Stephen Hicks, Ph.D.

Philosopher

Kaizen 14 — the Mary Mazzio interview

k14-mazzio-cover-150pxThe latest issue of Kaizen [pdf] features my interview with Mary Mazzio, award-winning documentary filmmaker, Olympic rower, and former law firm partner with Brown Rudnick. The theme of the interview is Documentary Filmmaking and Entrepreneurship. I hope you enjoy my wide-ranging discussion with the multi-faceted Mary Mazzio, including her latest project, Ten9Eight.

Also featured in Kaizen are the latest student essay contest winners — Rebecca Logan, Joshua Branch, and Jaime Binning — a report on guest speaker Douglas Rasmussen, and other news from the Center for Ethics and Entrepreneurship.

My full interview with Mary Mazzio will be posted at the CEE site next month.

If you would like to receive a complimentary issue of the print version of Kaizen, please email your name and postal address to CEE [at] Rockford [dot] edu.

burpee-nightMore Kaizen interviews with leading entrepreneurs are at my site here or CEE’s site here.

Posted 1 year, 4 months ago at 3:45 pm.

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Ten9Eight on BET this Sunday

From the press release:

TV premiere on BET
Sunday, February 7th at noon ET/PT

ten9eight181x50Don’t miss this compelling documentary from award-winning filmmaker Mary Mazzio, which chronicles the inspirational stories of several teens from low-income communities as they compete in the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE)’s national business plan competition. What they learn along the way profoundly changes their lives and destinies.

In an recent issue of Kaizen, I interviewed the excellent Steve Mariotti, founder and CEO of Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship.

Posted 2 years ago at 4:15 pm.

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Ten9Eight release dates

ten9eight181x50If you can next month, go see Ten9Eight, directed by Mary Mazzio.

The documentary’s tagline is: “In America a kid drops out of school every nine seconds. Imagine if they didn’t.”

A dozen instant-classic American success stories — and an inspiring portrayal of entrepreneurship’s power over poverty and adversity.

In partnership with AMC Theatres, Mazzio’s film opens Friday, November 13 in the following cities:
LOS ANGELES
NEW YORK
BOSTON
CHICAGO
WASHINGTON, DC
ATLANTA
MIAMI
KANSAS CITY

k8-cover100x129In a recent issue of Kaizen I interviewed Steve Mariotti, founder and CEO of the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship, with programs in 22 states and 12 countries, over 280,000 graduates, and 1,500 NFTE-certified entrepreneurship teachers. Several of the young entrepreneurs in Ten9Eight are NFTE graduates.

Advance tickets are available at the AMC Theatre site.

Posted 2 years, 3 months ago at 8:47 pm.

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Ten9Eight: inspiring young entrepreneurs

ten9eight181x50Check out this documentary to be released this fall: Ten9Eight. Directed by Mary Mazzio, it is about a dozen instant-classic American success stories — and entrepreneurship’s power over poverty and adversity.

In an upcoming issue of Kaizen I interview Steve Mariotti, founder and CEO of the impressive Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship. Several of the young entrepreneurs in Ten9Eight are graduates of NFTE.

Exciting to think how many young people are out there with awesome potential waiting to be realized.

Posted 2 years, 6 months ago at 3:32 pm.

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