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ENTREPRENEURSHIP EMPOWERS EVERYONE TM/MD BRIDGING THE FINANCIAL LITERACY GAP

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Page 1: Bridging the Financial Literacy Gap

ENTREPRENEURSHIP EMPOWERS EVERYONE TM/MD

BRIDGINGTHE FINANCIALLITERACY GAP

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Written by Brian Yining Wu, Shannon Fox and Jana Makar.Photographs by Cyprian Szalankiewicz.

Designed by Paul Dukes.

© 2013, Startup Canada 50 O’Connor St. Suite 300, Ottawa ON K1P 6L2

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Table of ConTenTs

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