private school for 30 years,

and she raised three daughters who would all become educators as well.

This just goes to show how much context matters and to a certain degree

luck, timing, divine intervention, whatever you want to call it. But I don't want

people to have to rely on fate to change their lives.

How can we take action too?

I'm a dupe Achenola. This is Ted Business, a podcast from the Ted Audio Collective.

Our speaker today, Impact Investor Frida Kapor Klein, is rethinking the role that venture capital can play in

changing people's lives. In this talk she highlights a model for investing in new

businesses that helps close the opportunity gap for low-income

communities.

Then after the talk, we'll dig deeper into how the work gets done.

But first, a quick break.

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